RT Article
T1 The Firstborn Laestadians and the sacraments: Conceptual analysis as an approach to answering the question of why the Firstborn in Finland began administering the sacraments
JF Approaching religion
VO 10
IS 1
SP 22
OP 39
A1 Ollilainen, Anssi
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1698837224
AB Firstborn Laestadians represent one branch of the Laestadian revival movement following the so-called Great Division of around the turn of the twentieth century. This article examines two concepts; "the priesthood of all believers" and "the preacher", which are used by adherents of Firstborn Laestadianism (FBL) to elucidate the further schism which took place in 2014-16 between the Firstborn and the Evangelic­­­al Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF). Both concepts are to some extent contrasted with comparable ideas in Martin Luther's (1483-1546) and Lars Levi Laestadius's (1800-61) thinking, because Luther and Laestadius are held in high esteem by the Firstborn.
K1 Firstborn Laestadianism
K1 Laestadianism
K1 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
DO 10.30664/ar.85753