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    John Christian Frederick Heyer (July 10, 1793 - November 7, 1873) was the first missionary sent abroad by Lutherans in the United States. He founded the...
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    November in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church with John Christian Frederick Heyer and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg. Nommensen was born in the Nordstrand...
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  • Andhra Pradesh. The first Lutheran missionary in Andhra was John Christian Frederick Heyer who arrived in the year 1842 AD. His wife and children remained...
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  • List of Protestant missionaries in India (category Lists of Christian missionaries)
    – German linguist and Basel missionary to India John Christian Frederick Heyer Sam Higginbottom John Nelson Hyde Lyman Jewett E. Stanley Jones Samuel...
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    worked in the Godavari delta area until his death in 1852. John Christian Frederick Heyer was the first Lutheran missionary in the region of Andhra Pradesh...
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  • filmmaker John Christian Frederick Heyer (1793–1873), American missionary John Henry Heyer (1831–1905), American politician Hans-Joachim Heyer (1920–1942)...
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  • Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (category Christian organizations established in 1927)
    General Synod of the Lutheran Church in America by John Christian Frederick Heyer (known as Father Heyer) on 31 July 1842. As a first step, schools were...
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  • renewer of society, 1639 (Commemoration) W – ELCA 4 5 6 7 John Christian Frederick Heyer, 1873; Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, 1719; Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen...
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  • A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine. Individual...
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    be instructed in the Christian faith (1 Cor. 11:28). The rite of confirmation provides an opportunity for the individual Christian, relying on God's promise...
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    Lutheran Church in America (ULCA) through Rev. Fr. John Christian Frederick Heyer (known as Father Heyer) established the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church...
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  • missionary of German origin, the Rev. John Christian Frederick Heyer, M. D., who was commonly called Father Heyer. It was all built by the British and...
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  • been Dr. John Christopher Kunze a leading Lutheran theologian. Prominent political and religious leaders Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Frederick Muhlenberg...
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  • Tausen. During Frederick's reign, Lutheranism made significant inroads in Denmark. At an open meeting in Copenhagen attended by King Christian III in 1536...
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    of justification," insisted Luther, "is the chief article of the whole Christian doctrine, which comprehends the understanding of all godliness." Lutherans...
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    Bowden, John John (1983). "Cross, Theology of (pp. 135ss.)". The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox...
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    claim more than 6 million members. The largest of these is the Batak Christian Protestant Church (Indonesian: Huria Kristen Batak Protestan), which comprises...
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  • Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod founded in Chicago, Illinois 1847 John Christian Frederick Heyer, missionary, arrives in Andhra Pradesh, India 1848 Epistle to...
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  • Pietism (redirect from Pietist Christian)
    biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christian life. Although the movement is aligned with Lutheranism, it has had a...
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    William Tyndale (category 16th-century Christian biblical scholars)
    and the Construction of Christian Identity in the History of Christianity. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 90-429-1688-5. Schofield, John (2011). The Rise and Fall...
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  • forgiveness of sins "in Jesus' name and blood". Laestadianism holds that when a Christian has committed a sin, whether in thought or deed, she or he should confess...
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    Lutheran bishop who fled to Sweden after the Soviet takeover.et:Johan Kõpp Frederick Muhlenberg (1750 - 1801) - Clergy, first Speaker of US House Heinrich...
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  • Philip (31 May 2005). The New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 531. ISBN 978-0-664-23003-6. Apology of...
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  • by the Lutheran Churches. Lutheran Mariology developed out of the deep Christian Marian devotion on which Luther was reared, and it was subsequently clarified...
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    Luther's Small Catechism (category 16th-century Christian texts)
    Missionaries John Campanius Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Hans Egede Johann Heinrich Callenberg Johann Phillip Fabricius Paul Henkel John Christian Frederick Heyer Karl...
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    John Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular...
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    Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's...
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  • White sails to China as a Methodist medical missionary. 1847 John Christian Frederick Heyer, missionary, arrives in Andhra Pradesh, India. 1848 – Charles...
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  • Dictionary of the Christian Church, second edition, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1974), 340 sub loco; cf. also J.T. Mueller, Christian Dogmatics: A Handbook...
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    Rite as their liturgy. It is unique in that it is based on the Eastern Christian rite used by the Eastern Orthodox Church, while incorporating theology...
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