Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union

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Protestant church body United Protestant church state church

The Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union was a major Protestant state church in Prussia that united Lutheran and Reformed traditions and played a significant role in German religious and political life into the 20th century.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Union of Evangelical Churches	4
Evangelical Church in Prussia	3
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union canonical	2
Evangelical State Church of Prussia’s older Provinces	2
Prussian Union of Churches	2
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (Westphalian province)	1
Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (regional parts)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Protestant church body ⓘ United Protestant church ⓘ state church ⓘ
churchPolity	episcopal polity ⓘ synodal polity ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
denomination	Protestantism ⓘ
dissolved	mid-20th century ⓘ
founded	1817 ⓘ
foundedBy	Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia
governedBy	Evangelical Supreme Church Council ⓘ King of Prussia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	played major role in German political life ⓘ played major role in German religious life ⓘ state-controlled ⓘ territorial church ⓘ union of Lutheran and Reformed churches ⓘ
hasDoctrine	Augsburg Confession ⓘ Heidelberg Catechism ⓘ Lutheran confessional writings ⓘ Reformed confessional writings ⓘ
hasPart	Evangelical Supreme Church Council ⓘ consistories ⓘ provincial churches ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Berlin ⓘ
inception	1817 ⓘ
languageUsed	German ⓘ
mainTerritory	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
memberOf	Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
mergedInto	Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
roleIn	German national identity ⓘ Prussian state ideology ⓘ education in Prussia ⓘ social welfare in Prussia ⓘ
significantEvent	Kulturkampf ⓘ Nazi-era church struggle ⓘ Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prussian Union of Churches Weimar Republic church reforms ⓘ formation of the Confessing Church ⓘ introduction of a common agenda for worship ⓘ rise of the German Empire ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ Reformed Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer → denomination → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Westphalia → memberOf → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Evangelical Churches

Evangelical Church of Westphalia → formedFrom → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (Westphalian province)

Evangelical Church of Westphalia → historicalPredecessor → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → memberOf → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Evangelical Churches

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → isPartlySuccessorOf → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prussian Union of Churches

Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau → memberOf → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Evangelical Churches

Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck → memberOf → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of Evangelical Churches

Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia → isSuccessorOf → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (regional parts)

Frederick III, German Emperor → religion → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical State Church of Prussia’s older Provinces

Garrison Church, Potsdam → religiousAffiliation → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Church in Prussia

Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union → significantEvent → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prussian Union of Churches

Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony → historicalPredecessor → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical State Church of Prussia’s older Provinces

King William I of Prussia → religion → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Church in Prussia

Philipp Marheineke → affiliation → Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Evangelical Church in Prussia