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The Lutheran sacraments are "sacred acts of divine institution".[1] Lutherans believe that, whenever they are properly administered by the use of the physical component commanded by God along with the divine words of institution, God is, in a way specific to each sacrament, present with the Word and physical component.[1] They teach that God earnestly offers to all who receive the sacrament forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation.[1] They teach that God also works in the recipients to get them to accept these blessings and to increase the assurance of their possession.[1]
Contents
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1 Characteristics of a sacrament
2 Sacraments
2.1 Baptism
2.2 Eucharist
2.3 Penance
3 Non-sacramental rites
3.1 Confirmation
3.2 Holy matrimony
3.3 Holy Orders
3.4 Anointing of the Sick
4 References
Characteristics of a sacrament[edit]
In the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, sacraments are defined as:
If we define the sacraments as rites, which have the command of God and to which the promise of grace has been added, it is easy to determine what the sacraments are, properly speaking. For humanly instituted rites are not sacraments, properly seen because human beings do not have the authority to promise grace. Therefore signs instituted without the command of God are not sure signs of grace, even though they perhaps serve to teach or admonish the common folk.[2]
Sacraments[edit]
Baptism[edit]
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The Sacrament of Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which one is initiated into the Christian faith. Lutherans teach that at baptism, they receive God's promise of salvation. At the same time, they receive the faith they need to be open to God's grace. Lutherans baptize by sprinkling or pouring water on the head of the person (or infant) as the Trinitarian formula is spoken. Lutherans teach baptism to be necessary, but not absolutely necessary, for salvation. That means that although baptism is indeed necessary for salvation, it is, as Luther said, contempt for the sacraments that condemns, not lack of the sacraments. Therefore, one is not denied salvation merely because one may have never had the opportunity to be baptized. This is what is meant by saying that baptism is necessary—but not absolutely necessary—to salvation.
Eucharist[edit]
Main article: Eucharist in the Lutheran Church
The Sacrament of the Eucharist (also called the Sacrament of the Altar, the Mass, the Lord's Supper, the Lord's Table, (Holy) Communion, the Breaking of the Bread, and the Blessed Sacrament) is where communicants eat and drink the true Body and Blood of Christ Himself, "in, with and under the forms" of the consecrated bread and wine. This Eucharistic theology is known as the Sacramental Union. (It has been called "consubstantiation", but most Lutheran theologians reject the use of this term, as it creates confusion with an earlier doctrine of the same name.[3])
Penance[edit]
Main article: Confession in the Lutheran Church
The rite of Penance (confession) is not universally observed as a sacrament in the Lutheran Church, primarily due to the consideration of lack of a visible element. The Sacrament has two forms: the General Confession (known as the Penitential Rite) that is done at the beginning of the Eucharistic service. In this case, the entire congregation says the Confiteor, as the pastor says the Declaration of Grace (or absolution), and Holy Absolution that is done privately to a pastor, where, following the person (known as the penitent) confessing sins that trouble them and making an Act of Contrition, the pastor announces God's forgiveness to the person, as the sign of the cross is made.
In historic Lutheran practice, Holy Absolution is expected before first partaking of the Eucharist.[4] General confession, as well as Holy Absolution, are still contained in the Lutheran hymnals.
Two works which are part of the Book of Concord, the Confessions of the Lutheran Church,[5] lend support to the belief that Holy Absolution is for Lutherans a sacrament. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession acknowledges outright that Holy Absolution is a sacrament, referring to it as the sacrament of penitence. In the Large Catechism, Luther calls Holy Absolution the third sacrament, referring to it as Penance.
Non-sacramental rites[edit]
Confirmation[edit]
Main article: Confirmation (Lutheran Church)
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Confirmation is a public profession of faith prepared for by long and careful instruction. In English, it is known as the "affirmation of baptism", and is a mature and public profession of the faith which "marks the completion of the congregation's program of confirmation ministry". The German language uses for Lutheran confirmation a different word (Konfirmation) from the word used for the same Sacrament in the Catholic Church (Firmung). Confirmation teaches Baptized Christians about Martin Luther's doctrine on the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, Holy Absolution, and the Sacrament of the Eucharist. An average catechism class lasts about two years.
Holy matrimony[edit]
Holy matrimony is a union between a man and woman, acknowledging the grace of God in their life.
Holy Orders[edit]
Although the Lutheran Confessions do not deny that Holy Orders is a Sacrament (See "Apology to the Augsburg Confession, Article XIII," paragraphs 11-12: "But if ordination be understood as applying to the ministry of the Word, we are not unwilling to call ordination a sacrament. For the ministry of the Word has God's command and glorious promises, Rom. 1:16: The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. Likewise, Is. 55:11: So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth; it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. 12] If ordination be understood in this way, neither will we refuse to call the imposition of hands a sacrament."), Lutherans, on the whole, reject the Roman Catholic teaching of Holy Orders because they do not think sacerdotalism is supported by the Bible. Martin Luther taught that each individual was expected to fulfill his God-appointed task in everyday life. The modern usage of the term vocation as a life-task was first employed by Martin Luther.[6] In Luther's Small Catechism, the holy orders include, but are not limited to the following: bishops, pastors, preachers, governmental offices, citizens, husbands, wives, children, employees, employers, young people, and widows.[7]
However, in some Lutheran churches, Holy Orders refers to the three orders of bishop, priest and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders, is retained.[8]
Anointing of the Sick[edit]
The Lutheran Church, like others, use James 5:14–15 as biblical reference for Anointing of the Sick.[9][10] The process of this rite consists of laying on of hands and/or anointing with oil; while the form consists of prayers.[9]
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c d Graebner, Augustus Lawrence (1910). Outlines Of Doctrinal Theology. Saint Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House. p. 161. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21.
Jump up ^ Article XIII: The Number and Use of the Sacraments, vv 3–4, Apology of Augsburg Confession, The Book of Concord, Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2000, 219 – 220.
Jump up ^ F.L. Cross, ed., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, second edition, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974), 340 sub loco.
Jump up ^ Apology of the Augsburg Confession, article 24, paragraph 1. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
Jump up ^ Tappert,TG ed. "The Book of Concord". Fortess Press, 1959, pp. 221 & 445.
Jump up ^ Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, trans. Talcott Parsons, Ch.3, p. 79 & note 1.
Jump up ^ See Luther's Small Catechism
Jump up ^ "FAQ". Anglo Lutheran Catholic Church. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b ELCA Anointing, Retrieved 9 November 2009
Jump up ^ LCMS Anointing Archived 2009-11-02 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 9 November 2009
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