Church of Emerstari

Church of Emerstari
Der Emerskekyrka
Abbreviation	EK (COE)
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheranism
Scripture	Kuing Georgsbible
Theology	Lutheranism
Polity	Episcopal
Defender of the Faith	Erik XII Georg
Patriarch of Emerstari	Erik XII Georg
Bishop of the Synod	Håkon Georg Hanssen
Secretary of the Church	Karl Jakob Dalmann
Bishoprics	24
Region	Emerstarian Empire
Language	Emerstarian
Headquarters	Luthershjembyggning, Rensulier, Emerstari
Founder	Georg I Erik
Origin	1444
Separated from	Catholic Church
Separations	Church of Canara Church of New Retermi Church of Husseland Church of Soumeland
Members	83.21 million
Missionaries	Emerskeekumenik- liguppdraggruppe
Hospitals	St. Olafs Sykhussersgruppe
Aid organization	Emerskekyrkasnød- hjalpskegruppett

The Church of Emerstari is the established state church of Emerstari. The Bishop of the Synod is the most senior cleric, but the Emerstarian king is the Defender of the Faith and Patriarch. The Church of Emerstari is also the mother church of the larger Emerstarian Communion. Georg I Erik renounced papal authority in 1444; however, the Church views itself as both catholic and reformed:

• Catholic in the sense that it retains many pre-reformation liturgical practices and sacrement and views itself as a part of the universal church of Jesus Christ in unbroken continuity with the early apostolic church and the original Catholic Church in Emerstari, established in the first century by Gorm of Flodland and St. Sigebert.
• Reformed in the sense that it is shaped by the doctrinal principles of Martin Luther outlined in Concordia.

Since the Reformation, the Church of Emerstari has used a liturgy in Emerstarian. The governing structure is based on bishorpics, with each bishopric headed by a bishop. Within, there are local parishes and individual churches and monastaries. The Alltmåndessynod is the governing body for the church and comprises of bishops and other clergymen; it is most known for electing the Bishop of the Synod. The Church is sometimes criticized by more liberal sects for its overall traditionalism and its views on the ordination of women, homosexutality, divorce, and abortion.

Organization

Bishoprics

Jakob Ingevalde Karlssen, the Bishop of the Synod between 2010 and 2020.

The Church of Emerstari is organized into twenty-four bishoprics, each led by a bishop. There are no archbishops; the most senior bishop is an elected Bishop of the Synod, currently Håkon Georg Hanssen.

Diocese	Founded	Cathedral	Incumbent
Biskopesland Rontseljere	78	Rensulier Cathedral	Mikael Ulf Bjornmann (2000– )