Search results
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism, identifying 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 Protestant Reformation.
- History of Lutheranism
Lutheranism soon became a wider religious and political...
- Eucharist
The Eucharist (/ ˈ juː k ər ɪ s t / YOO-kər-ist; from Koinē...
- Diet of Worms
Luther at the Diet of Worms, an 1877 portrait depicting...
- List of Lutheran Clergy
Gotthard Fritzsche - A founding figure for Australia's...
- History of Lutheranism
Martin Luther OSA (/ ˈ l uː θ ər /; German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ] ⓘ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.
People also ask
Who were Old Lutherans?
Where did Lutheranism come from?
Is Lutheranism a Christian denomination?
Why is Lutheranism named after Martin Luther?
Today, almost half of Lutherans are living in Europe. Germany accounts for one-third of European Lutherans and one-eighth of the world's Lutheran population. Most of the remaining European Lutherans are confined to the Lutheran-majority Nordic countries and to a lesser extent the Central European countries of Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Czechia.
- 10,404,128
- 5,900,000
- 10,814,631
- 7,916,253
Lutheranism is a denomination of Christianity. Lutheranism is named for Martin Luther, who led a protest against the Roman Catholic Church. He began his protest in the 16th century. He was a German priest, theologian, and university professor in Wittenberg.
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod ( LCMS ), also known as the Missouri Synod, [3] is an orthodox, traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members as of 2021, [4] it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States, behind the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Old Lutherans were German Lutherans in the Kingdom of Prussia, especially in the Province of Silesia, who refused to join the Prussian Union of churches in the 1830s and 1840s. Prussia's king, Frederick William III, was determined to unify the Protestant churches, homogenize their liturgy, organization, and architecture.
