evangelical church in germany (organized in 1948
1Evangelical Church in Germany, The — ▪ church, Germany German Die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United (a combination of Lutheran and Reformed) territorial churches in Germany. Organized in 1948 after the difficult years of… …
2United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany — German Vereinigte Evangelisch Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands (VELKD) union of 10 Lutheran territorial churches in Germany, organized in 1948 at Eisenach, E.Ger. The territorial churches were those of Bavaria, Brunswick, Hamburg, Hanover …
3Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
4Germany — This article is about the country. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see Germany (disambiguation) and Deutschland (disambiguation) …
5Church of Denmark — Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark The Marble Church in Copenhagen Classification Protestant Orientation Lutheranism Polity …
6Church of the Brethren — For other uses, see The Brethren (disambiguation). Church of the Brethren The Church of the Brethren logo comprises three shapes with distinct meanings: the cross represents the crucifixion of Jesus …
7Lutheran Church in Württemberg — ▪ church, Germany independent Lutheran church established in the duchy of Württemberg in 1534 during the Protestant Reformation in Germany. A strong Lutheran church throughout the centuries, it was influenced in the 17th and 18th centuries… …
8Confessing Church — German Bekennende Kirche Movement for revival within the German Protestant churches that developed in the 1930s in resistance to Adolf Hitler s attempt to make the churches an instrument of Nazi propaganda and politics. The Confessing Church,… …
9Bahá'í Faith in Germany — Though mentioned in the Bahá í literature in the 1800s, the Bahá í Faith in Germany begins in the early 1900s when two emigrants to the United States returned on prolonged visits to Germany bringing their newfound religion. The first Bahá í Local …
10History of the Jews in Germany — Jews have lived in Germany, or Ashkenaz , at least since the early 4th century, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of antisemitic violence, culminating in the Holocaust and the near destruction of the Jewish community in Germany and… …
