1.of or pertaining to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name. n. 2.a follower of Luther or an adherent of his doctrines; a member of the Lutheran Church. Lu′ther•an•ismn. ...
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They promoted kind feeling, and formed a bond of union among the churches." In 1765 a private theological seminary was started, under the care of Drs. Helmuth and Schmidt, and in 1787 the Legislature of Pennsylvania established Franklin College, "for the special benefit of the Germans of the...
Glatfelter, Charles H.Pastors and People: German Lutheran and Reformed Churches in the Pennsylvania Field, 1717–1793. Vol. 2. Breinigsville: Pennsylvania German Society, 1981. Explores the German Lutheran and Reformed experiences in the Mid-Atlantic region before 1800. For all its condensed and ...
Justified By Faith: The Upper Susquehanna Lutheran Synod and the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Fracking Controversy My primary research question is: How might the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the ELCA--as a representative body of 131 Lutheran churches that are steeped in tradition--use its history, ...
Complexities of pastoral change and transition in the megachurches of the Baptist General Conference, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Presbyter... The emergence of the megachurch in the United States represents a unique phenomenon which was shaped by a variety of cultural, political, eco...
(before long they also included the Reformed churches), eventually the name Evangelical Lutheran became standard. Another name occasionally used is Churches of theAugsburg Confession, which recalls the Lutheran statement of faith presented to the German emperor at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. In ...