CHAPTER ONE Lutheran Orthodoxy and Its Champions What do we mean by orthodoxy? When we speak of orthodoxy in connection with Lutheran theology and life, we do not mean merely a phenomenon of rigid conservatism, which has appeared in most Christian communions (Roman Catholic, Reformed, and Lutheran) and even in political parties from time to time. We refer rather to the concrete historical development that we see persisting in Lutheranism from the time of the Formula of Concord, and even before, to
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