Lutheranism
Lutheranism
!Lutheran priest [elevating) the host during the Mass#Lutheranism) at Alsike Church, Sweden](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KonsekrationAlsikeKyrka.png/250px-KonsekrationAlsikeKyrka.png)
Etymology
!The high altar of [Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church), a parish of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Milwaukee](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/St.John%27sEvangelicalLutheranChurch%2CMilwaukee%2CWisconsin%2CAltar.jpg/250px-St.John%27sEvangelicalLutheranChurch%2CMilwaukee%2CWisconsin%2CAltar.jpg)
Etymology
The name Lutheran originated as a derogatory term used against Luther by German Scholastic theologian Johann Maier von Eck during the Leipzig Debate in July 1519. Eck and other Roman Catholics followed the traditional practice of naming a heresy after its leader, thus labeling all who identified with the theology of Martin Luther as Lutherans.
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