Uppsala Synod (1593)
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The Uppsala Synod of 1593 was a landmark Swedish church council that firmly established Lutheranism as the official faith of Sweden and rejected both Catholicism and Calvinism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Uppsala Synod (1593) canonical | 1 |
| Uppsala Synod of 1593 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4737189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uppsala Synod (1593) Context triple: [Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611), significantEvent, Uppsala Synod (1593)]
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Synod of 1724
The Synod of 1724 was a pivotal church council that led to the formal emergence of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in communion with Rome.
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B.
Newtown Synod of 1637
The Newtown Synod of 1637 was a pivotal Puritan church assembly in colonial Massachusetts convened to define orthodox doctrine and condemn the theological positions associated with the Antinomian Controversy.
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Synod of Dort
The Synod of Dort was a landmark early 17th-century Reformed church council in the Dutch Republic that condemned Arminianism and codified Calvinist doctrine in the Canons of Dort.
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Provincial Synod of Province IX
The Provincial Synod of Province IX is the regional legislative and administrative assembly that coordinates mission, governance, and common life among the dioceses of Province IX in the Episcopal Church.
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E.
Synod of Rome 863
The Synod of Rome 863 was a papal council convened by Pope Nicholas I that condemned and deposed Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, intensifying the Photian Schism between Rome and Constantinople.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Uppsala Synod (1593) Target entity description: The Uppsala Synod of 1593 was a landmark Swedish church council that firmly established Lutheranism as the official faith of Sweden and rejected both Catholicism and Calvinism.
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A.
Synod of 1724
The Synod of 1724 was a pivotal church council that led to the formal emergence of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in communion with Rome.
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B.
Newtown Synod of 1637
The Newtown Synod of 1637 was a pivotal Puritan church assembly in colonial Massachusetts convened to define orthodox doctrine and condemn the theological positions associated with the Antinomian Controversy.
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C.
Synod of Dort
The Synod of Dort was a landmark early 17th-century Reformed church council in the Dutch Republic that condemned Arminianism and codified Calvinist doctrine in the Canons of Dort.
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D.
Provincial Synod of Province IX
The Provincial Synod of Province IX is the regional legislative and administrative assembly that coordinates mission, governance, and common life among the dioceses of Province IX in the Episcopal Church.
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E.
Synod of Rome 863
The Synod of Rome 863 was a papal council convened by Pope Nicholas I that condemned and deposed Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, intensifying the Photian Schism between Rome and Constantinople.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
church council
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ synod ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Church of Sweden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedish realm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approvedText |
Apostles' Creed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athanasian Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicene Creed NERFINISHED ⓘ Unaltered Augsburg Confession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairperson | Abraham Angermannus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinTopic | key event of the Swedish Reformation ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| determinedDoctrine |
Augsburg Confession (1530)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lutheran orthodoxy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1593-03-20 ⓘ |
| followed | Swedish Reformation under Gustav I Vasa ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
confirmation of the Augsburg Confession in Sweden
ⓘ
consolidation of the Swedish Reformation ⓘ definition of doctrine of the Church of Sweden ⓘ rejection of Calvinism in Sweden ⓘ rejection of Roman Catholicism in Sweden ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Reformation ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Early modern Sweden ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| location |
Uppsala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uppsala Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Duke Charles (later Charles IX of Sweden)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedish clergy ⓘ Swedish nobility ⓘ representatives of Swedish estates ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Lutheranism in Scandinavia
ⓘ
history of the Church of Sweden ⓘ |
| precededBy | reign of John III of Sweden ⓘ |
| rejectedDoctrine |
Calvinist confessions
ⓘ
Council of Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic doctrine ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| result |
legal establishment of Lutheranism as official faith of Sweden
ⓘ
marginalization of non-Lutheran confessions in Sweden ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive break with Catholic Counter-Reformation influence in Sweden
ⓘ
foundation of confessional Lutheran state in Sweden ⓘ |
| significantEvent | establishment of Lutheranism as state religion of Sweden ⓘ |
| startTime | 1593-02-25 ⓘ |
| topic |
church polity in Sweden
ⓘ
doctrinal standards of the Church of Sweden ⓘ relationship between church and Swedish crown ⓘ |
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Subject: Uppsala Synod (1593) Description of subject: The Uppsala Synod of 1593 was a landmark Swedish church council that firmly established Lutheranism as the official faith of Sweden and rejected both Catholicism and Calvinism.
Referenced by (2)
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Uppsala Synod of 1593