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e. Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation in 1517. [1] Lutheranism subsequently became the state religion of many parts of Northern ...
The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of Concord (2012) Bodensieck, Julius, ed. The encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (3 vol 1965) vol 1 and 3 online free; Brauer, James Leonard and Fred L. Precht, eds. Lutheran Worship: History and Practice (1993) Granquist, Mark. Lutherans in America: A New History (2015)
Lutheranism is the established church in most of the Nordic countries including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. In these countries, where most people are Lutheran, the churches are supported by taxes, either indirectly through the general taxes paid by most citizens or directly in the form of a church tax.
t. e. Martin Luther OSA (/ ˈluːθər / LOO-thər; [ 1 ]German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ] ⓘ; 10 November 1483 [ 2 ] – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. [ 3 ] Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.
The United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) was established in 1918 in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation after negotiations among several American Lutheran national synods resulted in the merger of three German-language synods: the General Synod (founded in 1820), the General Council (1867), and the United Synod of the South (1863).
Lutheranism. The International Lutheran Council (ILC) is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. Member bodies of the ILC hold "an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition ...
The Lutheran Theological Journal is published three times a year and contains articles relating to the church, churchworkers and Lutheranism in Australia. Co-editors James Winderlich and Anna Nuernberger (both staff members of Australian Lutheran College) direct the focus of each issue. [44] The church also runs a number of websites and mailing ...
Category. : Lutheran orders and societies. This category is for Lutheran Religious orders, monasteries (see Christian monasticism), sodalities and devotional societies, which are mostly High Church Lutheran.