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November 27, 1868
The Bedford Gazette
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in Pittsburg unanimously adopts a committee report warning against secret societies ignoring Christ, favoring discriminate communion, restricting pulpits to pure teachers, and rejecting Chiliasm per Augsburg Confession.
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The Lutheran Council.
On Tuesday, during the session of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, at Pittsburg, the chairman of the committee which was appointed to prepare a report on Secret Societies, Mixed Communion, Interchange of Pulpits and Chiliasm, or the theory of an intermediate reign of Christ between the two resurrections, presented the views of the majority on the sense of the Council on these questions. They were briefly as follows:
"We warn all good and honest men against all associations which ignore our Lord Jesus Christ, or omit His name in their services. We adopt discriminate in preference to indiscriminate communion. We admit no one into our pulpits whom we do not know to teach the pure word of God. We reject Chiliasm as the confessions of the Church—the Augsburg especially—reject it."
The entire forenoon was occupied in the discussion of the above report, which was at length unanimously adopted.
On Tuesday, during the session of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, at Pittsburg, the chairman of the committee which was appointed to prepare a report on Secret Societies, Mixed Communion, Interchange of Pulpits and Chiliasm, or the theory of an intermediate reign of Christ between the two resurrections, presented the views of the majority on the sense of the Council on these questions. They were briefly as follows:
"We warn all good and honest men against all associations which ignore our Lord Jesus Christ, or omit His name in their services. We adopt discriminate in preference to indiscriminate communion. We admit no one into our pulpits whom we do not know to teach the pure word of God. We reject Chiliasm as the confessions of the Church—the Augsburg especially—reject it."
The entire forenoon was occupied in the discussion of the above report, which was at length unanimously adopted.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Lutheran Council
Secret Societies
Mixed Communion
Pulpit Interchange
Chiliasm
Church Doctrine
Where did it happen?
Pittsburg
Story Details
Location
Pittsburg
Event Date
Tuesday
Story Details
During the session of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America at Pittsburg, the committee presented a report warning against associations ignoring Jesus Christ, adopting discriminate communion, admitting only known pure teachers to pulpits, and rejecting Chiliasm as per church confessions; the report was unanimously adopted after discussion.