Pig in a poke.Dear editor, According to Rev. Peter Mikelic (New worship book is respectful of diversity; April issue), the Canadian response to the new Lutheran worship book Evangelical Lutheran Worship "has been overwhelmingly positive." He describes a "99.9 percent approval" received at the 2005 National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) (French: Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. . There was no ballot vote (delegates voted with a show of coloured cards) so, how did Mr. Mikelic come up with a "99.9 percent approval"? Even so, one must also question how many of those who voted actually had examined the contents of the new worship book. If indeed they voted without ever having examined the book, then they bought a pig in a poke a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. See also: Pig . Many in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1988 by the merging of three churches and currently having about 4. (ELCA ELCA Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA European Landscape Contractors Association ELCA Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty ELCA English Language Communicational Association (Japan) ELCA Eagle's Landing Christian Academy ), where the project was initiated, have taken a closer look at the book. In an article posted at the Word Alone's Web site, Pastor Erma Wolf notes that most of the psalms appearing in the new worship book have been amended to remove all "offensive" masculine pronouns for God, and she asks, "By what authority does the ELCA rewrite Scripture?" It would be prudent to apply the ancient doctrine of caveat emptor [Latin, Let the buyer beware.] A warning that notifies a buyer that the goods he or she is buying are "as is," or subject to all defects. When a sale is subject to this warning the purchaser assumes the risk that the product might be either defective or (let the buyer beware). Ron Voss Cochrane, Alta. |
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