Editing Religious order (section)

===Lutheran tradition===
[[Image:Monastery Ebstorf.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Ebstorf Abbey]] continued as a Lutheran convent in the Benedictine tradition since 1529]]
Martin Luther had concerns with the spiritual value of monastic life at the time of the Reformation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kwl.com.au/httpdocs/Articals/The%20Benedictines.htm|title=The Benedictines}}</ref> After the foundation of the [[Lutheran Church]]es, some monasteries in Lutheran lands (such as [[Amelungsborn Abbey]] near [[Negenborn]] and [[Loccum Abbey]] in [[Rehburg-Loccum]]) and convents (such as [[Ebstorf Abbey]] near the town of [[Uelzen]] and [[Bursfelde Abbey]] in [[Bursfelde]]) adopted the Lutheran Christian faith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medievalhistories.com/kloster-ebstorf-convent-bad-bevensen-near-luneburg/|title=Kloster Ebstorf|date=8 August 2014|publisher=Medieval Histories|language=en|access-date=20 November 2017|quote=The monastery is mentioned for the first time in 1197. It belongs to the group of so-called Lüneklöstern (monasteries of Lüne), which became Lutheran convents following the Protestant Reformation. […] It is currently one of several Lutheran convents maintained by the Monastic Chamber of Hanover (Klosterkammer Hannover), an institution of the former Kingdom of Hanover founded by its Prince-Regent, later King George IV of the United Kingdom, in 1818, in order to manage and preserve the estates of Lutheran convents.}}</ref>

Other examples of Lutheran religious orders include the "[[Order of Lutheran Franciscans]]" in the United States.  Also, a [[Lutheran]] religious order following the Rule of St. Benedict, "The Congregation of the Servants of Christ", was established at St. Augustine's House in Oxford, Michigan, in 1958 when some other men joined Father [[Arthur Kreinheder]] in observing the monastic life and offices of prayer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staugustineshouse.org|title=Saint Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery in Oxford, Michigan}}</ref> This order has strong ties to Lutheran Benedictine orders in Sweden ([[Östanbäck Monastery]]) and in Germany ([[Priory of St. Wigbert]]).