Pope John XXIII in 1963, at the Second Vatican Council, said, "I do accept entirely all that has been decided and declared at the Council of Trent." What saith the Council of Trent;
Thanks for the references. It is clear the Papists still deny the presence of the natural body of Christ in favor of the concomitance concoction. The LC rejects everyone of the articles of Trent you have referenced.
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The LCMS Brief Statement is the “present interpretation” and “application” of the BC that the LCMS embraces. Doctrinal statements are a declaration and not simply a consideration. Their site maintains “A Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position."
It's a doctrinal position (i.e., theses) with no confessional status. The Brief Statement itself makes it clear that only the Book of Concord is binding upon the conscience of its ministers:
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LCMS Brief Statement
45. We accept as our confession all the symbols contained in the Book of Concord of the year 1580. -- The symbols of the Lutheran Church are not a rule of faith beyond, and supplementary to, Scripture, but a confession of the doctrines of Scripture over against those who deny these doctrines.
46. Since the Christian Church cannot make doctrines, but can and should simply profess the doctrine revealed in Holy Scripture, the doctrinal decisions of the symbols are binding upon the conscience not because they are the outcome of doctrinal controversies, but only because they are the doctrinal decisions of Holy Scripture itself.
47. Those desiring to be admitted into the public ministry of the Lutheran Church pledge themselves to teach according to the symbols not "in so far as," but "because," the symbols agree with Scripture. He who is unable to accept as Scriptural the doctrine set forth in the Lutheran symbols and their rejection of the corresponding errors must not be admitted into the ministry of the Lutheran Church.
You have quoted some of the most controversial articles in the Brief Statement. I am perfectly willing to discuss them. However, they are not the doctrine of the LCMS, much less the LC.
