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Some people who travel the path from the Roman Catholic Church to Lutheran theology look back on the Roman Catholic Church.

They remember a lot of liturgy, very strict morality, a very strict sacramental system.

But what if your experience with Roman Catholicism was more insipid, more bland, more flavorless, not so much traditional mass, but folk masses, and little theology?

Welcome back to Issues at SETERA, I'm Todd Wilkin.

It's Issues at SETERA Reformation. Week our theme is paths to Lutheranism.

Eric Anderson joins us to talk about his path from Roman Catholicism.

He's a former Roman Catholic and pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Summit, Illinois, and a manual Lutheran Church in Hodgkins, Illinois.

Pastor Anderson, welcome.

Thanks for having me.

So you say, having been a former Roman Catholic, you will never go back.

What do you mean?

Yeah, I mean, my path to confessional Lutheranism was kind of roundabout, and I kind of fell into it in some ways.

But despite that, I have no desire to return to the Roman Catholic Church and sometimes you stumble into something that's really great.

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