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EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

The meaning of the name

Birth

 

Seat

  

Worship

   

The doctrine of salvation

Sacraments

Administration

 

Special features

 

Number of supporters

Supporters of Martti Luther's Reformation

 

As a result of the Reformation that left Wittenberg in the 16th century. (Beginning: Pope Leo X allowed the anecard trade against which Luther wrote 95 theses)

No actual headquarters, national centers

 

Mass with communion

sermon in a central position

Salvation by faith, grace, and Christ alone

 

Baptism and communion

Secular and spiritual regiment = dominion

Folklore from the beginning

The hymn of the church

The Church of the Word

Christian education - folk education

General Priesthood Principle = All those who are baptized are spiritually priests, the priests administering the sermon, the teaching, and the administration of the sacraments

The position of the laity was emphasized.

65 million 

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