Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony

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The Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony was a regional Protestant church body in Germany that historically encompassed much of Saxony-Anhalt and neighboring areas before later merging into the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.

All labels observed (1)

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Protestant regional church body ⓘ
member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
affiliation Protestantism in Germany ⓘ
cathedralChurch Magdeburg Cathedral ⓘ
christianBranch Western Christianity ⓘ
churchPolity episcopal-synodal ⓘ
clergyType ordained pastors ⓘ
confessionalCharacter United Protestant with Lutheran majority ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
denomination Protestantism ⓘ
doctrinalBasis Evangelical Church in Germany basic order ⓘ
Lutheran confessions ⓘ
Reformed confessions ⓘ
governingBody church leadership (Landeskirchenrat) ⓘ
synod ⓘ
hasBishopTitle Regional bishop ⓘ
historicalContinuity successor to parts of the Prussian Union Church structures ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Evangelical State Church of Prussia’s older Provinces ⓘ
historicalRegion Anhalt ⓘ
former Prussian Province of Saxony ⓘ
linked to: Province of Saxony
laityParticipation elected synod members ⓘ
languageOfWorship German ⓘ
mainCityInTerritory Halle (Saale) ⓘ
Magdeburg ⓘ
memberOf Community of Protestant Churches in Europe ⓘ
Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
Union of Evangelical Churches ⓘ
mergedInto Evangelical Church in Central Germany ⓘ
mergerEffectiveDate 2009-01-01 ⓘ
mergerPartner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia ⓘ
primaryScripture Bible ⓘ
primaryTerritory Brandenburg ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
reasonForDissolution merger into Evangelical Church in Central Germany ⓘ
region Central Germany ⓘ
seatOfBishop Magdeburg ⓘ
status defunct regional church ⓘ
theologicalTradition Lutheranism ⓘ
typeOfOrganization Landeskirche ⓘ
worshipStyle Protestant liturgical worship ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evangelical Church in Central Germany → formedByMergerOf → Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony ⓘ
EKM → formedByMergerOf → Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony ⓘ
EKM → isSuccessorOf → Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia → mergerPartner → Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony ⓘ