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Throwback Thursday: "Call No Man Father": Luther's Take

Note: This was originally published on January 27, 2014. ~ Ed.

Every now and again, the Gottesdienst Crowd™is taken to task for calling Lutheran clergy persons Father. Father H. R. Curtis has the definitive post—self-attributed naturally, but that's how we roll—on the biblical evidence HERE. But we're Lutherans, so regardless of what the Bible says, Luther is more important (NB: this is sarcasm).

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