3+Lutherans

** ............................... By: Evelyn Castro, Nancy Garcia **
 * ........................................................... **__**Lutherans **__


 * [[image:Martin_Luther_by_Lucas_Cranach_1529-200.jpg width="119" height="167"]] Lutheranism was founded by Martin Luther. Martin Luther made a fateful decision which was to give up his carrer to become a monk. Luther became a monk because he thought it was the road to forgiveness and entrance into heaven. Luther saw that the authorities of the Roman Church were leading people away from God. So Luther began preeching, teaching, writing, and began to protest the false teachings of Rome. Soon thousands supported Luther's movement because they agreed what Luther taught was what the Bible taught. **

** [[image:branchesofchristianity/church_bodies.gif width="439" height="164"]] The gold color on the map represents where Lutheran are in the United States **
__ **LOCATION OF LUTHERANISM** __ **In the 18th century Lutheranism spreaded to America.There are over 70 million Lutherans worlwide and 9 million of these are **** living in North America. Lutherans are scattered throughout many countries. In some Euoropean countries like Denmark Lutheranism is the state religion. Lutheran Christians have been around for over 460 years. **

__ **STRUCTURE OF LUTHERANISM** __
**Martin Luther is known as the father of Protestantism. Lutheranism is the branch of Protestantism that follows the teachings of the 16th century reformer Martin Luther.** **In 1993 the International Lutheran Council is a association of confession-oriented was organized. Members of the International Lutheran.** **Council accept ed the Holy Scriptures as the word of God. There is also a Lutheran Council in Canada which began in 1952.**

[[image:Symbol.jpg width="140" height="151"]]** Symbol Of Lutheranism **
= = =__ MAJOR BELIEFS __= **Lutherans believe that life with God persists even after death, they believe that we are saved by God's mercy and forgiveness and not by** ** works of righteosness, lutherans belive that trust in Jesus is necessary for salvation. Lutherans take their beliefs from the Holy Scripture. **

**Lutheran's believe in the theological teachings which are grace of God alone, faith alone, scripture alone.Other things that Lutherans believe is in the book ofThe Book of Concord where their is nine different text about their beliefs The Three Ecumenical Creeds, The Augsburg Confession, The Defense of the Augsburg Confession, The Large Catechism, The Small Catechism, The Smalcald Articles, Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, The Epitome of the Formula of Concord, The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord.**
 * __ Interesting BELIEF __**