I have noticed that there are a lot of differences between Lutherans.Some tend to be very high church when it comes to practices (ELCA) and others tend to be very low church (WELS).
Some have bishops and are in valid Apostolic Succession (Lutheran churches in Porvoo Communion such as: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania; observers: Church of Denmark, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, ELCA, and the Lutheran Orthodox Church), but others says there is no Biblical ground for Apostolic Succession (Some German Luther Church, LCMS, and I believe the WELS) are all not in Apostolic Succession.
Most Lutheran Church Bodies see Holy Absolution as a sacrament yet according to all the people I've talked to they give one of two answers:
1. I would never wish to confess my sins to a pastor when I can go straight to God!
2. Others say "Lutheran don't go to confession that for Catholics." Infact got that answer from a girl at youth group this Sunday.
I'm friends Kim's church (I don't know which denomination see belongs to) Use Incense very mass (Divine service) my once WELS friend's church never use incense no matter the occasion, by his own account. Which all leads me to wonder why there are so many differences in Lutheran denomination.
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