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Philipp Nicolai was born at Mengeringhausen in Waldeck, where his father was a Lutheran pastor. His early education include studies at Kassel, Hildesheim and Dortmund. He studied theology at the University of Erfurt where he was a pupil of Ludwig Helmbold. [3] In 1583, he was ordained to the Lutheran ministry and was appointed minister at Herdecke.
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [4] [5] [6] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [7] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [6] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [8]
Martin Luther King Sr. (born Michael King; December 19, 1899 – November 11, 1984) was an African-American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement. He was the father and namesake of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He was the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1931 to 1975.
Luther's articulation of the two kingdoms doctrine had little effect on the practical reality of church government in Lutheran territories during the Reformation. [9] With the rise of cuius regio, eius religio , civil authorities had extensive influence on the shape of the church in their realm, and Luther was forced to cede much of the power ...
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation in 1517. [1]
After the Prussian conquest in 1866, on 19 September 1866, the day before the official Prussian annexation took place and with the last summus episcopus, King George V of Hanover, in exile, the Kingdom's six consistories joined to form today's still-existing church body, the Lutheran State Church of Hanover.
Luther's 1534 Bible. Luther's canon is the biblical canon attributed to Martin Luther, which has influenced Protestants since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.While the Lutheran Confessions specifically did not define a biblical canon, it is widely regarded as the canon of the Lutheran Church.
Three Magi, Three Kings, Three Wise Men; Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church: Canonized: Pre-Congregation: Major shrine: Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral: Feast: 1 January (Date of his Death) 6 January : Attributes: King bearing gifts, king on a camel, three crowns: Patronage