Talk:Confession (Lutheran Church)

Lutheran view of penance
Please note that the reference provided in the article supports the statement that Lutherans reject "those who teach that forgiveness of sin is not obtained through faith but through the satisfactions made by man."

See, the reference (the page linked above) is actually an encyclopedia entry describing penance, and most of the entry refers to Roman Catholic beliefs. The entire page should not be confused with a statement of what Lutherans believe regarding penance. The last paragraph of the entry, however, is taken directly from the Augsburg Confession, and thus, it is a statement of what Lutherans believe regarding penance. --Hamitr (talk) 00:12, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Anyone who thinks that the Augsburg Confession provides more than a broad base for nowadays' teachings and religious practices of the Lutheran churches obviously knows so little about ecclesiastical history that he should refrain from trying to disseminate his confused notions via wikipedia or any other means. Compulsory private confession hasn't been part of Lutheran religious practice for hundreds of years, and it is utterly wrong that it is required before first communion. It is also wrong to assume that the evangelical-lutheran churches of Germany and the Scandinavian countries are more "confessionally conservative" than, say, American ones. In fact, generally it is safe to say that the opposite is true. Like in the Anglican Church private confession is heard by a minister if that is wished by someone; probably the large majority of Anglicans and Lutherans do confess privately not even once in their lives. At least in Germany most Lutherans don't even know that private confession is possible and offered by their church; it is (wrongly) looked upon as a typical and exclusively roman-catholic practice. 141.91.129.7 (talk) 10:59, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

I took first communion in the Lutheran church (ELCA) in the eighties and was not expected to undergo a private confession; none in my family were either. Coming from Minnesota where there are a lot of us, I've never heard of it. I'm not sure how widely this is practiced (at least in American Lutheranism), so that statement that private confession is normal before first communion may have to be qualified. Perhaps it is still done in Germany in Scandinavia, or in some of the more confessionally conservative (and smaller) American denominations (Missouri and Wisconsin Synods, etc). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.70.32 (talk) 18:56, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I grew up in the Missouri Synod (in Michigan) and never even knew that Confession still existed for Lutherans. Missouri Synod is the most conservative Lutheran denomination in the US, so this article needs to be qualified or updated. I've been Catholic for 20 years now and just found out that Lutherans somewhere might have Confession!96.255.244.52 (talk) 14:12, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

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