This congregation accepts without
reservation:
3.1-C The Scriptures of the Old
and New Testament as the inspired,
inerrant, written Word of God as the
only rule and norm of faith and
practice;
3.2-C All the symbolical books of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church as true
and unadulterated statements and
expositions of the the Word of God, to
wit: the three ecumenical creeds
(The Apostles' Creed, The Nicene Creed,
The Athanasian Creed), the Unaltered
Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the
Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald
Articles, Treatise on the Power and
Primacy of the Pope, the Large Catechism
of Luther, the Small Catechism of
Luther, and the Formula of Concord, all
as contained in the Book of Concord
(1580 A.D.)
