Clergy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Lutheranism=== [[File:LutheranClergy.JPG|thumb|upright=0.7|right|Lutheran pastor confirming the youth of his congregation]] There is only one order of clergy in the Lutheran church, namely the office of [[pastor]]. This is stated in the [[Augsburg Confession]], article 14.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Augsburg Confession|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/275/275-h/275-h.htm#link2H_4_0015|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.gutenberg.org|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205444/https://www.gutenberg.org/files/275/275-h/275-h.htm#link2H_4_0015|url-status=live}}</ref> Howeverer, for practical and historical reasons, many Lutheran churches have different roles of pastors. Some pastors are functioning as [[deacon]]s, others as parish priests and yet some as [[bishop]]s and even [[archbishop]]s. Lutherans have no principal aversion against having a pope as the leading bishop. But the Roman Catholic view of the papacy is considered antichristian.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537): Smalcald Theologians|url=https://www.projectwittenberg.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/concord/web/smc-pope.html|access-date=2022-02-07|website=www.projectwittenberg.org|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207212812/https://www.projectwittenberg.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/concord/web/smc-pope.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Book of Concord]], a compendium of doctrine for the [[Lutheran Church]]es allows ordination to be called a sacrament.{{Citation needed|reason=Augsburg Confession Articles IX, X, XIII, and XXII only mention 2 sacraments and Articles XIV, XXVII, and XXVIII speaks to ordination with no explanation or mention of ordination being called a sacrament.|date=February 2023}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page