Luthern beliefs

[Balthazor]

What I was asking was why you abandoned transubstantiation.
Why did you guys abandon transubstantiation?

[ICTHUS]

[quote name='Balthazor' date='Nov 28 2004, 03:20 PM'] What I was asking was why you abandoned transubstantiation.
Why did you guys abandon transubstantiation? [/quote]
To quote the Westminster Confession of Faith and the 39 Articles of Religion of the Church of England,

To see the entirety of the Westminster Confession on the subject of the Lord's Supper go [url="http://www.reformed.org/documents/wcf_with_proofs/ch_XXIX.html"]here[/url]

[quote name='The WCF']VI. That doctrine which maintains a change of the substance of bread and wine, into the substance of Christ's body and blood (commonly called transubstantiation) by consecration of a priest, or by any other way, is repugnant, not to Scripture alone, but even to common sense, and reason; overthrows the nature of the sacrament, and has been, and is, the cause of manifold superstitions; yes, of gross idolatries.[12][/quote]

[quote name='The 39 Articles']The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the mutual love that Christians ought to have among themselves. Rather, it is a sacrament of our redemption through Christ's death. To those who rightly, worthily, and with faith receive it, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ, and similarly the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ. Transubstantiation (the change of the substance of the bread and wine)[b] in the Supper of the Lord cannot be proved from holy Scripture, but is repugnant to the plain teaching of Scripture. It overthrows the nature of a sacrament and has given rise to many superstitions. [/b]The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper only in a heavenly and spiritual manner. The means by which the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is by faith.[/quote]

Edited November 28, 2004 by ICTHUS

[Balthazor]

Thank you Ichthus that is all I really wanted to know. I was just curious.