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The '''Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pharexia''' (Swedish: ''Evangeliska lutherska kyrkan i Fårarna''; abbreviated '''ELKF'''), also called the '''State Church''' (Swedish: ''Statskyrkan''), is the officially established Christian church in Pharexia. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Lutheran World Federation and the World Council of Churches.
The '''Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pharexia''' (Swedish: ''Evangeliska lutherska kyrkan i Fårarna''), also called the '''State Church''' (Swedish: ''Statskyrkan''), is the officially established Christian church in Pharexia. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Lutheran World Federation and the World Council of Churches.


It is liturgically and theologically "high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during the Reformation. In common with other Evangelical Lutheran churches (particularly in the Nordic and Baltic states), the Church maintains the historical episcopate and claims apostolic succession. The Church stresses the catholicity of historic Lutheranism in liturgy.
It is liturgically and theologically "high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during the Reformation. In common with other Evangelical Lutheran churches (particularly in the Nordic and Baltic states), the Church maintains the historical episcopate and claims apostolic succession. The Church stresses the catholicity of historic Lutheranism in liturgy.

Revision as of 04:51, 10 June 2021

Church of Pharexia
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pharexia
Evangeliska lutherska kyrkan i Fårarna
ChurchOfPharexia.svg
Country Pharexia
DenominationLutheranism
MembershipDecrease 102,000
Websitesk.px
History
StatusActive
Founded15 October 1193 (1193-10-15)
Founder(s)Gísli Hinriksson
Carl Axel Aurelius vapen.svg

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pharexia (Swedish: Evangeliska lutherska kyrkan i Fårarna), also called the State Church (Swedish: Statskyrkan), is the officially established Christian church in Pharexia. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Lutheran World Federation and the World Council of Churches.

It is liturgically and theologically "high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during the Reformation. In common with other Evangelical Lutheran churches (particularly in the Nordic and Baltic states), the Church maintains the historical episcopate and claims apostolic succession. The Church stresses the catholicity of historic Lutheranism in liturgy.