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Lutheran - encyclopedia article about Lutheran. (4991 words) |
 | Ecumenical councils In Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, an ecumenical council is a meeting of the bishops of the whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. |
| Lutheranism as a movement traces its origin to the work of Martin Luther Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions. |
| Lutheranism would become known as a separate movement after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg, which was convened by Charles V to try to stop the growing Protestant movement. |
| Lutheranism (1658 words) |
| Lutheranism as a movement traces its origin to the work of Martin Luther, a religious scholar who sought to reform the practices of the Roman Catholic Church in the early 16th century. |
| The Lutheran movement was bolstered by the work of several reformers, primarily among the early leaders was Philipp Melanchthon, a colleague of Luther's at the College of Wittenburg. |
| Lutheranism would become known as a separate movement after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg, which was convened by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in order to settle religious differences amongst his subjects. |
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