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Lutheran art consists of all religious art produced for Lutherans and the Lutheran churches.This includes sculpture, painting, and architecture. Artwork in the Lutheran churches arose as a distinct marker of the faith during the Reformation era and attempted to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form the teachings of Lutheran theology.
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The Indonesian Christian Church (Huria Kristen Indonesia, HKI) is a Lutheran denomination in Indonesia, member of the Lutheran World Federation [1] and the World Council of Churches. [2] The HKI was established in 1927, asserting its autonomy and self-government from the Rhenish Missionary Society, from Germany.
Thanks to Cranach's productive workshop and woodcut pamphlets those works quickly spread and became representative of Lutheran doctrine. Many painters and woodcutters created copies of them and one featured as the frontispiece of the Luther Bible in 1541 and 1545, on pulpits and as architectural decoration. [ 3 ]
Indonesia [ edit ] In some Protestant churches of the Indonesia , the preacher pulpit generally located in the center of the altar, which usually occurs in the Batak Christian Protestant Church ( Indonesian : Huria Kristen Batak Protestan ), one of the largest Lutheran churches in the Southeast Asia .
Josef Heller describes the altar as “one of the most comprehensive major works with excellent execution” which represents the Lutheran approach to the sacred imagery and liturgy, along with the Protestant theological concept of 'Law and Grace' by reflecting the devotional forms of Nordic art of the 15th and early 16th centuries. [4]
The paintings, intended to illustrate Lutheran ideas of salvation, are exemplars of Lutheran Merkbilder, [1] which were simple, didactic illustrations of Christian doctrine. Cranach probably drew on input from his lifelong friend Martin Luther when designing these panels, which illustrate the Protestant concept of Law and Gospel .
The triptych altarpiece was installed at the high altar of the Wittenberg City Parish Church of St. Mary's in 1547, one year after Luther's death, and it is believed to be consecrated by Johannes Bugenhagen, who was the pastor at St. Mary's church in Wittenberg and a good friend of Martin Luther. [2]