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.

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Uppsala Synod (1593) canonical 2
Uppsala Synod of 1593 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church council
historical event
synod
appliesToJurisdiction Church of Sweden
Swedish realm
approvedText Apostles' Creed
linked to: Apostles’ Creed

Athanasian Creed
Nicene Creed
Unaltered Augsburg Confession
linked to: Augsburg Confession
chairperson Abraham Angermannus
chronologyWithinTopic key event of the Swedish Reformation
country Kingdom of Sweden
determinedDoctrine Augsburg Confession (1530)
linked to: Augsburg Confession

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
Uppsala Cathedral
participant Duke Charles (later Charles IX of Sweden)
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
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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Uppsala Castle significantEvent Uppsala Synod of 1593
linked to: Uppsala Synod (1593)
Protestant Reformation in Sweden majorEvent Uppsala Synod (1593)