Talk:Church of Sweden

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We need here stressing upon the apostolic succession and the Porvoo Churches. - Waelsch 14:23, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misleading preamble

The current preamble says "78.3% of Swedes belong to this church." This could give the impression that almost 80% of the swedish population is believing christians. It should be noted in some way that a large majority of the members of the church is not christians and never visits a church. --Battra 11:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing this! -- Battra 00:42, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I have added an explanation to the high number of inactive members Entheta 15:41, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Well Battra while it's true that a majority don't attend services very often with the exception of religious ceremonies such as marriages and funerals, to say that they're "not christians", "not believing" and that "they never visits a church" might not be 100% accurate as at the very least there can be no doubt that all members of the holy Church of Sweden are at the very least nominally "Christians in name only". This combined with the fact that a large majority at least occasionally attend church for marriage and funeral services. Not to mention the minor typographical error you made when you wrote "never visits a church" when the typographically correct version is "never visit a church". --69.119.193.192 03:35, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect

Why does "Religion in Sweden" lead to this article?

That's a good question, since religion in Sweden is not restricted to the Church of Sweden. I removed the redirect and started a new Religion in Sweden article, based on the "Religion" section of the Sweden article. Feel free to help me expanding it! Alarm 17:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Right, Religion in Sweden should not redirect just to Church of Sweden even though It makes up 90% of Sweden's religious community There are other much smaller religions in Sweden and those deserve some mentioning in an article about Religion in Sweden. --69.119.193.192 17:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)