Word: lutheranism
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...Lutherans took issue with the cardinal on a matter of fundamental principle: the separation of church and state, "a cherished ideal of all American Lutherans since they first arrived on American soil 300 years ago." Lutherans did not seek federal aid to education, declared Dr. John W. Behnken, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, the most conservative of the large Lutheran groups.* Even if the Government should offer help to private schools, Dr. Behnken said, "there must be a clear understanding that no Government assistance can be given to support the instructional program of church schools. If there...
...Sweden, as in all Scandinavian countries, religious liberty has developed only gradually since Lutheranism became supreme in the 16th Century; until a law was passed in 1860 recognizing dissident churches, any attempt to get a Lutheran to change his confession was a penal offense, and apostasy from the state church made a Swede liable to banishment for life. Since 1860 much progress has been made, but it has been slow...
Whenever Roman Catholics take a public drubbing for their policy in Spain, they can retort, as the Jesuit weekly America did last spring: "Let us look at Sweden. It has an established Lutheran church, apparently unaware (like England) of the 'great Protestant principle' of separation of church and state. Without special permission of the Swedish government, the Catholic Church can own no property in Sweden, as Protestants can do in Spain ... Do American Catholics, or indeed, Swedish Catholics (5,809 in a population of 6,000,000) shout about Lutheran 'persecution' of Catholics in Sweden...
...Swede would be free to leave the Lutheran Church without joining any other Christian community (he is now required to join another Christian church). ¶All non-Lutheran pastors would be allowed to officiate at weddings (only Lutherans, Methodists, Jews and Roman Catholics may now do so). ¶Permission to establish Catholic convents and monasteries in Sweden, denied since 1595, would once again be granted. ¶Teachers of all Christian denominations would be allowed to teach in all school levels (non-Lutherans are now barred from teaching in elementary schools). ¶Non-Lutherans would have to pay only one-half...