The churches of the Augsburg Confession, holding justification by grace through faith and the sacraments as the means of grace, ordered in territorial and synodical polities.
The Lutheran family descends directly from Martin Luther's reform. Its churches confess the Book of Concord, celebrate two sacraments, and range from the folk churches of Scandinavia to the confessional synods of North America.
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Church of Denmark
It is the established Evangelical Lutheran church of Denmark, supported by the state under the Danish constitution while its members may also belong…
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Church of Norway
It is Norway's Evangelical Lutheran folk church, which gained greater legal independence from the state through constitutional changes in 2012 and a…
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Church of Sweden
It is Sweden's Evangelical Lutheran folk church, formally separated from the state in 2000 after centuries as the established church.
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Evangelical Church in Germany
It is a federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United regional churches in Germany rather than a single confessionally uniform church.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
It is the largest Lutheran church body in the United States, formed in 1988 by the merger of three Lutheran denominations.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
It is one of Finland's two national churches, holding a public law status alongside the Orthodox Church of Finland.
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Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
It is a confessional Lutheran synod founded in 1847 by Saxon German immigrants, known for requiring strict subscription to the Book of Concord among…
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Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
It is a confessional Lutheran synod founded in Milwaukee in 1850 that practices closed fellowship, declining altar and pulpit fellowship with…
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Sources
Primary
- The Book of Concord (1580).
Secondary
- Eric W. Gritsch, A History of Lutheranism (2002).