Matthew Fenn

Constitution-loving U.S. LPR. Lutheran Pastor. ALTS Provost. Husband. Dad. Fan of Melanchthon. Middle-Earthling. Opinions are my own.

[Matthew Fenn @PrMatteus]

@LutheranAnswers @SoMuchBloodJoe Swap the first lesson from acts 1 to the ascension lesson from acts 1. Then preach Both the ascension and the 7th Sunday of Easter.

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The Byzantine Text omits the Comma Johanneum. Only the Textus Receptus includes it. It's only found in a total of 9 manuscripts. In 4 it's a marginal note. Most of the copies are from the 14th to 16th centuries. Erasmus didn't include in on the 1st Ed of the GNT because of the evidence. The Roman Church pressured him to include it for his 3rd ed. Check the NET bible notes and Metzger's Textual Commentary.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Canada is not a democracy. It's not even a free nation anymore.

How could it be when Parliament is sidelined for eight months, allowing the executive branch to reign unchecked?

Or when foreign interference is ignored and elections are gamed?

Or when courts rule that the government broke the law and nothing changes?

Or when the state controls your speech, your property, your energy, your news, your guns, your healthcare—and offers you assisted suicide when the wait times get too long?

Canada has become something else: a managed oligarchy with democratic trappings, where the individual exists to serve the state.

Look how far Canada has fallen. Because this could be America's future overnight.

[Matthew Fenn @PrMatteus]

Aquinas is our own source!

Sasse makes a really important point here:

"Lutheran theology differs from Reformed theology in that it lays great emphasis on the fact that the evangelical church is none other than the medieval Catholic Church purged of certain heresies and abuses. The Lutheran theologian acknowledges that he belongs to the same visible church to which Thomas Aquinas and Bernard of Clairvaux, Augustine and Tertullian, Anthanasius and Irenaeus once belonged. The orthodox evangelical church is the legitimate continuation of the medieval Catholic Church, not the church of the Council of Trent and the Vatican Council which renounced evangelical truth when it rejected the Reformation" (Here We Stand, p. 102).

So Thomas isn’t “theirs” in contrast to “ours.” He belongs to the Church.

The real question isn’t ownership, but truth. Where Thomas speaks according to the Gospel, we receive him. Where he doesn’t, we correct him—just like we do with any other theologian.

That said, I agree we shouldn’t let Thomas become the center of everything. The Lutheran tradition needs to speak in its own voice (Chemnitz, Gerhard, etc.). But that’s not because Thomas belongs to Rome—it’s because the Gospel is the norm.

Honestly, the bigger problem is conceding that Rome owns the pre-Reformation tradition. That’s the one thing Sasse just won’t let you do.

[Matthew Fenn @PrMatteus]

@DrJordanBCooper @LaLaLisaCooper My first date with my wife @lacabecker was a discussion of Chemnitz's Two Natures in Christ. I knew she was the one from that moment.

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@WmWeedon @ZolaScriptura My boy Melanchthon did. In 1536 he published a Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics. In 1540s and 50s it was often printed with one of his two works on Ethics.

[Matthew Fenn @PrMatteus]

I'll be writing a review for The Conservative Reformer soon. My article will make the case that the MT also has the derivative/downstream authority like the LXX/OG because it's not the autographa. Even though the LXX is not in the original language, when it preserves the older reading, its authority is greater than the MT. The MT is just ONE witness to the Hebrew Bible.

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@CorpseKings I like a Sword & Wizardry optional rule. You have negative HP = your level. Once you hit 0 hp you start dying and loose 1 HP per round of combat unless you're healed. There is no stabalize. You need a potion or cleric.

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@WmWeedon I remember learning in Seminary from my dear friend Esko Murto that its not so much "Faith formed by Love" but "Faith formed by Christ".

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I just added the Philadelphia Edition of the Works of Martin Luther to my collection. I think they look great beside the Complete Sermons of Martin Luther.

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@DrJordanBCooper I love both @realDailyWire and @theblaze but, Nick Fuentes? Not so much.

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@CalebDixonSmith I Knew I liked Melanchthon for a good reason.

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@Acolyte_1 1. NASB (95)
2. NKJV
3. ESV

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@lutheranpeasant Melanchthon!! Followed closely by Bach!

[Matthew Fenn @PrMatteus]

Why is Melanchthon’s 1559 Loci my favorite theological book? Because it takes theology and puts it right into the heart and conscience.

Clear definitions.
Biblical proofs.
Refutations of error.
Pastoral application.
Language echoed in the Confessions.

It’s not just a textbook. It’s a roadmap for preaching, teaching, and living.

The Loci isn’t dusty theology—it can still shape the Church today.

#Melanchthon #LociCommunes #ReformationTheology #LawAndGospel

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@manofsteeele @PastorSharp @jeremylatzke Try @JustandSinner's collection.

https://t.co/hDGdQXUwE9

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@glennbeck I'm a US Permanent Resident. I'm about a year out before I can apply for citizenship. It's time to take your advice and study some civics. Where to start?

[Matthew Fenn @PrMatteus]

If by transformation you mean the ongoing process of sanctification, then I agree. But, if by transformation, you are talking about initial regeneration and gift of new spiritual life, then I don't agree. Justification is through faith, and the presence of faith in a sinner implies regeneration has already begun.