Norwegian Augustana Synod (NAS) was a

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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 The Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (previously the Augustana Lutheran Synod and also Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America and Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America) was a Lutheran church ...

(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 Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America usually called the Conference was a Lutheran church body that existed in the United States from 1870 to 1890, when it merged into the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of Am ...

(The Conference). The difference between the NAS and the Conference was the inclusion of the ''

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''. The NAS wanted to include the whole book as confessional base. The Conference just wanted the three

ecumenical creeds Ecumenical creeds is an umbrella term used in Lutheran tradition to refer to three creeds: the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed. These creeds are also known as the catholic or universal creeds. These creeds are accepted ...

, Luther's Small Catechism and the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. The two groups along the

Anti-Missourian Brotherhood The Anti-Missourian Brotherhood was the name of a group of Lutheran pastors and churches in the United States who left the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Norwegian Synod). In 1872, the Norwegian Synod had been a co ...

group from the

Norwegian Synod The Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, commonly called the Norwegian Synod, was founded in 1853. It included churches in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. History In February 1853, several Lutheran ministers in ...

united in 1890 to form the

United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America The United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (UNLC) was the result of the union in 1890 of the Norwegian Augustana Synod (est. 1870), the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (1870), and the Anti-Missourian ...

Presidents

*O. J. Hatlestad 1870–1880 *Ole Andrewson 1880–1885 *Andreas Wright 1885–1888 *O. J. Hatlestad 1888–1890

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

Background

Presidents

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References

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