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Lutheranism

Branch of Christianity that follows the teaching of Martin Luther and holds the Augsburg Confession.

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Lutheranism takes its name from Martin Luther. Its statement of faith is the Augsburg Confession.

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  • Marburg Articles Scholarship & press 2

    The editors of the German Historical Institute write that the split, over the Lord's Supper, eventually led to a Lutheran and a Reformed confession.

  • Martin Luther Primary record 1
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  1. A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to the Jewish Community, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1994. Primary record
    we express our urgent desire to live out our faith in Jesus Christ with love and respect for the Jewish people
    The Lutheran communion of faith is linked by name and heritage to the memory of Martin Luther, teacher and reformer.
  2. The Marburg Colloquy: The Marburg Articles (1529), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington). Scholarship & press
    The split eventually led to two Protestant confessions, one Lutheran and the other Reformed
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