The American Interim

 

Rev. Karl Hess - @theamericanmartyr

"The American Interim is only a little different. Its unwritten stipulations require subservience on the part of the Lutheran Church (and any church that wants to adhere to the Scripture as the Word of God) to the ceremonies and doctrines of the American state religion until such time as the Church is swallowed up by apostasy and its children have all been converted. Until that time, the Lutheran Church is allowed to preach whatever doctrine it sees fit within the increasingly narrow confines of its churches, but publicly it is required to be neutered and signal its submission to the tenets of American civic religion. Even within the churches, both theologians and sitters in pews are likely to ostracize or condemn any vocal dissent from Americanism."

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