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The Source of Our Faith
The Confession of Our Faith
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The Source of Our Faith
The Australian Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) and all its members accept without reservation the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as a whole and in all their parts, as the very Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit and recorded without error in the original manuscripts by the Prophets, Apostles, and Evangelists. These Holy Scriptures are the only inerrant, infallible, authoritative source, and final rule, norm, and standard for all matters of Christian doctrine, faith, and life.
Please find below a translation of the Holy Scriptures from their original languages into English, God’s Eternal Word. It is translated from the original languages by Clarence Raymond Priebbenow (BA, B Ed, MA (Cantab.)). First printed August 2005.
If you prefer reading a more widely published Bible, the AELC uses the English Standard Version 2025 (ESV).
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The Confession of Our Faith
The AELC subscribes to and confesses as correct expositions of Scripture, The Book of Concord of 1580, The Word Shall Stand (1990) and The AELC Statement of Faith, which address issues that have arisen throughout history by the Word of God. We continue to confess the teachings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church wherever she is found and stand on Scripture alone as God’s Word to us. We teach the message of Christ crucified for sinners. We teach that salvation is by God’s grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone.
Below are the Confessional Statements of the AELC.
The AELC acknowledges and accepts as true expositions of the Word of God, and as its own confession, all the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church contained in the Book of Concord of 1580, namely: the Three Ecumenical Creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed; the Unaltered Augsburg Confession; the Apology of the Augsburg Confession; the Smalcald Articles, including the Tract on the Power and Primacy of the Pope; the Small Catechism of Luther, the Large Catechism of Luther; and the Formula of Concord, both the Epitome, and the Thorough [Solid] Declaration.
To read the Book of Concord of 1580, please visit one of the following websites:
- The Book of Concord (CPH): www.bookofconcord.cph.org
- The Book of Concord: www.thebookofconcord.org
- Book of Concord: www.bookofconcord.org
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This Evangelical Lutheran Confession was written by three pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia against the errors and issues that were plaguing that church in the 1980s. The AELC holds the doctrinal positions laid out in The Word Shall Stand as correct expositions and teachings of the Holy Scriptures.
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The AELC Statement of Faith is a summary of the Christian teachings and beliefs of the AELC supported by Scripture. The AELC holds the doctrinal positions laid out in The AELC Statement of Faith as correct expositions and teachings of the Holy Scriptures. Please read The AELC Statement of Faith below, or listen to The AELC Statement of Faith on YouTube. Hard copies are available if preferred. Please Contact Us for more information.
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