Church Order of Pomerania

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The Church Order of Pomerania is a foundational 16th-century Lutheran ecclesiastical and social ordinance, drafted by reformer Johann Bugenhagen, that organized church life and governance in the Pomeranian region during the Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran church order
church order
ecclesiastical ordinance
appliesTo clergy in Pomerania
laity in Pomerania
appliesToRegion Pomerania NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory Duchy of Pomerania NERFINISHED
author Johann Bugenhagen NERFINISHED
compiledBy Johann Bugenhagen NERFINISHED
confessionalContext Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED
countryAtTimeOfIssue Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
draftedBy Johann Bugenhagen NERFINISHED
genre legal-religious text
hasPart disciplinary provisions
doctrinal articles
liturgical regulations
poor relief regulations
school ordinances
historicalEra Reformation NERFINISHED
implementedBy Pomeranian dukes NERFINISHED
implementedIn Pomeranian cities
Pomeranian rural parishes
influencedBy Martin Luther NERFINISHED
Wittenberg Reformation NERFINISHED
language German
purpose to establish Lutheran doctrine and practice in Pomerania
to organize church life in Pomerania
to regulate ecclesiastical governance
to regulate social and moral life in Pomerania
regulates church governance
education
moral discipline
parish organization
poor relief
preaching
sacramental practice
relatedWork Braunschweig Church Order NERFINISHED
Hamburg Church Order NERFINISHED
Lübeck Church Order NERFINISHED
religiousDenominationRegulated Evangelical Lutheran Church NERFINISHED
religiousFunction standardization of Lutheran worship
religiousTradition Lutheranism NERFINISHED
roleOfAuthor Lutheran reformer
significance foundational document of Lutheranism in Pomerania
model for later Lutheran church orders in Northern Europe
socialFunction regulation of communal and social life
theologicalOrientation Lutheran
timePeriod 16th century

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Johann Bugenhagen notableWork Church Order of Pomerania