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The Lutheran Doctrine of the Ministry:
Confessional and Theological Resources for Study, Reflection, and Discussion
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Section 20 was updated on 11 July 2008. Section 8 was updated on 11 Sept. 2008. Addendum B was updated on 13 Sept. 2008. Section 18 was updated on 15 Sept. 2008. Section 10 was updated on 24 Oct. 2008. Section 6 was updated on 25 Oct. 2008. Section 2 was updated on 18 Nov. 2008. Section 3 was updated on 6 March 2009. Section 19 was updated on 16 March 2009. Section 15 was updated on 2 May 2009. Section 16 was updated on 27 June 2009. Section 7 was updated on 11 July 2009. Section 13 was updated on 23 July 2009. Section 14 was updated on 20 Aug. 2009. Section 12 was updated on 22 Sept. 2009. Section 5 was updated on 17 Oct. 2009. Section 11 was updated on 3 Nov. 2009. Sections 11 and 17 were updated on 12 Dec. 2009.

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Some of the quotations concerning the doctrine of the Ministry that are found in the above
comprehensive compilation are also brought together in smaller topical collections as follows:

The Lutheran Doctrine of the Ministry:
Confessional Resources for Study, Reflection, and Discussion
[PDF]

The Public Ministry of the Word in the “Narrower Sense” and in the “Wider Sense”

Norwegian Synod Theses on Lay Preaching

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:28-29 (Abraham Calovius)

Shall Women Preach in the Congregation? An Exegetical Treatise (Juergen Ludwig Neve)

Preaching of God’s Word by Christian Women (Francis Pieper)

“The Order Yields to the Need” (John Gerhard)

(oil painting originally in the St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig, Germany)

(1602 oil painting by Andreas Herrneisen, Kasendorf, Germany)

(oil painting in the St. Nicholas Church, Luckau, Germany)

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