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Luoma’s words were the latest in a series of apologies through which the former state churches in Scandinavia have sought to reset their relations with the Indigenous population of Sápmi, the natural and cultural area of Sámi people.
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Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
Nunn is also accused of neglecting to make monthly donations to charitable organizations and a state church organization on the church’s behalf.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Before King Charles III ascended to the throne, Queen Elizabeth was the Supreme Governor and Defender of the Faith of the Church of England, the state church of England that broke with Roman Catholicism in the 16th century.
—Lyndsey Matthews, Good Housekeeping, 19 Sep. 2022
In each case, the Court recognized, allowing private citizens to choose their own religious faith in the public square is the antithesis of requiring conformity to a state church.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 July 2022
As Nelson tells it, the Danish kings basically governed the country through the apparatus of the state church, particularly at the lower levels.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2020
Thanks to the state church, Britain also had unusually good birth and death records.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 20 Aug. 2019
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Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
Nunn is also accused of neglecting to make monthly donations to charitable organizations and a state church organization on the church’s behalf.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Before King Charles III ascended to the throne, Queen Elizabeth was the Supreme Governor and Defender of the Faith of the Church of England, the state church of England that broke with Roman Catholicism in the 16th century.
—Lyndsey Matthews, Good Housekeeping, 19 Sep. 2022
In each case, the Court recognized, allowing private citizens to choose their own religious faith in the public square is the antithesis of requiring conformity to a state church.
—The Editors, National Review, 1 July 2022
As Nelson tells it, the Danish kings basically governed the country through the apparatus of the state church, particularly at the lower levels.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2020
Thanks to the state church, Britain also had unusually good birth and death records.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 20 Aug. 2019
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“State church.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20church. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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