Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

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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.

Aliases (3)

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 → 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 (18)

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

Askainen church → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Bishop of Turku → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Diocese of Turku → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Helsinki Cathedral → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Temppeliaukio Church → denomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Finland → dominantChurch → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Lutheranism → hasMajorBody → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland → hasOfficialStatusAs → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

this entity surface form: "folk church of Finland"

Mikael Agricola → influenced → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

this entity surface form: "Finnish Lutheran Church"

Mikael Olavinpoika → influenced → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

this entity surface form: "Finnish Lutheran Church"

Diocese of Turku → isPartOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Bishop of Turku → partOf → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

this entity surface form: "Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland episcopate"

Diocese of Turku → postReformationDenomination → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Alexander Stubb → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

subject surface form: "Hietaniemi Cemetery"

Sauli Niinistö → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Urho Kekkonen → religion → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →

Masku → religiousTradition → Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland →