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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
The unification of the two branches of German Protestantism...
- 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
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.
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Lutheranism in theUnited States. Minnesota and North Dakota (shown in orange) are the only states in which a plurality of the population is Lutheran. New Sweden, a Swedish colony in the Delaware Valley on the Mid-Atlantic coast, produced the first establishment of the Lutheran Church within America.
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HISTORY. The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC) was organized in October, 1962. Most of the founders were members of the Lutheran Free Church (LFC), which voted to merge with The American Lutheran Church in 1963. . AFLC had its beginnings with revival in Norway with Hans Nielsen Hauge.....
Lutheranism - Church, Doctrine, Reformation: The polity of the Lutheran churches differs between Scandinavia and Germany, with North American Lutheranism and Lutheran churches on other continents reflecting both traditions. The Church of Sweden, which ended its status as a state church in 2000, has maintained the episcopal office (and with it episcopal succession), and its local congregations ...
About the AFLC. The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations is sincerely grateful for the work of other Lutherans; yet it desires to have its own peculiar share in the mighty work and witness of the Lutheran Church. It does not seek to pass judgment on the relative contribution to Lutheranism of groups small or large; it earnestly seeks to ...
