Lutheran

German Protestant denomination

Lutheran refers to the branch of Protestant Christianity founded on the teachings of Martin Luther, who broke from the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century.

Lutherans emphasize salvation by faith alone and the authority of scripture.

As a noun, a Lutheran is a member of a Lutheran church: She was raised Lutheran but converted to Catholicism.

As an adjective: Lutheran theology, Lutheran hymns.

Reformation

95 Theses

Protest against ecclesiastical corruption

WittenbergReformation's starting point
Diet of WormsImperial council in Germany
Augsburg ConfessionLutheran doctrinal declaration, 1530

indulgences · excommunication · justification · Book of Concord · Schmalkaldic League · papal authority · heresy · iconoclasm · Counter-Reformation · recant

liturgy

hymnal

Religious song collection

choraleHymn tune or choir
BachGerman composer surname
EucharistSacramental bread and wine

communion · baptism · confirmation · altar · lectern · pulpit · vestments · stole · chasuble · lectionary

theology

grace

Effortless beauty of motion

justificationReason proving rightness
salvationDeliverance from harm
faithTrust without proof

Gospel · predestination · Christology · atonement · original sin · redemption · resurrection · confession · catechism · vocation

sacraments

baptism

Ritual water purification ceremony

infant baptismChristening young children sacramentally
communionProfound shared closeness
Lord's SupperSacrament commemorating Christ's final meal

Real Presence · bread and wine · Eucharist · confirmation · confession · absolution · font · altar rail · chalice · paten

denomination

Scandinavian

Of Denmark, Norway, Sweden

synodChurch governing assembly
congregationAssembled group of worshippers
parishLocal church community

ordination · pastor · bishop · confessional · ecumenical · pietism · Kierkegaard

Lutheran

95 Theses

hymnal

grace

baptism

Scandinavian

Lutheran

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