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- noun Plural form of
Lutheran .
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Examples
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Makes me wonder whether those Winsconsin Lutherans are really committed to change in New Orleans or not.
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If there be some called Lutherans, some Calvinists, some subordinate divisions among these, and so of other parties among us, most of them will pray hard for the prosperity of their party, and rejoice and give thanks when it goes well with them; but if any other party suffer, they little regard it, as if it were no loss at all to the Church.
The Reformed Pastor 1615-1691 1974
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C.P. Krauth declared in 1845: "It cannot be denied that the name Lutherans in this country simply states an historical fact without giving in any case a sure index to the views, feelings, or practises of those who bear it."
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Many learned theologians thought, that when these gods were assailed by the Titans, called Lutherans, Anglicans, and
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That was those teachers in grade school, that condescending -- and the Carvey family, we were Lutherans, which is sorta like Catholic lite, you know?
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Now, the sequence of events of which the Peace of Passau between Charles and the Lutherans was a part had resulted in war between France and the
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This name the people applied in hatred and derision to those who were elsewhere called Lutherans, and from Touraine it spread throughout France.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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At the Diet of Augsburg, convened in order to restore the disturbed religious peace, the Lutherans were the first to take a step towards reconciliation by delivering their Confession, June 25, 1530.
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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In not a few places, so-called Lutherans vied with the most fanatical sects in their wild extravagances.
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In the late French war the Turks had figured as the Pope's friends and had spared his shores; it now seemed possible that the Lutherans might be the Pope's allies.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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