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This content was rescued from a larger (mostly redundant) section that had been added to the disambiguation page for the abbreviation VDM. I am not completely convinced that a separate article is warranted, but will give it a chance for expansion. I will probably request this article be deleted if it is not expanded with appropriate information about the term.--Jeffro77 (talk) 04:06, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
From my perspective, it is a useful concept used as postnominals for those Lutheran pastors that have been ordained within an apostolic tradition. This despite me living in a country where postnominals are rarely used. While much less frequent today than last century, it is a living thing. I say it is better to expand the article with a broader perspective than to delete it. OJH (talk) 07:12, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've added the template Global, as the article only seems to handle a few rapsodic examples from the USA. I'll be looking for more sources and hoping to expand the article soon, but would very much welcome other perspectives to, as I probably will end up with only German and Swedish sources. OJH (talk) 07:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There, I've had a first go at it, which resulted in the American use of postnominals being moved to second position and a more general discussion on Lutherdom and Calvinistic faith taking a more prominent place. However, this is just a start, it should problable be expanded by someone with a greater expertise or readily available printed sources. I'll leave the Global-template for a while, hopefully others will join in!OJH (talk) 15:21, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
