{"id":2745,"date":"2024-05-24T19:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/protestant-vs-lutheran-differences\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:46:05","slug":"protestant-vs-lutheran-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/protestant-vs-lutheran-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Luthers versus protestants: Lutheranen waren de eerste protestanten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Lutherans are Protestants, the first to carry the name. It comes from a protest reforming princes and cities lodged at the Diet of Speyer in 1529. Unlike most later Protestants, they teach that Christ&#039;s body and blood are truly present in the Lord&#039;s Supper and that baptism gives God&#039;s grace to infants, and their worship stays close to the Mass. Most of the difference turns on four words. At the Last Supper Jesus took bread and said, &quot;Take, eat; this\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lutherans are Protestants, the first to bear the name. They differ from other Protestants on Communion, baptism and worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3714,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/protestant-christian-vs-reformed-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":2745,"position":0},"title":"Reformed vs Protestant: What Is the Difference?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mei 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Reformed churches are one Protestant family, from Zwingli and Calvin. 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