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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ((フィンランド語:Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko); (スウェーデン語:Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland)) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches. It is also a member of the Porvoo Communion and is actively involved in ecumenical relations. With four million members, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is one of the largest Lutheran churches in the world. It is Finland's largest religious body; at the end of 2014, 73.7% of Finns were members of the church.〔 The current head of the Church is the Archbishop of Turku Kari Mäkinen, who succeeded Jukka Paarma on 1 June 2010. == History == === Catholic bishopric === The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland traces its lineage to the medieval Diocese of Turku, which coincides geographically with present-day Finland.〔(The table of Bishops and Archbishops of Turku ) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Retrieved 11 October 2007.〕 Christianity was introduced to Finland slowly with the first signs of the Christian faith being found in burial sites dated to the 11th century. Based on etymological evidence, it seems that the very first influences came from the Eastern Christian tradition.〔(Kristinuskon varhaisvaiheet Suomessa ) Retrieved 11 October 2007. 〕 Archaeological evidence shows that by the middle 12th century Christianity was dominant in the region around present-day Turku. One legend recounts a crusade dated around 1054, but no contemporary or archaeological evidence backs the story. Another legend is that the martyr-bishop St. Henry founded the Finnish Church, but that is also most likely fictional.〔(Vuolanto, V. Kristinusko tuli Suomeen yli 850 vuotta sitten ). Sana. Kansan Raamattuseura. Retrieved 11 October 2007. 〕) The introduction of Christianity was mostly a peaceful, slow process contemporaneous with the gradual integration with Sweden that culminated in the Sweden-Finland union. The first bishop whose name is known was Thomas, who lived in the first half of the 13th century. The ecclesiastical hierarchy was completely established during the Second Swedish Crusade During the Middle Ages, the Diocese of Turku was under the primacy of the Archbishop of Uppsala, mirroring the country's Swedish political rule. The diocese had a school, making it capable of educating its own priests, but several Finns also studied abroad in the universities of Paris and Germany. Before the Reformation the most important monastic orders active in the bishopric were those of the Franciscans, the Dominicans, and the Bridgettines. The liturgy of the diocese followed the Dominican model.〔(Piippo, M. Kerjäläisveljestöjen saapuminen Itämerelle. ) Historiallisia papereita 7. Retrieved 11 October 2007. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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