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Documents from various sources

• ACE Bibliography of Luther & Lutheranism
• Barmen Declaration (1934)
  "The Barmen Declaration, 1934, was a call to resistance against the theological claims of the Nazi state. Almost immediately after Hitler's seizure of power in 1933, Protestant Christians faced pressure to "aryanize" the Church, expel Jewish Christians from the ordained ministry and adopt the Nazi "Führer Principle" as the organizing principle of church government. In general, the churches succumbed to these pressures, and some Christians embraced them willingly. The pro-Nazi "German Christian" movement became a force in the church. They glorified Adolf Hitler as a "German prophet" and preached that racial consciousness was a source of revelation alongside the Bible. But many Christians in Germany—including Lutheran and Reformed, liberal and neo-orthodox—opposed the encroachment of Nazi ideology on the Church's proclamation. At Barmen, this emerging "Confessing Church" adopted a declaration drafted by Reformed theologian Karl Barth and Lutheran theologian Hans Asmussen, which expressly repudiated the claim that other powers apart from Christ could be sources of God's revelation. Not all Christians courageously resisted the regime, but many who did—like the Protestant pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Roman Catholic priest Bernhard Lichtenberg—were arrested and executed in concentration camps." [from the website of the United Church of Christ]
• Bavarian Church Against Antisemitism in Doctrine and Practice (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, ELCB)
• The British-Nordic-Baltic Porvoo Declaration
• Communiqué of the Anglican-Lutheran International Working Group (February 16, 2000)
• The Concordat of Agreement
  • Episcopal-Lutheran "Concordat of Agreement" Resources
• Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to the Jewish Community
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer homepage -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works
• Ecumenism: ELCA Proposals for 1997
• Ecumenism is not optional but essential to the Church response to Dominus Iesus by the Rev. Ismael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (September 8, 2000)
• Guidelines for Lutheran-Jewish Relations (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
• Heidelberg Catechism, 1563
• The Implications of Justification in the World's Contexts Statement by a consultation of Lutheran theologians convened by the Lutheran World Federation, October 31, 1998.
• Luther's Small Catechism, 1529
• Luther's theology as an antidote to American moralism and its influence on liberation theology  Comments made in a discussion on the Lutheran World Federation website in response to an invitation to reflect on the relevance of the doctrine of justification today.
• The Lutheran - 1996 Themes
• Lutheran Resource Page: Resources by Category
• Lutheran Resources
• Lutheran Resources (ELCA website)
• The Norwegian Methodist-Lutheran agreement
• Project Wittenberg Homepage
• Selected Works of Martin Luther

Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod documents

• Response to "Concerns of South Wisconsin District Circuits 18 and 19 Regarding Infant Communion" [1997]
• Evangelism and Church Growth [1987]
• The End Times: A Study on Eschatology and Millennialism [1989]
• Church Discipline in the Christian Congregation [1985]
• Theology and Practice of the Lord's Supper [1983]
• Theses on Justification [1983]
• The Ministry: Offices, Procedures, and Nomenclature [1981]
• The Ministry in Its Relation to the Christian Church [1973]
• A Statement on Death, Resurrection and Immortality [1969]
• An LCMS Response to "The U.S. Lutheran - Roman Catholic Dialogue Report VII: Justification by Faith" [1992]
• An LCMS Response to "The U.S. Lutheran - Roman Catholic Dialogue Report VIII: The One Mediator, The Saints, and Mary" [1994]
• The Nature and Implications of the Concept of Fellowship [1981]
• The ELCA / Reformed "Formula of Agreement" in Confessional Lutheran Perspective (pdf format)
• The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in Confessional Lutheran Perspective (pdf format)
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• The Porvoo Common Statement in Confessional Lutheran Perspective
• Divorce and Remarriage [1987]
• Human Sexuality: A Theological Perspective [1981]
• Biblical Revelation and Inclusive Language [1998]
• The Inspiration of Scripture [1975]
• Gospel and Scripture [1972]
• A Lutheran Stance Toward Contemporary Bible Studies [1966]
• Faith Active in Love: Human Care in the Church's Life [1999]
• Christians and Procreative Choices...How Do God's Chosen Choose? [1996]
• Gambling [1996]
• Render Unto Caesar . . . And Unto God: A Lutheran View of Church and State [1995]
• Abortion in Perspective [1984]
• Report on Capital Punishment [1976]
• Report on Equal Rights Amendment [1976]
• Guidelines for Crucial Issues in Christian Citizenship [1968]
• Civil Obedience and Disobedience [1966]
• Biblical Revelation and Inclusive Language [1998]
• The Service of Women in Congregational and Synodical Offices [1994]
  • Dissenting Opinion on Women in Congregational Offices
  • Response to the Dissenting Opinion
  • Addendum to 1995 Convention Workbook Reports
• Women in the Church: Scriptural Principles and Ecclesial Practice [1985]
• Woman Suffrage in the Church [1968]
• The Charismatic Movement and Lutheran Theology [1972]

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