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Lutheranism is a major protestant denomination, which originated as a sixteenth century movement led by Martin Luther . The Development of Lutheranism is credited to Martin Luther. Luther was a German Augustinian monk and professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg in Saxony. His goal originally was the reformation of the Western Christian Church (Roman Catholic). The church taught at this time and as was Luther's belief that the surest way past sinfulness was in that becoming a monk was the surest way to forgiveness and entrance to heaven. The more he searched the Scriptures and compared the Scriptures with what the church taught at this time, Luther found important differences in the two. Luther's departure from the Roman Catholic doctrine rests on these beliefs: the Scriptures contain the one necessary guide to truth, and it is the right of the individual to reach God through them with responsibility to God alone; salvation comes through faith alone, available to humanity through the redeeming work of Christ; and the sacraments are valid only as aids to faith. Luther developed the term Lutheran. The pope excommunicated Luther and his followers. There are several reasons for the success of L
Lutheranism spread elsewhere in the world through immigration. Lutheran churches were established in North America. Lutherans on Manhattan Island came from the Netherlands in 1625. Swedish settlers established a congregation at Fort Christina, near what is now Wilmington, Delaware. German Lutheran churches were established in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Lutheran churches were formed in the mid-west and the west by Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and other nationalities. The south saw it's first Lutheran churches with the migration of the Salzburger migration to Georgia in 1734. In the late 19th century there were about 150 Lutheran bodies in the United States. In 1918 the Lutherans formed into the United Lutheran Church of America. The American Lutheran Church, formed in 1961, and the Lutheran Church in America, formed in 1962, united in 1988 to become the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This group comprises of about 5.2 million members. This is about 95% of all Lutherans in America. In Europe the history of Lutheranism can be broken into several periods. The first period, from 1520-1580 was one of doctrinal consolidation, which took part while Luther was still alive. This was the controversy raised by Andreas Osiander over the meaning of Christ's death on the cross. The period from 1580-1700 was called "the age of orthodoxy." During the seventeenth century, Germany was racked by the Thirty Years War. During this period Lutheranism lost much of it's territory. The later part of the century saw a re
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