Lutheran orthodoxy
Era in the history of Lutheranism (1580–1730) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Eastern Christian reformation movement, see Protestant Eastern Christianity.
For the branch of Lutheranism based in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church, see Eastern Lutheranism.
Lutheran orthodoxy was an era in the history of Lutheranism, which began in 1580 from the writing of the Book of Concord and ended at the Age of Enlightenment. Lutheran orthodoxy was paralleled by similar eras in Calvinism and tridentine Roman Catholicism after the Counter-Reformation.
Lutheran scholasticism was a theological method that gradually developed during the era of Lutheran orthodoxy. Theologians used the neo-Aristotelian form of presentation, already popular in academia, in their writings and lectures. They defined the Lutheran faith and defended it against the polemics of opposing parties.