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4 unusual facts about Lars Levi Laestadius


Apostolic Lutheran Church of America

However, there were a number belonging to a party founded by Provost Lars Levi Laestadius, of Pajala, Sweden.

Laestadian Lutheran Church

The Laestadian Lutheran Church takes its name from Martin Luther and Lars Levi Laestadius.

Laestadianism in America

Some of these new immigrants found themselves in conflict with older, established immigrants from the same countries, being generally poorer and less established, and hewing to the new, fundamentalist teachings of Lars Levi Laestadius, a Swedish-Sami preacher and botanist born in Arjeplog, Sweden.

The term "Laestadian" is used as an umbrella to refer to all churches with a clear succession of belief from the teachings of Lars Levi Laestadius.



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