LUTHERANS

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I. State Churches in Europe.

Name and History (§ 1).

Creed and Theology (§ 2).

Relation to the Reformed Church (§ 3).

Ritual and Worship (§ 4).

Government (§ 5).

II. Separate Lutherans.

1. In Prussia.

Scheibel at Breslau (§ 1).

Movement Elsewhere Before 1840 (§ 2).

Accession of Frederick William IV. (§ 3).

Schism of 1880 (§ 4).

2. Elsewhere.

Churches in Ream (§ 1).

Churches in Hanover and Baden (§ 2).

Churches in Saxony (§ 3).

III. Lutherans in America.

1. Early Settlements.

Dutch Lutherans (§ 1).

Swedish Lutherans (§ 2).

German Lutherans (§ 3).

2. Organization Under Mühlenberg.

Preliminary Labors (§ 1).

Character of the Organisation (§ 2).

3. Period of Deterioration, 1787-1820.

Effects of Rationalism (§ 1).

Change in Language (§ 2).

4. The General Synod.

Organization and Purpose (§ 1).

Dissentient Movements (§ 2).

5. Confessional Lutherans in the West.

The Synod of Missouri (§ 1).

The Buffalo Synod (§ 2).

The Iowa Synod (§ 3).

The Joint Synod of Ohio (§ 4).

The Synodical Conference (§ 5).

6. The Scandinavian Lutherans.

The Swedes. Augustans, Synod (§ 1).

The Norwegians (§ 2).

Other Scandinavians (§ 3).

7. The Lutherans in the South.

8. The General Council.