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Hallesby wrote 67 books, mostly on theology and ethics, but is known for devotional writings. The Christian Life: In The Light of the Cross (1922) Infant baptism and adult conversion: An exposition of the relation between… (1924) Why I Am A Christian (1925) The Christian Home (1926) Prayer (1931) Conscience (1933) Under His Wings (1933, 3rd ed.)
The Norwegian Bible Society (Norwegian: Det Norske Bibelselskap) is a Norwegian Christian foundation which translates, produces, and distributes the Bible in Norway. It is the official Bible society of Norway. The Norwegian Bible Society is organized as a publishing company that distributes the Bible in various editions and other books related ...
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church is founded on the Bible and the confession of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Frikirken 'believes, teaches, and confesses that the Bible is the only rule and guideline for faith, doctrine, and life'. [2] As a free church, the Frikirken is founded upon the local congregation (congregationalism).
The New Testament of 1524. In 1524, the exiled King Christian II of Denmark-Norway ordered the publication of the first Danish-language translation of the New Testament. It was given a full title which can be translated as "This is the New Testament in Danish directly from the Latin version," and is often referred to today as the New Testament of King Christian II.
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (Den Evangelisk Lutherske frikyrkja i Noreg in Norwegian) or the Free Church as it is commonly known, is a nationwide Lutheran free church in Norway consisting of 81 congregations with 19,313 members in 2020, up from 18,908 in 2016. [26] It was founded in 1877 in Moss.
In the 1926 referendum on the repeal of prohibition on alcohol, the Bible Belt cast a strong vote against repeal (73.1% in Rogaland, 77.2% in Møre og Romsdal), unlike the rest of Norway. [2] The Bible Belt also has a strong pietist movement, that opposes the central authority of the State Church of Norway.
Since Peter Waldo's Franco-Provençal translation of the New Testament in the late 1170s, and Guyart des Moulins' Bible Historiale manuscripts of the Late Middle Ages, there have been innumerable vernacular translations of the scriptures on the European continent, greatly aided and catalysed by the development of the printing press, first invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the late 1430s.
Executive secretary of the Norwegian Bible Society in Israel and for the Norwegian Bible Society on the West Bank - for the United Bible Socities, 1976-81. Manager, the Caspari Center for Biblical and Jewish Studies, 1982-86. Secretary-general in the Norwegian Bible Society, 1986-96. Dean in Oslo Cathedral, 1996-98; Bishop in the Diocese of ...