The US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for Finland, documenting that the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church hold a distinct public-law status under their own Church Acts, short of a single established state church, following the 1869 Church Law and the 1919 Constitution's move away from confessional neutrality being incomplete.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Department of State
PublisherUnited States Department of State
URLhttps://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35453.htm
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: an annual US government report on the legal relationship between the State and each country's religious communities, read for its own account of Finland''s Evangelical Lutheran and Orthodox Church public-law status rather than for any single church''s self-description. Connections
Associated With
This source names Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland directly: "for Finland, documenting that the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church hold a distinct public-law status under their own Church Acts, short of a single established..."
Source 2004 International Religious Freedom Report: Finland (US Department of State)United States Department of State
This source names Finnish directly: "Lutheran Church of Finland and the Finnish Orthodox Church hold a distinct public-law status under their own Church Acts, short of a single established state church, following the 1869 Church Law..."
Source 2004 International Religious Freedom Report: Finland (US Department of State)United States Department of State
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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