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Hard Blue: most of the population of lutherans
weak blue: Low concentration of lutherans

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What Makes Lutheranism Different From Every Other Denomination

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http://higherthings.org What makes Lutheranism different from every other denomination? The comfort for troubled consciences. If you have questions or topics that you'd like discussed on HTV email them to support@higherthings.org or send a text to 936-647-3235.

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Lutherans liturgy is divided into different parts:

Invocation:“In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

Confession and Absolution: This part is very important because it keeps us honest, and we are forgiven for all the sins that we have commited by the act of confessing.

Kyrie: In this part, is where we can ask for our personal and groupal petitions with phrases such as "Lord have mercy"

Hymn of Praise: Here we usually say “We praise you, we bless you, we worship you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory.”

Creed: Here we confess our sins but also acknowledge that what God has said is true.

Offertory: Here we offer to God everything what we are going to do; including sacrifices, good actions, social charities...

Sanctus: In this meal God is breaking into our world to give us life. He enters to our life and commemorates all the teachings and actions that we must learn and follow.

Words of Our Lord: This is very important because it tells us many things of Jesus; what he taught, what is the correct pathway to follow, what do he wants for his followers...

Agnus Dei: When we sing the Agnus Dei, “Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us,” we are preaching and praying all at once. It was, after all, with these very words that John the Baptizer pointed his disciples to Jesus.

Distribution: As Christ gives himself to us in this holy meal, he strengthens unity and invites us to love one another with a deep and inconditional love.

Nunc Dimittis: It is where we say “Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace.”

Benediction: “The Lord bless you and keep you.” “The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.” “The Lord lift up his countenance on you and give you peace.” This is the final part of the litrugy and it is when you can go in peace.

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The Lutheran Church had its beginning with the teachings of Martin Luther in Germany during the 1500’s. The lutheran doctrines contradict many times the bible and their teachings. For example, they say that baptism is not essential for salvation neither for the forgiveness of sins. They said that they are saved and their sins are forgiven without baptism. This obviously contradicts the Bible and separates clearly the Lutheran church form the Catholic one. Lutherans base on the doctrine of justification, which establishes that what really matters is faith, and that this is what really matters for being forgiven and reach "heaven".

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-Martin Luther was born in the  10 November of the year 1483 in Eisleben
-his father had the profession of copper miner
-Luther studied at the University of Erfurt
-at the year 1505 we joins the monastic order
-He was ordained in 1507,began teaching at the University of Wittenberg
-there we makes a master in teology
-In 1510 he visited Rome and he saw the corruption of the church "Luther became increasingly angry about the clergy selling 'indulgences'"
-Between the years 1519 -1520, he made a many pamphlets developing his ideas
-In 1521, the Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther because his teachings and writings.
-in 1525 married Katharina von Bora and they had six children
-In 1534, Luther published a complete translation of the bible into German and what he did is to underline his belief
-He made and print many copies of its bible, and spreed them trow Europe
-In his final years he wrote polemics against the Jews
-Finally he died in the year 1546 , the day 18 of February.

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There has been always existed a relationship between the Church and the State. Luther all the time said that God governs the world in two ways: through the order of creations, and through the word and gospel. " The administrative affairs of the Lutheran churches in Germany were handled by government offices, with the ruler exercising important power as summepiskopus, or presiding bishop, a system of church governance that emerged from the Reformation." (Hillerbrand, Britannica) .

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Sacraments: Lutheranism presented the sacraments that initiates and promotes the faith. There are only three sacraments: Baptism, Eucharist, and Penance. This happens because are the only ones that are considered that lead to salvation.

Communion: “Closed communion means not everyone who worships at Praise Lutheran receives the bread and wine, Christ’s Body and Blood, during the Lord’s Supper. Not, that is, until they’ve been faithfully instructed and confirmed in the very same faith that is taught here.” (Lutheran Church of Missuri)

Liturgy: Lutherans have a liturgical approach to the celebration of the Mass, and they emphasize the sacrament as the principal act of Christian worship.

Missions: Lutherans have different missions to help the most needed people or events where they need Church help.

Education: It is fundamental in most of Lutheranism churches. It is permitted for all ages and the Church have different schools that are managed by Lutherans to promove this aspect.

Advent: Lutherans have as tradition to light candles during this time of the year. This happens because they have the thinking that Christ is coming and he is the light of the world.

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-Luthers bible versions started to be print, and they got all over europe.
-from XVI century to the XVII the ortodoxy was the dominant protestant religion.
-From 1670 to 1760 orthodoxy gave way to pietism
-A conflict between orthodoxy and pietism was so   frequent so this was a  source of division among Lutherans.
-Lutherans start to go to north america with colonists, this created a the lutheranism church bodies in the native lenguage "English gradually became the language for most American Lutherans"
-After this in the XX centuries in north america there were create other protestant churches.
- The lutheran church in north america is conformed by 5.3 million people
-" It was created from the merger of the Lutheran Church in America "

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-The reformation era was in Germany
-The reformation was from 1517 to 1546
-The lutherans presented their protestan position in the year 1530
-The emperor charles rejected the protestan position, and a hostility time started
-The hostilities stoped for a time in 1555, with the religous peace of augsburg.
-FInally peace between christians and protestants in this case lutherans finished with  the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 wish finishes the 30 years war

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Lutheranism time line