The “Glauberg Confession” revisited
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008This is buried in my 2003 archives where no one is likely to ever find it. At this particular juncture in my life, I feel the need to post it again. It was written by a couple of (former) Lutheran pastors back in 1988, and still speaks to the culture in our churches today:
Das Glauberger Schuldbekenntnis, translated into English….
The Glauberg Confession
We confess before God, the Creator of the Animals,
and before our fellow Men:
We have failed as Christians,
because we forgot the animals in our faith.
As theologians we were not prepared to stand up
against scientific and philosophical trends
inimical to life
with the Theology of Creation.
We have betrayed the diaconal mission of Jesus,
and not served our least brethren, the animals.
As pastors we were scared to give room to animals
in our churches and parishes.
As the Church, we were deaf to the ‘groaning in travail’
of our mistreated and exploited fellow-creatures.
Glauberg, Spring 1988
