Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

E40749
Christian denomination Lutheran church national church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the largest Christian denomination in Finland and a national church with deep historical, cultural, and social influence throughout the country.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland canonical 78
Finnish Lutheran Church 2
Church Order of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Lutheran church ⓘ
national church ⓘ
allows ordination of women ⓘ
classification Protestant ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
denomination Lutheranism ⓘ
foundedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
governingBody General Synod ⓘ
hasBaptismPractice infant baptism ⓘ
hasClergyOrder bishops ⓘ
deacons ⓘ
priests ⓘ
hasDiocese Diocese of Turku ⓘ
surface form: Archdiocese of Turku

Diocese of Espoo ⓘ
Diocese of Helsinki ⓘ
Diocese of Kuopio ⓘ
Diocese of Lapua ⓘ
Diocese of Mikkeli ⓘ
Diocese of Oulu ⓘ
Diocese of Porvoo ⓘ
Diocese of Tampere ⓘ
hasEucharisticTheology sacramental union ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Archbishop ⓘ
hasNumberOfDioceses 9 ⓘ
hasOfficialConfession Augsburg Confession ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusAs Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: folk church of Finland

national church of Finland ⓘ
hasPolity episcopal polity ⓘ
hasRoleIn public education ceremonies in Finland ⓘ
state ceremonies in Finland ⓘ
hasSignificantInfluenceOn Finnish culture ⓘ
Finnish national identity ⓘ
Finnish social life ⓘ
historicalOrigin Reformation in Sweden ⓘ
isFinancedBy church tax ⓘ
state-collected tax system ⓘ
isLargestChristianDenominationIn Finland ⓘ
isMemberOf Conference of European Churches ⓘ
Lutheran World Federation ⓘ
Porvoo Communion ⓘ
World Council of Churches ⓘ
languageOfWorship Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
mainCathedral Turku Cathedral ⓘ
performs baptisms ⓘ
church weddings ⓘ
confirmations ⓘ
funerals ⓘ
primatialSee Turku ⓘ
separatedFrom Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
usesConfessionalStandard Book of Concord ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

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

Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
Lutheranism → hasMajorBody → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Finland → dominantChurch → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Mikael Agricola → influenced → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Lutheran Church
Askainen church → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Masku → religiousTradition → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland → hasOfficialStatusAs → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: folk church of Finland
Alexander Stubb → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Sauli Niinistö → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Urho Kekkonen → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Helsinki Cathedral → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Temppeliaukio Church → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Turku → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Turku → isPartOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Turku → postReformationDenomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Mikael Olavinpoika → influenced → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Lutheran Church
Bishop of Turku → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Bishop of Turku → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland episcopate
Bishop of Turku → officeContinuedUnder → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Rucouskiria Bibliasta → associatedWithChurch → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Uusikirkko → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Finland → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Kemi Church → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Savonians → majorReligion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Laitila → religiousParish → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Sauvo → churchDenomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Masku Parish → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Masku Parish → ecclesiasticalJurisdiction → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Masku Parish → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Turku Cathedral → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Turku Cathedral → governingBody → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Porvoo Communion → foundedBy → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Porvoo Communion → hasMember → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
General Synod → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
General Synod → jurisdiction → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
General Synod → subordinateTo → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Diocese of Helsinki → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Helsinki → church → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Helsinki → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Mynämäki → religiousAffiliationMajority → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Espoo → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Espoo → church → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Espoo → subdivisionOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Tampere → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Tampere → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Tampere → churchProvince → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Tampere → churchBody → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Oulu → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Oulu → church → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
Diocese of Oulu → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ