“All men must be baptized Christians. They may sacrifice to the old gods in secret; there is no penalty unless they do it openly. “Babies may still be exposed and men may eat horseflesh; in these things the heathens got their way. “All men must observe the Christian feasts such as Christmas, Easter and so […]
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“NEVER AN UNFREE MAN”: THE NORWEGIAN “VIKING ROOTS” OF FREE LUTHERANISM
by Lars Walker, author of NPI Noble Novels fiction book West Oversea. The following anecdote is not my own, but our president Loiell Dyrud’s. Loiell reports a conversation with a Lutheran of Swedish ancestry. They were discussing the ministry of Hans Nielsen Hauge, the Norwegian lay evangelist, when the Swedish gentleman said, “Hauge couldn’t have […]