Meanings
comparative more Lutheranly · superlative most Lutheranly
- In a Lutheran way or manner.
Lutheran God-talk, after all, has been the main impetus for everything from modern "death of God" talk — all those Nietzscheans were brought up Lutheranly — to numbing, sterile, crabby, and cramping sectarianisms […]
1988, Candida Lund, God and me, Thomas More Pr, →ISBN3 more examples
... ordained (?) in 1540 priest by Martin Skytte, the previous Bishop of Abo (who was consecrated (?) Lutheranly, as we have seen, by Peter Monsson of Westeriis), and did not, therefore, as seems probable, possess even valid priestly orders.
1864, The Scottish guardian, page 97Dr Schniewind does this very forcibly and pertinently, though of course, to our English minds, very Lutheranly too. When, however, he endeavours to theorize the problem of mythology on his own account, he does not achieve an equal […]
1953, Rudolf Bultmann, Kerygma and Myth: A Theological Debate"One of these practices is ethics—the disciplined reflection on Christian moral life, Lutheranly construed. Lutheran ethics is critical and constructive reflection on Christian moral practice. As such it is both descriptive and normative."
1998, Karen L. Bloomquist, John R. Stumme, The Promise of Lutheran Ethics, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 11
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