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Quote:<b>wel_mel_2 wrote: Luther the King is same as Martin Luther king and Lutheran faith was named after him. </b>
The Lutheran Church was founded around the time "The Book of Concord" was published (in the year 1580 AD, or approximately 427 years ago). Martin Luther King wasn't born until 1929. Clearly, the Lutheran faith was NOT named after Martin Luther King. In fact, Martin Luther King was a baptist minister and not a Lutheran as you claim.
Clearly there is a mix up here, let me clarify further so that we don't go back and forth talking about "<i>off topic issue</i>".
Martin Luther is the one i was talking about, sorry for creating any confusion. of course i was not talking about Martin Luther King <b>one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement</b>. but we are not in conflict anyway, the whole faith of Lutheran was <b>NAMED after Martin Luther</b>. so here is the point.
Quote:Lutherans <b>don't worship Martin Luther by any means</b>. <b>In fact, Luther himself didn't want his followers to be called Lutherans</b>. It was given by those who opposed Luther as a derogatory name. Nevertheless, the name has stuck for the past 500 years to describe those who recognize his theology over and against the Roman Catholic Church of that time. With Luther, the rise of the protestant churches began. The life of Martin Luther is another example of God's perfect timing.
King of Kings Lutheran Church
So are we done with this now? Can we please stick to our original post?
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Wael.