One of the first things that Martin Luther did at the beginning of our movement was to translate the Bible into something that was readable by his German neighbors and friends. He wasn’t the first person to do this, but it does show that since the beginning, Lutherans have felt the Bible is important. In Read more about Lutherans and the Bible[…]
Many times you will see the core Lutheran beliefs stated in the Latin form that they were first presented (at the time, Latin was the language of scholarship, and if you were going to be taken seriously you needed to write in Latin). These Latin terms were: Sola Scriptura Sola Fide Sola Gratia and later Read more about Why we translate “sola” as “only” and not “alone”[…]
A Lutheran is a member of a movement that is trying to communicate the truth of Christianity according to its basic sources: Scripture, Faith, Grace, and Jesus Christ. Lutherans believe in “Scripture Only“. This means that we believe that only Scripture is ultimately useful in understanding who God is. We believe that theology (the task Read more about So what IS a Lutheran anyway?[…]