Principles of Biblical Interpretation in the Lutheran Confessions (Biblia.com)

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Lutherans regard their confessions as expositions of Holy Scripture and therefore as authoritative statements of Christian faith and life. This book will aid Lutheran pastors and students in understanding the confessional principles of Biblical interpretation. Its central thesis is that these principles are derived from the confessional doctrine of Holy Scripture. The first part of the book...

their usual, strict, and commonly accepted meaning” (FC SD VII, 48). It is in connection with the discussion of the Lord’s Supper that the Formula of Concord gives us the most explicit statement of the confessions on the scope of Biblical clarity. We read: In the institution of his last will and testament and of his abiding covenant and union, he uses no flowery language but the most appropriate, simple, indubitable, and clear words just as he does in all the articles of faith and in the institution

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