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Lutheran

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Lutheran churches follow the reform of Martin Luther, confessing justification by grace through faith, and are ordered by the Lutheran confessions.

Organizations in This Tradition

The columned neoclassical entrance of Copenhagen Cathedral (Vor Frue Kirke), two people walking past its steps. Organization Church of Denmark the established church of Denmark. The green copper spire and towers of Nidaros Cathedral rising over the trees of Trondheim. Organization Church of Norway the majority church of Norway. A sepia 1889 photograph of Uppsala Cathedral's twin spires above the old town. Organization Church of Sweden the historic national church of Sweden and the largest Lutheran church in the world. An aerial dusk view of Wittenberg's Castle Church and the old town around it. Organization Evangelical Church in Germany a federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United regional churches in Germany. Five attendees posing together at an ELCA Churchwide Assembly, ELCA banners behind them. Organization Evangelical Lutheran Church in America the largest Lutheran body in the United States. Helsinki Cathedral's white facade and green domes above a snow-covered Senate Square. Organization Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland the majority church of Finland. A black-and-white aerial view of the Concordia Seminary campus in St. Louis. Organization Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod a confessional Lutheran body centered in St. Louis. An aerial view of the green Martin Luther College campus in New Ulm, Minnesota. Organization Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod a confessional Lutheran body centered in Milwaukee.

Religious Art & Images

The Last Supper panel of the Wittenberg Altarpiece: Christ and the apostles gathered around a great round table, a servant pouring wine, a Saxon landscape behind. Art Entry The Wittenberg Altarpiece Lucas Cranach the Elder's altarpiece for Wittenberg's town church (1547): the Last Supper with Luther among the apostles — proof that the Reformation's quarrel with images was a family quarrel, not a unanimous verdict. 1547

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