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Pietism vs Lutheranism - What's the difference?

pietism | lutheranism |

Pietism is a meronym of lutheranism.

pietism

Noun

(-)
  • (Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 739:
  • *:From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.
  • lutheranism

    Noun

    (-)
  • The Christian denomination based on the beliefs and doctrines developed by and his immediate followers.
  • Hypernyms

    * Protestantism

    Meronyms

    * pietism

    See also

    * Lutheran English eponyms