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| History of Lutheranism Lutheranism has its origins in the early 16th century with the work of Martin Luther. History_of_Lutheranism
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| Paul Olaf Bodding Paul Olaf Bodding (* Gjøvik, Norway on 2nd November 1865, † Odense, Denmark on 25th September 1938) was a Norwegian missionary, linguist and folklorist. He served in India for 44 years (1889-1933), and operated mainly from the town Dumka in the Santhal Parganas-district. Paul_Olaf_Bodding
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| Christianity and alcohol Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and nearly always used wine (that is, fermented grape juice) in their central rite — the Eucharist or Lord's Supper. They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous and that overindulgence, which leads to drunkenness, is a sin. Christianity_and_alcohol
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| Andreas Musculus Andreas Musculus (1514 – 29 September 1581), was a German Lutheran theologian. The name Musculus is a Latinized form of Meusel. Andreas_Musculus
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| Henric Schartau Henric Schartau (27 September 1757 Malmö – 3 February 1825) was a Swedish Lutheran pietistic clergyman. His theology influenced a revivalist movement known as Schartauanism that is widespread in south and southwest Sweden. Henric_Schartau
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| Franz August Otto Pieper Franz August Otto Pieper (June 27 1852 - June 3 1931) was a Confessional Lutheran theologian; born at Carwitz (85 m. w. Franz_August_Otto_Pieper
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| Friedrich Pfotenhauer Friedrich Pfotenhauer (April 22 1859 - October 9 1939) was president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1911-1935. Friedrich_Pfotenhauer
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| John William Behnken John William Behnken (March 19 1884 - February 23 1968) was president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1935 to 1962. He previously served as president of the Synod's Texas District from 1926 to 1929. John_William_Behnken
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| Oliver Raymond Harms Oliver Raymond Harms (born December 11 1901 in Cole Camp, Missouri - died June 3 1980 in Houston, Texas) was President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1962 to 1969.Marvin Huggins and Jason Todd, "Oliver Raymond Harms," Presidents of the Missouri Synod: Past & Present, (St. Oliver_Raymond_Harms
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| Ralph Arthur Bohlmann Ralph Arthur Bohlmann (born February 20 1932 in Palisade, Nebraska) is the former president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, having held that office from 1981 to 1992. Ralph_Arthur_Bohlmann
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| Alvin L. Barry Alvin L. Barry (August 4 1931 – March 23 2001) was president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1992 until his death. Alvin_L._Barry
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| Robert T. Kuhn Robert T. Kuhn (born April 5 1937 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is the former president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, having held that office from March to August of 2001. Robert_T._Kuhn
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| Oswald Hoffmann Dr. Oswald C. Oswald_Hoffmann
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| Lutheran High School Westland Lutheran High School Westland is a parochial high school located in Westland, Michigan in Wayne County. It is governed by the Lutheran High School Association of Greater Detroit and is associated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Lutheran_High_School_Westland
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| Holy Cross Lutheran Church (Atwater, California) Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod located in Atwater, California. It is part of the LCMS' California-Nevada-Hawaii District. Holy_Cross_Lutheran_Church_(Atwater,_California)
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| Philippists The Philippists formed a party in early Lutheranism. Their opponents were called Gnesio-Lutherans. Philippists
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| Pacific Southwest District (LCMS) The Pacific Southwest District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). It covers Southern California (the eight southernmost counties in California, including the Los Angeles metropolitan area), Arizona and the southern tip of Nevada, and includes nearly 300 congregations subdivided into 32 circuits, as well as 120 preschools, 76 elementary schools and 9 high schools with a total enrollment of 21,000. Pacific_Southwest_District_(LCMS)
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| Lutheran Orthodoxy Lutheran orthodoxy was an era in the history of Lutheranism, which began in 1580 from the writing of the Book of Concord and ended at the Age of Enlightenment. Lutheran orthodoxy was parallelled by similar eras in Calvinism and tridentine Roman Catholicism after the Counter-Reformation. Lutheran_Orthodoxy
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| Elevation (liturgy) In Christian liturgy the Elevation is the ritual of raising the consecrated elements of bread and wine during the celebration of the Eucharist. Elevation_(liturgy)
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| New England District (LCMS) The New England District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and encompasses all six New England states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. In addition, three congregations in southwest Connecticut are in the non-geographic SELC District. New_England_District_(LCMS)
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