Uppsala Synod
The synod of Uppsala was the most important synod of the Church of Sweden. It took place in 1593. The Sweden had approved the Protestant Reformation and split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1520s but no confession had been proclaimed.
The synod was held in Uppsala by the Duke Charles , heir to the throne of Sweden. Four bishops and over three hundred priests were present. It was opened on 1 March by Nils Gransson Gyllenstierna, and the next day, Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis , a professor of theology at the University of Uppsala was elected president.
1 to 5 March, the Synod appointed the Holy Scriptures as the sole guide to religion. The three main Christian creeds (the Apostles' Creed , the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed ) were officially recognized, and the Lutheran Augsburg Confession of 1530 was adopted in its original form. After the unanimous approval of it, Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis said: "Now Sweden is more than one, and we have one Lord and God" References
- (Sv) "Kyrkomte" in Nordisk familjebok , 1911.
- (en) Henry Eyster Jacobs and John Augustus William Haas, "Upsala, Diet of" , Lutheran Cyclopedia, New York, Scribner, 1899, p. 528-9.
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