Category: Lutheran archbishops

Category: Lutheran archbishops

Category: Lutheran archbishops by diocese

Category: Lutheran archbishops

Category: Lutheran archbishops

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As mentioned, the Lutheran Church in Sweden and Finland are exceptions, claiming apostolic succession in a pattern somewhat like the Anglican churches.

Halonen was a surprising candidate as she didn't represent many traditional values: She was known as a left-wing social democratic party member, who lived in a domestic partnership, was a single parent and had resigned from the national church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

In the 1960s, she left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, to which the majority of Finns belong, to protest against its policy of taxing church members and its stance against female priests.

Nevertheless it remains an official church festival in many Protestant churches, such as the ( Lutheran ) Church of Sweden, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and others.

Porvoo is the seat of the Swedish speaking Diocese of Borgå of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Other Lutheran bodies and synods that have dioceses and bishops include the Church of Denmark, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the Evangelical Church in Germany ( partially ), and the Church of Norway.

When an old bishop died in 1554, Gustav Vasa had Agricola consecrated as the ordinarius of Turku parish – for all practical purposes Bishop of Turku and by extension the first Lutheran bishop for all Finland.

Finland, for example, has the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and Finnish Orthodox Church as its official state religions, yet upholds the right of free expression of religion in article 11 of its constitution.

Most Finnish citizens belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Laestadians in Finland are part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, but in America, where there is no official Lutheran church, they founded their own denomination, which split into several sub-groups in the mid-20th Century.

In Finland, the Elämän Sana (" the Word of life ") group, as the most " mainline " of the different branches of Laestadianism, has been prominent within the hierarchy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Two members have been elected bishops of Oulu, and one has served as Chaplain General ( head chaplain of the Finnish Defence Forces and the equivalent of a Major General ).

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (; ) is a national church of Finland.

With 4. 2 million members, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is one of the largest Lutheran churches in the world.

Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Old Catholic and some Lutheran bishops ( for example, Sweden ) claim to be part of the continuous sequence of ordained bishops since the days of the apostles referred to as apostolic succession.

These include the United Church of Canada, and the United Church of Christ., all German Lutheran, reformed and united churches in EKD, all Swiss reformed churches, the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, the Church of Denmark, the Church of Sweden, the Church of Iceland and the Church of Norway.

However, the Church of Sweden conducts same-sex marriages, while the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America opens the ministry of the Church to gay and lesbian pastors and other professional workers living in committed relationships.

Within the Lutheran communion there are openly gay clergy, for example, bishop Eva Brunne is an openly lesbian Bishop in the Church of Sweden.

They formed the Scottish Reformed Church of Elbląg and became Elbing citizens, aiding Lutheran Sweden in the Thirty Years ' War.

Others, including the Church of Sweden, practice episcopal polity ; the Church of Sweden also counts its bishops among the historic episcopate as do some American Lutheran churches like the Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church, Lutheran Orthodox Church, Lutheran Church-International, and the Lutheran Episcopal Communion.

* 1593 – The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.

Since Lutheran Sweden preferred Osnabrück as a conference venue, its peace negotiations with the Empire, including the allies of both sides, took place in Osnabrück.

Meanwhile, Sweden and Denmark, both Lutheran kingdoms, sought to assist the Protestant cause in the Empire, and wanted to gain political and economic influence there as well.

The Meeting of Uppsala in 1593 established Lutheran orthodoxy in Sweden, and Charles and the Council of state gave new privileges to the university on August 1 of the same year.

* October 27 – Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden ( b. 1499 )

In the late 16th century, Kassel adopted Calvinism, while Darmstadt remained Lutheran and subsequently the two lines often found themselves on different sides of a conflict, most notably in the disputes over Hesse-Marburg and in the Thirty Years ' War, when Darmstadt fought on the side of the Emperor, while Kassel sided with Sweden and France.

For example, the Benedictine order of the Holy Cross at St Augustine's House in Michigan is a Lutheran order of monks and there are Lutheran religious communities in Sweden and Germany.

Liturgical or Mainline Protestant communities ( e. g. Presbyterian, Congregationalist / United Church of Christ, Methodist, Lutheran, etc.

Marking the festival's importance, in several denominations, such as the Lutheran and United Methodist churches ( and formerly in the Roman Catholic Church ), all the Sundays from the holiday itself until the next Advent in late November or December are designated the 2nd, 3rd, Nth, Sunday after Pentecost, etc.

The Paschal candle is a large, white candle used at liturgy in the Western Rites of Christianity ( Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, etc .).

In traditional Protestant churches ( Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran etc.

* Names of human origin divide, but Christians should be able to find common ground by using biblical names for the church ( i. e., " Christian Church ", " Church of God " or " Church of Christ " as opposed to " Methodist " or " Lutheran ", etc.

" With respect to worship, they " eschew the following models: Roman, Lutheran, Anglican, high church liturgical, Brethren, seeker-friendly, charismatic, evangelical, etc.

751 ( 635 )) condemned the following Lutheran position: " By no means believe that you are forgiven on account of your contrition, but because of Christ's words, ' Whatsoever thou shalt loose ', etc.

Lutheran, United Methodist and United Church of Christ congregations, along with those of other denominations, may celebrate Epiphany on 6 January, on the following Sunday within the Epiphany week ( octave ), or at another time ( Epiphany Eve 5 January, the nearest Sunday, etc.

However there are more Muslims in Norway than there are adherents of any specific Christian denomination outside of the Lutheran Church of Norway, with Muslims making up 2. 1 % of the population as compared to the 0. 2 % Orthodox Christians, 0. 1 % Seventh-day Adventists, 0. 2 % Baptists, etc.