Kirikuõpetuslikke vaateid Eesti teoloogias: Harald Põllu vabakiriku kava
Ecclesiological views in Estonian theology: Harald Põld’s concept of a Free Church

Summary/Abstract: The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church was formed in 1917–1919 as a Free Folk Church. In the 1920‘s there were three main theological currents in the Estonian church: Liberal “Protestants”, Conservative Lutherans, and the Ecclesiastical-Confessional Movement. The leader of the conservatives was Harald Põld, dean of the Eastern Harju Deanery. The conservatives and the liberals defended the principle of an independent congregation, as against the view of a unified church held by the Consistory and the Ecclesiastical-Confessional Movement. Harald Põld fiercely ciritcized the concept of a Free Folk Church, which in his opinion would make the church too nationalistic and excessively dependent on the state. Põld supported a congregationalist church order, inviting congregations to join his Free Synod. His main concern was to guarantee orthodox Lutheran teaching in the church. As a theologian, Harald Põld represented the viewpoints of new orthodoxy and pietism.

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