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Lutheranism
Lutheranism Doctrines and Church structure that grew out of the teaching of Martin
Luther. The principal Lutheran doctrine is that of justification by faith alone (
sola fide). Luther held that grace cannot be conferred by the Church but is the free gift of God's love. He objected to the Catholic doctrine of
transubstantiation. Instead, Luther believed in the real presence of Christ “in, with, and under” the bread and wine (consubstantiation). The essentials of Lutheran doctrine were set down by Philip
Melanchthon in the
Augsburg Confession (1530), which has been the basic document of the Lutherans ever since. In 1947, the Lutheran World Federation was formed as a coordinating body for Lutheranism on a global scale.
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A History of Lutheranism/Documents from the History of Lutheranism 1517-1750
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; A History of Lutheranism/Documents from the History of Lutheranism 1517-1750 A History of Lutheranism. By Eric W. Gritsch. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2002, 346 pp., $29.00 paper. Documents from the History of Lutheranism 1517-1750...
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A History of Lutheranism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; A History of Lutheranism. By Eric W. Gritsch. Minneapolis...what he calls a "history of global Lutheranism." Gritsch acknowledges the problems...writing such a comprehensive history of Lutheranism. He presents the church with this...
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The Future of Lutheranism in a Global Context.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Future of Lutheranism in a Global Context. Edited by Arland...thirteen essays by leaders in world Lutheranism, presents an overview of the challenges...and laity, since it indicates that Lutheranism is a growing movement in Africa and...
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A History of Lutheranism
Magazine article from: Trinity Journal; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Eric W. Gritsch. A History of Lutheranism. Minneapolis: Fortress: 2002. xiv...Martin Luther, and an introduction to Lutheranism aimed at a popular audience. In this...writing the first ever "history of global Lutheranism." Using the tools of cultural and...
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Dutch Lutheranism keeps its identity as it becomes part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...I briefly sketch the development of Lutheranism in the Netherlands, indicate the motives...Protestant Church. History of Dutch Lutheranism Martin Luther's ideas found early...Antwerp. The exact origins of Dutch Lutheranism are disputable. The dispute is connected...
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A to Z of Lutheranism. (reprint 2001).(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 478 words
; 9780810856097 A to Z of Lutheranism. (reprint 2001) Gassmann, Gunther...that have a different place in Lutheranism than in other Christian communions...titled The Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism. ([c]20072005 Book News...
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Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism: Choir, Congregation, and Three Centuries of Conflict.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; Joseph Herl. Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism: Choir, Congregation, and Three Centuries...churchgoers. In Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism, Joseph Herl investigates many long...singing existed in Germany prior to Lutheranism. Secondly, congregational singing...
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Norway church votes to end official Lutheranismofficial Lutheranism
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 11/26/2006; 414 words
; ...as a step toward ending 469 years of Lutheranism as the Nordic country's official religion...weekend to amend the constitution to drop Lutheranism as the state religion. The church said...approve constitutional amendments. Lutheranism became Norway's official religion...
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Lights out for Lutheranism? (Correspondence).
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 12/1/2001; 700+ words
; It seems that James Nuechterlein asks us to love Lutheranism "just because" ("Turn Out the Lights?" August...less depressing. To say that "we continue to consider Lutheranism a confessional movement in the one comprehensive Church...
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A History of Lutheranism. (Briefly Noted).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 1/1/2003; 358 words
; ...on the normative status of the theology that launched it in the first place. Recognizing that Lutheranism--or at least those parts of Lutheranism engaged with the larger Christian movement--is in danger of forgetting what it is supposed...
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Lutheranism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
LUTHERANISM LUTHERANISM. Among all the major individual varieties of Latin Christianity to emerge from the Reformation, Lutheranism stands alone for two reasons. In the first place, it bears the...
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lutheranism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
lutheranism. While the views of Calvin were largely...churches accepted the authority of bishops. Lutheranism's greatest success was in north Germany...Scottish, was much greater than that of lutheranism. J. A. Cannon
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Calvinism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...Protestant Churches. It shares with Lutheranism belief in the Bible as the only rule...faith alone. It is distinguished from Lutheranism primarily by its more radical use of...religion in 1622. It also replaced Lutheranism in parts of Germany, Romania , and...
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Vasa Dynasty (Sweden)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...became an independent state, adopted Lutheranism, developed a more complex economy...Catholicism led to a reaffirmation of Lutheranism at Uppsala in 1593. Sigismund stacked...most responsible for the survival of Lutheranism in Germany. This interpretation usually...
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Concord, Formula (1577)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...Concord’ is a definitive collection of the chief confessional documents of Lutheranism. In the face of internal disagreements within Lutheranism, in 1567 J. Andreae was commissioned to produce a union formula. The Swabian Concord...
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