!!!Evangelischer Bund Evangelischer Bund (Protestant Association) in Austria was founded in 1903 on the German model "for the protection of German Protestant interests"; it was closely connected with the Los-von-Rom-Bewegung (political movement in German-nationalist circles in Austria, directed against the Catholic church). The Evangelischer Bund saw itself as a guardian against Roman-Catholic attacks. After 1945 it abandoned its anti-Catholic and nationalist stance. Today, it tries to strengthen Protestant identity and to promote a substantive dialogue with other churches. !Literature Schriftenreihe Evangelischer Bund in Oesterreich, magazine "Martin Luther", 1986ff. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Evangelischer_Bund|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]