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Old 10-22-2004, 10:51 AM   #41
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Thank you all; I'm less confused now.
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Not so much any more, which is why the two (fund. and evang.) ought to be distinguished. I'm not saying that Evangelicals don't hold to inerrancy; I am saying that it is not deemed the issue as it is for fundamentalists.
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I think our friend from the Svenska kyrkan would find more in common with the Evangelical than the Fundamentalist.CJD
More on the Evangelic Lutheran Church of Sweden: The closest thing to literal adherence I ever encountered during the more than 50 years that I was an unquestioning believer was a divorced woman who said that she would never remarry. (I don't think that she stayed away from crustaceans, though.)

There is a Christian forum on the Internet, where you have to adhere to the complete Nicene Creed to be allowed to post in all subfora. That means that the archbishop of the CoS would be excluded. He openly states that he does not believe that Jesus was born by a virgin, and I think that he doesn't believe in a resurrection either. I wouldn't be surprised if that's a majority view.

Regarding missionary work, there are some missionaries working in far away countries. But "evangelisation" within Sweden - no. The CoS claims some 4.1 million members out of a total of 9 million Swedes, so it would be rather difficult to find suitable victims...
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