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A former Lutheran pastor now converted to Catholicism writes about a similarity between the two traditions: they “do theology alike.” Particularly, both bodies put a high premium on the words they use in official documents. The theological task – thinking, writing, speaking about God – needs to be done with care and precision.

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“What impressed me was how close Lutherans and Catholics really are in basic doctrines and in the respective theological formulations. We ― Romans and Lutherans ― do theology alike, and possibly in a way nobody else does. We pay close attention to our words. Each word is weighed and compared to alternative words that might be used but pose less precision. Precision in wording, it seems, will keep us out of theological hell, and if the exact words aren’t the exactly proper words placed in the exact proper order, well, do not doubt it, we are all certainly doomed.

“When you think about it, it’s actually a pretty charming approach. It also means that when Lutherans and Catholics do sit down together, they have a common language and speaking it together often results in surprising outcomes, as in 1999 with the doctrine of justification.”

Source:

Russell E. Saltzman,”Former Lutheran Pastor: ‘Why I Am Becoming Catholic …’.” viewed online on the Aleteia website < viewed 18 March 2016 > at:
http://aleteia.org/2016/03/18/former-lutheran-pastor-why-i-am-becoming-catholic/