Sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty What does this mean? For us. Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father for us. It means that, having received authority from the Father, Christ is Lord to help his saints. As Dr. Luther says: He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on … Read more
“With respect to the Third Article, Luther struggled long and hard to find a simple catechetical term for what is confessed therein about the Holy Spirit.” Albrecht Peters, (trans. Thomas Trapp), Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Creed, (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011), p. 34. At a first reading, the third article seems to have a number … Read more
Luther deliberately reorganized the creedal material, without altering the wording, by reducing the twelve articles (corresponding to the twelve apostles) common in the late Middle Ages to the three articles common in the early church. More than a desire for historical accuracy on Luther’s part accounts for this rearrangement. He wanted to concentrate the catechumen’s … Read more