The doctrine of Lutheranism is based on the Holy Scripture-the Bible. However, Lutheranism recognizes the major provisions of the Nicaea-Constantinople symbol of faith: about God as the Creator of the world and of man, of the divine Trinity, the God-man, etc. In Lutheranism, along with the Bible, have their own doctrinal books: “Augsburg confession” (1530), by F. Melanchthon (a disciple and follower of Luther), “Book of harmony” by M. Luther, which included “Big” and “Small Catechism”, “Smalininkai article” and “Formula of agreement”. These documents set out the main claims of the Lutherans to the Catholic Church and the new provisions that Luther made to the creed. Chief among them is the dogma of justification only by faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Lutheranism arose as a result of a compromise between Charles V, who defended the interests of the Catholic Church, and the Protestant German princes. Therefore, there are many elements borrowed from Catholicism in his creed and, in particular, in his religious practice, as well as in his religious organization. Lutheranism recognizes the sacrament of baptism and communion. Infants are subjected to the rite of baptism, as in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Four other traditional for Catholicism and Orthodoxy sacraments

are considered as simple rites: confirmation, marriage, ordination (ordination) and soborovanie. In relation to confession, Lutheranism has not developed a single position. In Lutheranism, the clergy and the episcopate are preserved. The clergy differ from the laity in their respective vestments. Odes’-

the function and purpose of Ministers of worship in Lutheranism is fundamentally different from that in Catholicism and Orthodoxy. They act as organizers of religious life, interpreters of the Holy Scriptures, preachers of the Word of God, moral mentors.

Lutheranism is influential in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and the United States. On the territory of Russia-

there are only some of the Lutheran community. In 1947, the world Lutheran Union was established.

Anglicanism.

In the most striking form, the compromise of Protestant doctrine and worship with the Catholic faith was realized in Anglicanism. As already noted earlier, the transformation of the Anglican Church in the spirit of Protestantism took place at the initiative of Parliament and king Henry XIII in 1534. the Struggle between supporters of different faiths in England lasted for half a century. During the reign of Queen Mary I Tudor (1553-1558), the Catholics temporarily managed to take revenge and return England to the” bosom ” of the Catholic Church. However, Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603), who ascended to the throne, sided with the Protestants and the process of forming a new kind of Protestantism received its natural form. During this period, the development of the “Book of common prayer” was completed, and in 1571 the Anglican creed was approved – the so-called “39 articles”.