!!!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.


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