Lutheran Church – Canada documents

Creedal statement

• We Believe

Commission on Theology and Church Relations papers

• Status in Lutheran Church–Canada of the documents of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations
• Study Document Pastor and People in Christ’s Church
• Gambling
  • Further discussion regarding gambling
• Communion
  • Companion Bible Study on Communion
• The Role of Women
  • Companion Bible Study on the Role of Women in the Church
• Lutheran Divergences
• Where Canada’s Lutherans stand
• Opinion on the Ontario Divisional Court decision regarding the definition of marriage

Lutheran Church–Canada, East District archives

Marriage

• Who defines marriage?
• Commission on Theology and Church Relations statement about marriage
• The Canadian Lutheran column on definition of marriage by President Mayan
• Letter from President Ralph Mayan to Prime Minister Jean Chretien regarding the definition of marriage
• To reaffirm the Scriptual definition of marriage
• Lutherans respond to same-sex marriage rulings
• “Declaration on Marriage” signed by LCC president, Rev. Ralph Mayan, November 2006
• Parliament decision on same-sex “folly” says church president

The Lutheran Confessions – The Book of Concord (overview)

• The Book of Concord – Overview/Introduction
• The Apostles’ Creed
• The Nicene Creed
• The Athanasian Creed
• The Augsburg Confession of 1530
• Apology of the Augsburg Confession 1531
• The Smalcald Articles 1537
• Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
• The Small Catechism
• The Large Catechism
• The Formula of Concord
• The Publication of the Book of Concord