An important contribution to the study of historic, confessing Lutheranism, showing how the statement "we condemn" found in the Lutheran Confessions is a necessary and essential part of any church body that wishes to say, "We believe." This book sets forth the confessional mandate that every Luther who subscribes to the Book of Concord is duty-bound to carry forward, precisely for the sake of a true confession of, witness to, and proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.