Can you sum up the Lutheran Doctrine of beliefs for me?

Question

I want to know their basic views. Thank you!
And if so can you provide a link?
Thanks Again!

Answer 1

Sola Fide, Sola Gratia, Sola Scriptura (Faith Alone, Grace Alone, Scripture Alone)

2 Sacraments:
Baptism - we believe in infant baptism, and that baptism is God's saving grace and salvation. It is nothing that we do, but strictly a gift from God.
Holy Communion - we believe it is Jesus' body and blood, in and with the bread and wine. It is not a symbol, nor is it transubstantiation.

LCMS: only men can be called and ordained ministers of the word. Only men can be church elders. We have close communion, which means only those who believe the same about communion and who confess to the Lutheran doctrines can commune with us.

ELCA: women can be called and ordained ministers of the word and serve as church elders. They are in communion with several other church bodies, even though they do not believe the same teachings.

Most of us in the Lutheran church are taught to question and to think, to want explanations of everything! We are encouraged to enter the Divine Service with our brains turned on. Even in our beginnings with Martin Luther, that was part of his push - to put the Bible in the language of the people so that everyone could read it for himself. And also, Divine Service was to be led in the local language, again so church members could listen and understand, not just go through motions blindly and without thinking.

For readings, I suggest the Large or Small Cathechism and the Book of Concord. All can be found online, through any of the below links.

Answer 2

Please refer to Martin Luther's Small Catechism and Large Catechism, instructional and devotional material on the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, baptism, confession and absolution, and the Lord's Supper.

The split between Lutherans and the Roman Catholic Church arose mainly over the doctrine of justification before God. Specifically, Lutheranism advocates a doctrine of justification "by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone," distinct from the Roman Catholic view. Lutheranism is also distinct from the Reformed Churches, another major church which arose during the Reformation. Unlike the Reformed Churches, Lutherans have retained many of the sacramental understandings and liturgical practices of the pre-Reformation Church. Lutheran theology differs considerably from Reformed theology in its understanding of divine grace and predestination to eternity after death.

Thanks to Wikipedia... and a brief websearch... see below.

Answer 3

Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide ('Bible alone' is the basis of faith and 'faith alone' is the basis of salvation, two false doctrines commonly used by different sects to destroy the unity of the Christians).

Answer 4

I found 2 very good webistes that you can use to answer your question. I hope this helps.

http://home.earthlink.net/~els5point/page3.html
and
http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=523