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Jan 30, 2024 · Lutheranism is a branch of Protestantism founded on Martin Luther's teachings; Protestantism is a broader Christian movement separate from Catholicism. Key Differences. Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity, which traces its origins to the reforms of Martin Luther in the 16th century.
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- Always Reforming
The medieval church in western Europe offered a strongly institutionalized account of how salvation was effected. There was no salvation outside the institution of the church; it was by membership of the sacral community and observation of its rites that the individual secured salvation. Continuity with the apostles was safeguarded by historical in...
Although this distinctive and characteristic Protestant doctrine of the church dates from the early 1520s, its full significance only became clear in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The absence of a universally accepted authority structure within Protestantism meant that enterprising individuals, often fired up by a vision for a specific fo...
My core thesis here is that these innovative developments are given theological legitimization by the Protestant understandings of the church which emerged at the Reformation, which located its identity as a Christian body not in its institutional history or connections, but in its fidelity in preaching and ministering the sacraments. This proved t...
Now many Protestants would rightly wish to point out that much more can be said about ecclesiology than this. Anglicans, Lutherans and Mennonites, for example, would want to amplify (though in somewhat different ways) the minimalist Protestant ecclesiology outlined here. Such amplifications are, of course, to be welcomed. Yet they do not invalidate...
Oct 23, 2017 · “It’s not just, ‘Yay, we’re Protestants,’” said Strom, who is Lutheran. He suggested today’s Christians heed the first proposition in Luther’s 95 Theses: “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent’ (Matthew 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” Lady Liberty
Oct 29, 2017 · If you’re a Protestant, the anniversary of the revolution Martin Luther set in motion 500 years ago this Tuesday is a big deal. But even if you’re not, it should be. The Reformation was one...
Nov 2, 2017 · Today, about 900 million people — 40 percent of Christians — identify as Protestant around the world. Of these, 72 million people — just 8 percent — are Lutherans.
Protestantism’s influence on modern nationalism began with its contribution to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, which finally collapsed in 1806. The old corpus Christianum (“Christian body”; i.e., Christian society) did not survive; the presence of Protestantism, which was organized along national lines, spelled doom for the idea ...
Dec 10, 2022 · But liberal mainline protestants like the Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians are hemorrhaging members. Consider Knoxville's Marble City United Methodist Church.
