Thread:BlackSwanSRM/@comment-37166538-20190201231755/@comment-37166538-20190202163423

I agree with what you said about people here usually having either complete opposite or very similar beliefs to me! Almost never in between.

So, for Lutherans, one thing we believe is that we must prepare ourselves to take Holy Communion, so the general rule is that through middle school you take Catechism classes based on what we believe to strengthen our faith going into our teen/adult lives. When we finish the classes we get confirmed, and are allowed to take Holy Communion. The age for atcually getting confirmed varies, but it most commonly happens between 6-9 grade.

It's not like testing that our faith is strong enough to take Holy Communion, but it's simply preparinig us for our good, based on 1 Corinthians 11:26-29:

''For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. ''

Of course, other denominations do it differently than we do. It doesn't say in the Bible, "Thou shalt only take Holy Communion once thou hast graduated from the eighth grade." But we as Lutherans choose to do it this way to prepare ourselves.

A confirmation verse is a verse we choose to have read at our confirmation as an expression of our faith. It's one we carry through our adult lives as encouragement in our faith.

Wow that was long!

I would love to chat sometime! (Or now...) Thanks for the compliments on my photography, I appreciate it! Also, yeah, I love writing!

Greenglass House is a book/book series that I really enjoy. I started a wiki, but it's really tiny.

Go Team Foster-Keefe!

- Cali