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Show iutiihu.ns iv nit: t;Mri:i) hTATI S. AuxiiiIH.ta to the flguriii of the recent census the total number of Lutheran communicautt In the United HtaleaU very closo on 1.200,01)7, cou iiectid with 8IJT organliatlous, allli church propirly valueil at $1I,!IS,000. Pennsylvania tin nda II rat with 210,000, Wisconsin next "with 143,000, and Minnesota thirl with Ht,00. All tho Hlale and Terrltarlea have coinmuul-cant coinmuul-cant except Nevada, th Indian Ttr rllory anj Uklahoma, Arrangud according to hngusgo 431,000 memlier belong to synod wholly German, 233,000 to, synod tartly Hugllsh and partly German, 100,0)0 to synod using wholly the i:ugllsh language, 100,000 Norwegian, t'J,0O0 Uwudlsh, 14,00i) Danllli, 2000 Islandlo and Wi i'lunls'j, The tarllest Luthtrans In Amerlci camofrorn Holland lo Manhattan Island Is-land lu 1013 with the flral Dutch col ony. Tbey were subjected for tome time to dlsal llltlc because the l'ubllo Iteformn.1 rellglonwut that catabllahed lu the coluny. It waa not uutll thu Kuglfah took possession of New Vork that tho Luthiraua were allowed full liberty of worship. The Hwedes established Lutheranlsm on the bank of the Delaware lu lOSj. The tint Hynod there was organized In 1744 by Henry Muhlonburg, and In 1766, tho lecond )nod, the minister-lum minister-lum ot New Vork wa formed. The sy.to.11 of faith held by all Lutheran la set forth lu the Augsburg Augs-burg Confession, Luther's Catechism, Cate-chism, tha Aology ut the Augsburg Augs-burg Confitslon, the Hmalcald Articles auJ the Formula of Concord. Ihe cardinal doctrine of the s) stein latitat of Justification by faith alone. The ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Bupjier are held to bo not mere ilgna or memorials, but channels of grace. Lutheran believe tjiat "lu Ihe Holy Hupper there are r resent with the sic-mend sic-mend nud ore Icntlri-d taurantenlally audsu(.rnaturally the body and blood uf the Lord Jesus Christ," but trait-suUUntlstlou trait-suUUntlstlou as held by the Human Catholic Church Is rejected, as Is alio consuUlatillatlon a held hy tho Au-gllcan Au-gllcan Church. ThaeutlraLuthern Communion In the United titalia Includes tha General Hyuod, the UultidHyiiudlnthe Houth, the General Cuuucll, Ihe tlynodlcal Conference, tweho lndeendent synods, and several la lependeut congregations. con-gregations. The total uuinbor of 10111-luuiiicinta 10111-luuiiicinta Is l,l00,o!4, In round uum-bur uum-bur 1,200 ,000. |