Norwegian Augustana Synod (NAS) was a
Lutheran church body in the United States from 1870 to 1890. The group's original name was the Norwegian-Danish Augustana Synod in America. The name was shorted in 1878.
Background
The NAS was created out of the
Scandinavian Augustana Synod (SAS) in 1870. The NAS was primarily made up of Norwegians (along with some Danes). At the same time the NAS was being formed, another group of Norwegians and Danes created out of the SAS the
Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (The Conference).
The difference between the NAS and the Conference was the inclusion of the ''
Book of Concord''. The NAS wanted to include the whole book as confessional base. The Conference just wanted the three
ecumenical creeds,
Luther's Small Catechism
''Luther's Small Catechism'' (german: Der Kleine Katechismus) is a catechism written by Martin Luther and published in 1529 for the training of children. Luther's Small Catechism reviews the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Pr ...
and the Unaltered
Augsburg Confession
The Augsburg Confession, also known as the Augustan Confession or the Augustana from its Latin name, ''Confessio Augustana'', is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Re ...
.
The two groups along the
Anti-Missourian Brotherhood group from the
Norwegian Synod united in 1890 to form the
United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.
Presidents
*O. J. Hatlestad 1870–1880
*Ole Andrewson 1880–1885
*Andreas Wright 1885–1888
*O. J. Hatlestad 1888–1890
See also
{{Portal, Christianity
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The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States
The Norwegian Lutheran Church in the United States is a general term to describe the Lutheran church tradition developed within the United States by immigrants from Norway.
Background
Most Norwegian immigrants to the United States, particularly ...
References
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Christian Cyclopedia
Other source
*Nelson, E. Clifford, and Fevold, Eugene L. ''The Lutheran Church among Norwegian-Americans: a history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church'' (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1960)
Lutheran denominations in North America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America predecessor churches
History of Christianity in the United States
Religious organizations established in 1870
Christian denominations established in the 19th century
Lutheranism in the United States
Norwegian-American culture