What is the errant position being contested? Who taught it? Where was it presented and why? How did the doctrine come to be contested by the Lutherans?

The Theology of the Person of Christ: A Lutheran Approach Against the Heresies

Confessions. The paper will explore one significant doctrine explored/discussed in the confessions. Students will choose a substantial teaching (e.g., something related to Christology, Soteriology, etc.) and examine the doctrine as it was presented/discussed in the Lutheran Confessions. Careful attention will be given to both the historical context and the theological content of the confessions.
Students will…

• Explore the theological content of a single teaching via a careful examination of the way in which the doctrine was discussed historically. What is the errant position being contested? Who taught it? Where was it presented and why? How did the doctrine come to be contested by the Lutherans?

• Explain the relationship of the doctrine positively presented in the confessions to the teaching of Scripture. How/where is the doctrine drawn from Scripture? How did the Lutherans respond to false conceptions? What is ultimately at stake?

• Explore/interact with what was being taught by critically evaluating how the teaching impacts the Christian faith. How might the errors be exposed as such? How does the proclamation of this particular truth serve the gospel?