Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania
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Evangelische Kirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses in Rumänien ( Parishes | 233 | |
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Region | Priests 44 | |
Tertiary institutions | Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj | |
Official website | evang |
The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania (German: Evangelische Kirche A.B. [Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses] in Rumänien, Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică de Confesiune Augustană în România) is a German-speaking Lutheran church in Romania, mainly based in Transylvania. As a Lutheran church, it adheres to the Augsburg Confession. Its history goes back to the 12th century when the Transylvanian Saxons arrived in the region, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary.[1]
The church has
History
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Beginnings
The history of the Evangelical (Lutheran) Church in the territory of today's Romania finds its beginnings in the mid-16th century, through the humanist cartographer and reformer Johannes Honterus.[3] Martin Luther's writings had been brought and spread in Transylvania as early as 1519, but the real reformation among the German Catholic population took place in 1542 (or 1543) with the publication of Reformationsbüchlein by Honterus in his own printing house in Brașov (German: Kronstadt).[4]
In 1572, the Synod of Mediasch (Romanian: Mediaș) accepted the "Augsburg Confession", one of the most important doctrinal documents of Evangelical Lutheranism (presented in 1530 at the Diet of Augsburg), as the basis for preaching and church life.[3]
In the semi-independent Principality of Transylvania (under Turkish control), the church enjoyed much religious freedom.[2] However this changed when it came under Habsburg control, with the Catholic Church having privileged status.[3]
20th century
The Lutheran German minority was highly persecuted during the
Since 1994
Churches
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One of the Lutheran fortified churches in Biertan
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Saint Bartholomew Church, Brașov
References
- ^ "Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ a b c "World Council of Churches: Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania". Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ a b c "Secretariatul de stat pentru culte: Biserica Evanghelică C.A. din România" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- : "Cărticica de reformă pentru Brașov și Țara Bârsei")
- ^ "Geschichte" (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
External links
- Official website (in German and Romanian)