In reply to James Gibbs.

I'm not Orthodox, Mr. Bad-At-Evangelizing. I'm exploring Lutheranism so I'll assume that you're a boomer who doesn't know how to internet.

These are the traditions of the church. The traditions that St. Paul tells you to hold fast to in 2 Thessalonians 2:15.

True worship is faith in the Gospel? That's all? No Book of Concord? No Small Catechism? How wonderful. You should email the Pope and Patriarchs of the world and tell them you've solved the millenium-old schism with an overly simplistic slogan.

You all need to visit an Anglican Catholic church to see what a proper liturgy is supposed to look like.