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Community of Protestant Churches in Europe

Index Community of Protestant Churches in Europe

The Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE, also GEKE for Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa) is a fellowship of over 100 Protestant churches which have signed the Leuenberg Agreement. [1]

49 relations: A Formula of Agreement, Church of Scotland, Community of Protestant Churches in Europe, Continental Reformed church, Crypto-Calvinism, Czechoslovak Hussite Church, Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, European City of the Reformation, Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, Evangelical Church in Germany, Evangelical Church in the Republic of Croatia, Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, Evangelical Church of Bremen, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia, Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony, Evangelical Church of the Palatinate, Evangelical Church of the River Plate, Evangelical Church of Westphalia, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg, Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany, Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary, Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover, Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, Full communion, Gustav-Adolf-Werk, Lutheranism by region, Methodism, Methodist Church of Great Britain, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pomeranian Evangelical Church, Porvoo Communion, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Protestant Church in Baden, Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine, Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine, Reformed Church in Hungary, Tuomo Mannermaa, United Free Church of Scotland, United Reformed Church, Waldensians.

A Formula of Agreement

A Formula of Agreement is an ecclesiastical agreement between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Reformed Church in America, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, establishing full communion with each other.

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Scots Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba), known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is the national church of Scotland.

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Community of Protestant Churches in Europe

The Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE, also GEKE for Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa) is a fellowship of over 100 Protestant churches which have signed the Leuenberg Agreement.

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Continental Reformed church

A Continental Reformed church is a Reformed church that has its origin in the European continent.

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Crypto-Calvinism

Crypto-Calvinism is a pejorative term describing a segment of German members of the Lutheran Church accused of secretly subscribing to Calvinist doctrine of the Eucharist in the decades immediately after the death of Martin Luther in 1546.

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Czechoslovak Hussite Church

The Czechoslovak Hussite Church (Církev československá husitská, CČSH or CČH) is a Christian church that separated from the Catholic Church after World War I in former Czechoslovakia.

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Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Estonian: Eesti Evangeelne Luterlik Kirik, abbreviated EELK) is a Lutheran church in Estonia.

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European City of the Reformation

European City of the Reformation (German: Reformationsstadt Europas French: Cité européenne de la Réforme) is a honorific title bestowed upon European cities and towns which played an important role during the history of the Reformation by the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe.

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Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia

The Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz - EKBO) is a United Protestant church body in the German states of Brandenburg, Berlin and a part of Saxony (historical region of Silesian Upper Lusatia).

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Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated EKD) is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United (Prussian Union) Protestant regional churches and denominations in Germany, which collectively encompasses the vast majority of Protestants in that country.

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Evangelical Church in the Republic of Croatia

The Evangelical Church in the Republic of Croatia (Evangelička (luteranska) crkva u Hrvatskoj or ECRH) is a Lutheran denomination in Croatia.

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Evangelical Church in the Rhineland

Protestant Church in the Rhineland (Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland; EKiR) is a United Protestant church body in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse (Wetzlar).

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Evangelical Church of Bremen

The Evangelical Church of Bremen (Bremische Evangelische Kirche) is a United Protestant member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.

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Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria

The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria (Evangelische Kirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses in Österreich) is a Lutheran denomination in Austria.

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Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia

The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia (Evangeličanska cerkev augsburške veroizpovedi v Sloveniji) is a Lutheran denomination in Slovenia.

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Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony

The Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony (Evangelische Kirche der Kirchenprovinz Sachsen; KPS) was the most important Protestant denomination in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Evangelical Church of the Palatinate

Evangelical Church of the Palatinate (Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz (Protestantische Landeskirche)) is a United Protestant church in parts of the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, endorsing both Lutheran and Calvinist orientations.

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Evangelical Church of the River Plate

The Evangelical Church of the River Plate (Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata or IERP) is a United, Protestant denomination with congregations in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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Evangelical Church of Westphalia

The Evangelical Church of Westphalia (Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen, EKvW) is a United Protestant church body in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern) is a Lutheran member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the German state of Bavaria.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche in Braunschweig) is a Lutheran church in the German states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg) is a Lutheran church in the German state of Lower Saxony.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia (Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Thüringen) was a Lutheran member church of the umbrella Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Mecklenburgs; abbreviated ELLM) was a Lutheran church in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, serving the citizens living in Mecklenburg.

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Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany

The Evangelical Reformed Church (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche), until 2009 Evangelical Reformed Church – Synod of Reformed Churches in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany (Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche – Synode evangelisch-reformierter Kirchen in Bayern und Nordwestdeutschland) is a Reformed member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

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Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary

The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary (in Hungarian Magyarországi Evangélikus Egyház) is a Protestant Lutheran denomination in Hungary.

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Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg

The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg (Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg; analoguous translation in Evangelical State Church in Württemberg) is a Lutheran member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the German former state of Württemberg, now part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover

The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche Hannovers) is a Lutheran church body (Landeskirche) in the German state of Lower Saxony and the city of Bremerhaven covering the territory of the former Kingdom of Hanover.

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Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches

The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund, Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse, Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera, Federaziun da las baselgias evangelicas da la Svizra - SEK-FEPS) is a federation of 26 member churches — 24 cantonal churches and two free churches (Free Church of Geneva and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland).

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Full communion

Full communion is a communion or relationship of full understanding among different Christian denominations that they share certain essential principles of Christian theology.

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Gustav-Adolf-Werk

The Gustav-Adolf-Werk (GAW) is a society under the roof of the Evangelical Church in Germany which has for its object the aid of feeble sister churches and congregations.

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Lutheranism by region

Lutheranism is present on all inhabited continents with an estimated 80 million adherents, out of which 74.2 million are affiliated with the Lutheran World Federation.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Methodist Church of Great Britain

The Methodist Church of Great Britain is the fourth-largest Christian denomination in Britain and the mother church to Methodists worldwide.

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North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church

The North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Nordelbische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche; NEK) was a Lutheran regional church in Northern Germany which emerged from a merger of four churches in 1977 and merged with two more churches in 2012.

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Pomeranian Evangelical Church

The Pomeranian Evangelical Church (Pommersche Evangelische Kirche; PEK) was a Protestant regional church in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, serving the citizens living in Hither Pomerania.

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Porvoo Communion

The Porvoo Communion is a communion of 15 predominantly northern European, with a couple of far-southwestern European (in the Iberian Peninsula) Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran church bodies.

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Presbyterian Church in Ireland

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI; Eaglais Phreispitéireach in Éirinn, Ulster-Scots: Prisbytairin Kirk in Airlann) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland.

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Protestant Church in Baden

The Protestant Church in Baden (Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden; i.e. Evangelical Regional Church in Baden) is a United Protestant member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), and member of the Conference of Churches on the Rhine (since 1961), which now functions as a regional group of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE).

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Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau

The Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau, EKHN) is a United Protestant church body in the German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Protestant Church in the Netherlands

The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Netherlands, being both Reformed (Calvinist) and Lutheran.

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Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine

The Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine (Église protestante de la Confession d’Augsbourg d’Alsace et de Lorraine, EPCAAL; Protestantische Kirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses von Elsass und Lothringen, Kirche A.B. von Elsass und Lothringen) is a Lutheran church of public-law corporation status (établissement public du culte) in France.

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Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine

The Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine (Église protestante réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine; EPRAL) is a Reformed denomination in Alsace and Northeastern Lorraine (Département Moselle), France.

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Reformed Church in Hungary

The Reformed Church in Hungary (Magyarországi Református Egyház) is the largest Protestant church in Hungary.

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Tuomo Mannermaa

Tuomo Mannermaa (b. 29 September 1937 Oulu, Finland; d. 19 January 2015 Espoo, Finland) was professor emeritus of ecumenical theology at University of Helsinki.

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United Free Church of Scotland

The United Free Church of Scotland (UF Church; An Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte, The Unitit Free Kirk o Scotland) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or UP) and the majority of the 19th century Free Church of Scotland.

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United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Christian church in the United Kingdom.

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Waldensians

The Waldensians (also known variously as Waldenses, Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are a pre-Protestant Christian movement founded by Peter Waldo in Lyon around 1173.

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Community of protestant churches in europe, Concorde de Leuenberg, Leuenberg Agreement, Leuenberg Community of Churches, Leuenberg Concord.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_Protestant_Churches_in_Europe

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