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Liturgical Developments in Sweden and Finland in the Era of Lutheran Orthodoxy (1593–1700)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Toivo Harjunpaa
Toivo Harjunpaa
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Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California
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Extract

Liturgical questions have never aroused wider public interest and more intense emotions in the history of Sweden and Finland than they did during the last quarter of the sixteenth century. The Reformation movement was fully seventy years old in Sweden before that nation became definitely and officially committed to the Confessional Standard of Lutheranism. The Augsburg Confession was accepted by the Church and State in Sweden and Finland in 1593 as a binding religious symbol. The developments which led to this final settlement in Sweden need a brief presentation since they are in many ways related to liturgical matters.

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Research Article
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Church History , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 1968 , pp. 14 - 35
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1968

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