To: Bushwacker777
The Church of Sweden is a state church. Clergy are simply civil servants of the government. In a state church the parliament decides the practice, not the Scriptures. Europe has rejected the Scriptures as the basis of moral law. Its morality is based upon cultural/political relativism. It will not be long before all of Europe will be part of Islam, and this will be God's judgment against all of them for their apostasies. They brought it upon themselves, and God will allow them to suffer the consequences of their own actions.
To: Nosterrex; WesternCulture; lightman; Cletus.D.Yokel; bcsco
The Church of Sweden is a state church. Well, kinda sorta, but not officially, not since the church was disestablished in the year 2000. But effectively, the societal and cultural ties are still there. And the Church of Sweden has been taken over by extreme social-political-theological liberalism, and increasingly so, for decades. It's like the ELCA on steroids.
26 posted on
06/06/2009 9:56:44 AM PDT by
Charles Henrickson
(Swedish Ping List master and Lutheran pastor)
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