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Old 09-19-2008, 10:50 PM
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You'll want to distinguish between Luther and confessional Lutheranism. There is some distance between the doctrine of Bondage of the Will (1525) and the Book of Concord (1580).

I don't know of any modern book that systematically contrasts the Reformed and Lutheran confessional positions, but you could look at Berkhof's ST, which is generally fair to the Lutherans -- in stark contrast to the way the Lutherans treat the Reformed.

There is a Reformation Chart in two parts here:

Part 1

Part 2

The chart contrasts Roman, Lutheran, and Reformed views on a series of topics.

You should spend the time to look at the Lutheran "Hodge" (Pieper). The Lutheran "Berkhof" (a one volume synopsis) is hardly worth the name, so I can't recommend it. There is a modern confessional Lutheran series of volumes that is coming out slowly but it's not complete.

I often find that Reformed folk haven't read Luther and they certainly haven't read Lutheran confessions or confessional Lutheran theology and few Lutherans have taken the time to read Calvin etc.
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