Category: Feature Stories
Watch LCC’s 2017 Synodical Convention Live Online
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) will hold its eleventh synodical convention October 13-16, 2017 in Kitchener, Ontario, with business sessions and the opening worship service being broadcast live online. This year’s convention comes at a historic time for Lutherans, as 2017 marks the 500th anniversary…
Back to the Catechism: Holy Baptism
This article reflects on the section of Luther’s Small Catechism dealing with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. Read the relevant portion online in contemporary English here. Baptized into Christ by Edward G. Kettner As Luther continued to consider the need for a catechism, he initially…
History of the Reformation: The Translation of the Bible
by Mathew Block As far as Martin Luther was concerned, the Wartburg castle was more a prison than anything else. He had been spirited away to this place in May 1521 following his appearance at the Diet of Worms. This was a subterfuge of Frederick…
Saints of the Reformation—LCC releases new book to celebrate anniversary year
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is celebrating the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation with a new book entitled Saints of the Reformation, which reflects on the lives of several key figures in the Reformation. “The great Reformation of the church was not merely about events,…
Official Notice to all Members of Lutheran Church–Canada from the CCMS
Editor’s Note (September 13, 2017): A few small corrections have been made to this downloadable pdf since this story was first posted (switching the colours noting additions/deletions; replacing the word “Bylaws” with “Constitution” in one instance; and correcting the title of the Commission on Constitutional…
The Faith of our Fathers: The Lutheran Reformation in the Palatinate
by Norman J. Threinen In recognition of the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Lutheran Reformation, it is appropriate that we focus on the writings of Martin Luther and on the blessings of the Lutheran Reformation. For the Reformation has impacted our identity as…