Lista de países cristãos não-laicos
The following is a list of countries recognizing an official religion.
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[edit]Christian countries
The following states recognize some form of Christianity as their official religion (by denomination):
[edit]Roman Catholic
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Monaco
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Liechtenstein
- Malta
- Monaco
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Some cantons of Switzerland
- Vatican City
- Philippines (de facto, officially secular)
[edit]Eastern Orthodox
Jurisdictions which recognize one of the Eastern Orthodox Churches as their official religion:
- Cyprus
- Finland (along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland)
- Greece
- Romania
The Russian Federation maintains the separation of church and state. Nevertheless it recognizes the Russian Orthodox Church, part of the Eastern Orthodox communion, as well asBuddhism, Judaism, and Islam as "indigenous" to Russian soil. (preamble of the law on freedom of conscience 1997)
[edit]Oriental Orthodox
Jurisdictions which recognize one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches as their official religion:
[edit]Lutheran
Jurisdictions which recognize a Lutheran church as their official religion:
Until 2000, Sweden had the localized Lutheran Church as a state church. The Church of Sweden has now been relegated to the status of a national church. Finland's former state church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, was changed into a national church (along with the Finnish Orthodox Church, which was given the same position) through the church law of 1870, the constitution of 1919 and the law on religious freedom of 1922.
[edit]Anglican
Jurisdictions which recognise an Anglican church as their state religion:
- England (as part of the greater United Kingdom) - Church of England
[edit]Reformed
Jurisdictions which recognize a Reformed church as their official religion:
- Scotland (as part of the greater United Kingdom) - Church of Scotland
- Some cantons of Switzerland
- Nothern Ireland
- Netherlands
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