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The Church of Sweden and the Unravelling of Establishment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Frank Cranmer
Frank Cranmer
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LL. M. student, Cardiff Law School
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The Church of England and the Church of Sweden have been in communion with one another since the early 1920s and have much in common. Both maintain the historic episcopate, both place great emphasis on liturgy, and since the Reformation both have long been ‘by law established’—a process which began in Sweden when Gustavus Vasa took the throne in 1523 after the successful war of liberation against Denmark, was confirmed by the Riksdag of Västerås in 1544 and, after some vicissitudes, was finally settled by the Pact of Succession of 1604.

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Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 27 , July 2000 , pp. 417 - 430
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2000

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