Word: christs
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...schoolmates at Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. After examining a series of sermons by Pastor Crist, a fiveman investigating committee ordered him to trial on 14 counts of deviation, centering in his "use and interpretation of the Scriptures, and in his teaching concerning the person and work of Christ...
Pastor Crist openly denied the virgin birth of Christ, expressed doubt about the Resurrection and Ascension, developed naturalistic explanations for Christ's Biblical miracles, e.g., he said of the miracle of the loaves and fishes (Matthew 14:15-21}: "Perhaps He prevailed on those who had brought lunch to share it with those who had not." The synod also accused him of denying the Lutheran doctrines of original sin, the efficacy of prayer and Christ's real presence in the Lord's Supper.* Pastor Crist, the synod charged, has abandoned the fundamental principles of Scripture interpretation...
Unheeded Pleas. The Rev. Paul Wagner Roth, 77-year-old committee chairman, pleaded with Crist: "We all would be most happy if you could make the supreme sacrifice of your intellectual doubts and differences as a bearer of the Cross and a follower of Christ...
...Luther rejected the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, i.e., that the substance of bread and wine is' changed into the body and blood of Christ while the appearance remains the same, but believed in the real presence through consubstantiation, i.e., that the body and blood of Christ coexist with the substance of bread and wine. Some followers held that he later rejected consubstantiation as well. Today Lutherans generally believe that Christ is present in the Lord's Supper "sacramentally and supernaturally...
Beyond Help. Soon World War II began, and the Germans marched into Holland. In the spring of 1942, Sister Benedicta and her sister Rosa were called before the SS police for questioning. Instead of the official "Heil Hitler!" Sister Benedicta greeted the Gestapo with "Praised be Jesus Christ...