AELC

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AELC is the abbreviation for the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, a former Lutheran church body in the United States that played a key role in forming the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
AELC canonical 2

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Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Lutheran church body
abbreviation AELC self-linksurface differs
ChristianDenominationType Lutheran
ChristianTradition Mainline Protestant
churchPolity congregational-synodical
classification Protestant denomination in the United States
continent North America
contributedTo Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
denominationalFamily Evangelical Lutheran
includesPredecessorBody Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
languageOfWorship English
mergedInto Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
partOfHistoryOf Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheranism in the United States
playedKeyRoleIn formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
regionServed United States of America
surface form: United States
religion Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
scope national
standsFor Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
status former church body
theologyOrientation moderate

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

AELC abbreviation AELC self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches