Evangelical Church in Germany

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Protestant church body church federation religious organization

The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional churches and the largest Protestant body in Germany.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Evangelical Church 2
EKD 1
German Evangelical Church 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant church body ⓘ
church federation ⓘ
religious organization ⓘ
abbreviation Evangelical Church in Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: EKD
country Germany ⓘ
denomination Protestantism ⓘ
founded 1948 ⓘ
hasGoverningBody Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany

Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn Germany ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
surface form: Hannover

Lower Saxony ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle Chairperson of the Council of the EKD ⓘ
hasPolity episcopal elements ⓘ
synodal ⓘ
hasRegionalChurches Evangelical Church in Central Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Westphalia ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Württemberg ⓘ
Evangelical Church of the Palatinate ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover ⓘ
Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) ⓘ
isFederationOf Lutheran regional churches in Germany ⓘ
Reformed regional churches in Germany ⓘ
United regional churches in Germany ⓘ
regional Protestant churches in Germany ⓘ
isLargestProtestantBodyIn Germany ⓘ
mainClassification Protestant ⓘ
memberOf Community of Protestant Churches in Europe ⓘ
Lutheran World Federation ⓘ
World Communion of Reformed Churches ⓘ
World Council of Churches ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
precededBy Evangelical Church in Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German Evangelical Church
territorialScope Germany ⓘ
theologicalTradition Lutheran ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ
United Protestant ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Evangelical Church in Germany → abbreviation → Evangelical Church in Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: EKD
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick → affiliation → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Württemberg → belongsTo → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Protestant state churches of Germany
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick → belongsTo → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Protestant state churches in Germany
Angela Merkel → denomination → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Angela → denomination → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Angela Merkel
Berlin Cathedral → denomination → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin → denomination → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof
this entity surface form: Evangelical Church
Richard von Weizsäcker → denomination → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Heidelberg Catechism → denominationalUse → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Lutheranism → hasMajorBody → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of the Palatinate → isPartOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Westphalia → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Württemberg → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of the Palatinate → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Frank-Walter Steinmeier → memberOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin → ownedBy → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evangelical Church
Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany → parentOrganization → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church in Central Germany → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Westphalia → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church of the Palatinate → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Protestant churches in Germany
Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → partOf → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church in Germany → precededBy → Evangelical Church in Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Evangelical Church
All Saints' Church, Wittenberg → religiousAffiliation → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany → scope → Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: federation of Protestant regional churches in Germany