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iii. constitution and administration of sweden.
altardecorations, by arranging lithurgical services, and by taking steps to improve
the quality of church-singing, the endeavour has been made to direct the
attention of those who have come under the influence of the spirit of the Reformed
Church, and of those who display indifference to religious matters, to the depth
and beauty of the Lutheran services, while at the same time other well justified
demands have been met by the institution of services for Bible-elucidation, for
mission work, and for children.
Religious Life in Sweden is in our days of a very varied and
multiform character. During the 19th century more especially, religious
movements have constantly been arising which have left more or less
permanent marks upon the life of the nation, numerous parties and sects
having been founded that show themselves possessed of life and strength.
St. Johannes’ Church, Stockholm.
The earliest of these
movements (dating from about 1770)
is the Norrlund sect called
»Läsare» — a popular pietistic
development with two main
branches, one maintaining high
church attitude (the Old
Läsare), and one of tendencies
pronouncedly antinomian and against
theState church(theNewLäsare).
Allied to this movement is the
so-called Lcestadianism, after
L. L. Lcestadius (1800/61),
a belief that has been widely
accepted by Lapps and Finns,
also in Finland and Norway;
it is best known by the
convulsive movements in which
the enthusiasm of the believers
finds expression and by the
public confession and
absolution imposed upon would-be
converts. Scliartaunism is, on
the other hand, a product of
South Sweden, and its adherents
are chiefly to be found in the
dioceses of Lund and
Gothenburg; it derives its name from
H. Schartau (1757/1825),
curate of the Cathedral at Lund,
and is remarkable for the
rigour of the Confessional and
other High Church proclivities;
the most noticeable of these
are: dogmatizing, schematic
sermons, and the effort to force
the method of salvation for
the individual into a definite
scheme.
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