Gnesio-Lutherans

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Lutheran theological movement religious faction

Gnesio-Lutherans were a 16th-century group of strict Lutheran theologians and pastors who insisted on uncompromising adherence to Martin Luther’s original doctrines and opposed perceived compromises with Catholicism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gnesio-Lutherans canonical	1
Philippist Lutheranism	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lutheran theological movement ⓘ religious faction ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Adiaphoristic Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Crypto-Calvinist Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Flacian Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Majoristic Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Osiandrian Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ Synergistic Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
confessionalBasis	Augsburg Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ Schmalkald Articles NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreAim	defend original doctrines of Martin Luther ⓘ oppose theological compromise with Roman Catholicism ⓘ
criticizedFor	intransigence in church politics ⓘ rigidity ⓘ
doctrinalPosition	insistence on forensic justification by faith alone ⓘ insistence that ceremonies demanded by Catholics were not adiaphora ⓘ opposition to any compromise formulas with Roman Catholicism ⓘ rejection of adiaphora in times of confession ⓘ rejection of good works as a cause of salvation ⓘ
era	Reformation era ⓘ
geographicRegion	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	aftermath of the Schmalkaldic War ⓘ post-Reformation Lutheran controversies ⓘ
influencedDocument	Formula of Concord NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedTradition	confessional Lutheranism ⓘ
keyFigure	Andreas Musculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Joachim Westphal NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Timann NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Wigand NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthias Flacius Illyricus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolaus von Amsdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilemann Heshusius NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainClassification	Protestantism NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	genuine Lutherans ⓘ
opposedDoctrine	Interim of Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Leipzig Interim NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippism NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedGroup	Philippists NERFINISHED ⓘ followers of Philipp Melanchthon ⓘ
opposedViewOf	Melanchthonian theology ⓘ
religiousTradition	Lutheranism NERFINISHED ⓘ
selfIdentification	true heirs of Martin Luther ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis	insistence on real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ rejection of Reformed sacramental theology ⓘ rejection of synergism in salvation ⓘ strict adherence to Lutheran confessions ⓘ strict view of predestination consistent with Luther ⓘ strong doctrine of original sin ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augsburg Interim → criticizedBy → Gnesio-Lutherans ⓘ

Philipp Schwartzerdt → influenced → Gnesio-Lutherans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippist Lutheranism