What do the followers of Lutheranism believe in?

Answer 1

Lutherans.We believe that Jesus died to save our sins and still lives with us.God sent Jesus to save us from sin, death, and the devil.The Holy Spirit works through people and things to speak to us.Jesus will come back to Earth, and all the believers who are baptized will be saved, and the others will be damned to hell.Our Bible has 66 Books, that are within the Old and New Testaments. Here are the names:OLD TESTAMENT:GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProbverbsEcclesiastesSong of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObidiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiNEW TESTAMENTMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalationsEphesiansPhillippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeThe RevelationThis religion was started by a Roman Catholic monk named Martin Luther. His father was sending him to a school to be a lawyer. He was walking along a path when a storm erupted and hid under a tree. He then dedicated his life to God for being saved. He read the Bible, cover to cover, and discovered that God is a loving god, not a hateful god. The Roman Catholic Church was making people pay fines after the people died, to get out of purgatory. There were many things like this that God never commanded. He began to spead this word, and the church became angry with him. They made plans to send him to jail. But some of his friends saved him and sent him to an abandoned castle. There he wrote the Catechism, and read the Bible many more times.After trials the church sent him to, he earned followers. Thy called their religion Lutheran. Martin did not like this name; he didn't want it to sound like it was his religion.The Lutheran religion does not interfere with how we dress or eat. Most families in the Lutheran religion are German.

Answer 2

Although "Protestant" by definition, Lutheran Christians occupy a middle-point between the majority of Protestants, such as Baptists and Methodists, and Catholic Christians. Like Catholics, they value clergy hierarchy, liturgical structure, and tradition as a key element in understanding the life of faith. Like other Protestants, however, they reject the Papacy as head of the church, do not consider confession to be a sacrament, and strongly emphasize the individual conscience as decisive in Christian practice and devotion, among many other distinctive differences.

Answer 3

They believed that all people are justified by faith, that all believers are priests, that neither the Pope nor the church are infallible, that The Bible is the only true authority, that every Christian has the right to read the Bible himself, and that the Church of Rome is not supreme over other churches.

Answer 4

Lutherans believe that salvation was made possible 100% by the work of Jesus Christ. This gives rise to the Lutheran phrase "Christ alone!". Lutherans believe that we are saved by God's mercy and forgiveness and not by works of righteousness to atone for our past or even by a personal action of deciding to follow Jesus. Rather, the work is entirely God's. This gives rise to the Lutheran phrase of "Grace alone!".

Answer 5

These comprise the very essence of Lutheranism:

• We are saved by the grace of God alone -- not by anything we do;
• Our salvation is through faith alone -- a confident trust in God, who in Christ promises us forgiveness, life and salvation; and
• The Bible is the norm for faith and life -- the true standard by which teachings and doctrines are to be judged.

Answer 6

Lutheranism today is a broad term in Christianity. There are three divisions between Lutheranism, ELCA (evangelical lutheran church in America) LCMS (Lutheran church Missouri synod) and WELS (Wisconsin evangelical lutheran synod) They are all fundementally very different. To put it in basic, ELCA is definitely the most liberal church of them all, they believe in open communion, they promote and encorage gay/lesbian activities even within the clergy, and do not believe that the Bible is the "true inspired word of God" in basic, they do not believe the laws of the bible are all aplicable in society today, and that since christ died to save us from our sins, we do not need to acknowledge our sins. The next division is LCMS, however they may share some similarities, LCMS is incredibly different, much more conservative, basically. First of all, they believe strongly in closed communion that you must understand and observe the sanctity of Holy communion that it is the "true body and true blood or Christ". They accept Gays into their churches as sinners, like everyone, however acknowledge that what they are doing is wrong, and requires repentance. Basically that what the bible says is wrong, is wrong, Christ came to save all sinners, who repent and are heartfully sorry for their sins. WELS is very similar except even more strict within the church, they do not allow female elders or anyone who is female within any branch of the church, this division is by far, the least populated.

There is alot more differences between each synod other than these ones i brought up. If you need more answers ask a pastor, Im LCMS, were the mediators of this argument, we arent too liberal, not too conservative, just right, i think its the goldylocks synod of Lutheranism.

If im mistaken in any aspect of this anyone, please feel free to correct me, im only 17 still learning.

Answer 7

Lutherans theology includes the following:

• That the bible is the direct word or God, that is is the authority of God, that the bible is infallible, that the doctrine in the bible is represented clearly, that it is sufficient for the Christian faith, and that the bible is comprised mainly of two parts, those being the law and gospel.
• That man is saved by faith alone, through grace alone, because of Christ alone.
• That God has three heads, that of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and that these are all undivided from each other.
• That Christ was fully man and God manifested in one person, born of the virgin Mary.
• That baptism is a saving work of God, in which adults and infants are reborn.
• That the bread and wine in communion are directly representative of God's body and blood.
• That God has predestined people to be his chosen, and that he has chosen them specifically to enjoy paradise with him forever, but they do not believe that God has predestined people to enter damnation.
• That God preserves his creation and retains a remnant to himself through divine providence.
• That good works are a byproduct of faith, but not an indication thereof or necessary for salvation.
• That believers are taken directly to God's kingdom at death, and wait there until judgment on the last day, and on that day all men will be resurrected, restoring the bodies they had prior to death, and that the righteous in God's eyes will enjoy eternal paradise, and the unrighteous will suffer eternal damnation.

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