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The Lutheran Church—founded by and taking its name from Dr. Martin Luther—is not a new church. It is an ancient church, restored and renewed by Luther’s 95 Theses. The Distinctive Characteristics of the Lutheran Church calls from the marvelous heritage of the Lutheran Church and lays out—in elegant concisiveness—its theological distinctiveness. Marrying historical interpretations to biblical...

1 Cor. 11:27, 29. “Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.—He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.” If the unworthy communicant becomes guilty, not of the emblems, but of the body and blood of the Lord itself; and if he eats and drinks damnation to himself by failing to discern the Lord’s body, i. e., if he commits a grievous sin against
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