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same-sex couples. The
Reformed Church in Aargau has also permitted prayer services of thanksgiving to celebrate a same-sex civil union. The Reformed Church of Vaud, in 2013, also permitted prayer services as a way for same-sex couples to celebrate their civil union. Other member churches that allow either prayer services or blessings for same-sex union are the churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn, Schaffhausen, Tessin, Thurgau, and ZĂĽrich. Like many European Protestant denominations, several of the Swiss Reformed churches have openly welcomed gay and lesbian members to celebrate their civil unions within a church context. As early as 1999, the Reformed Churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had permitted prayer and celebration services for same-sex couples to recognize their civil unions. Since then, the Reformed Church in Aargau has also allowed for prayer services to celebrate same-sex couples. To date, seven other Swiss Reformed churches, including Bern-Jura-Solothurn, GraubĂĽnden, Schaffhausen, Ticino, Thurgau, Vaud, and ZĂĽrich, have allowed the
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tradition. They are governed synodically and their relation to the respective canton (in
Switzerland, there are no church-state regulations at a national level) ranges from independent to close collaboration, depending on historical developments. The exception is the Evangelical-Methodist Church,
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As with most mainline
European denominations, the Protestant Church in Switzerland has many member churches that permit prayer services or blessings for same-sex civil unions. As early as 1999, the Reformed churches in St. Gallen, Fribourg, and Lucerne had allowed church celebration services for
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Church of
Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with its own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the
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A feature of the Swiss
Reformed churches in the Zwinglian tradition is their historically very close links to the cantons, which is only loosening gradually in the present.. In cities where the Reformed faith became leading theology, several confessions were written, some of them:
353:- SEK-FEPS), with 24 member churches - 22 cantonal churches and 2 free churches (Free Church of Geneva and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland), was formed to serve as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represent the church in international relations.
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Those are legal umbrella bodies which represent their member churches before the national government. They encompass multiple individual autonomous churches of differnet traditions which are themselves members of the
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In the mid-19th century, opposition to liberal theology and interventions by the state led to secessions in several cantonal churches. One of these secessionist churches still exists today, the
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2009:
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the first church of the Swiss
Reformed Church allowed the blessing of same-sex marriages and the Swiss Reformed Church allowed blessing of same-sex marriages for their member churches.
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2529:
1801:
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1260:
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324:. They questioned its binding character. This caused a heated debate. Until the late 1870s, most cantonal reformed churches stopped prescribing any particular creed.
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517:
2512:
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588:
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1695:
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471:
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1945:
1448:
1265:
428:
2874:
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433:
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2323:
1964:
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568:
369:
17:
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2282:
1547:
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320:, founded in 1849, while two others reunited with the Swiss Reformed Church in 1943 and 1966. An important issue to liberal theologians was the
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2437:
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coming from France. The
Zwingli and Calvin branches had each their theological distinctions, but in 1549 under the lead of
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Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of
Switzerland, the member churches are restricted to a certain territory.
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2395:
2375:
2039:
96:
2385:
2318:
1770:
1583:
563:
737:
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2044:
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1865:
1713:
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1918:
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Kirchenbundes befĂĽrwortet die Ă–ffnung der Ehe fĂĽr gleichgeschlechtliche Paare (german)
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1749:
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783:"Kirchenmitgliedschaft in der römisch-katholischen und evangelisch-reformierten Kirche nach Kantonen (2017)"
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2014:
1974:
1392:
234:
174:
2720:
2688:
2193:
1999:
1458:
1225:
438:
2894:
2621:
2591:
2566:
2467:
2410:
2004:
1731:
803:
274:
230:
2581:
2163:
1428:
408:
91:
2821:
2586:
2693:
1628:
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608:
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Federation of
Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein
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spread primarily into the cities of Switzerland, which was then composed of loosely connected
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1233:
8:
270:
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units. The German churches are more in the Zwinglian tradition; the French more in the
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309:
266:
51:
2462:
2447:
757:
169:
2811:
2499:
1355:
1275:
1242:
696:
688:
656:
648:
242:
238:
2725:
2363:
2123:
1987:
1853:
884:
680:
672:
640:
632:
837:
831:
825:
403:
Reformed "Landeskirchen" of Switzerland (Districts and Sub Districts as of 2009)
1788:
206:
1926:
1194:
2863:
1904:
1146:"Eine Landeskirche outet sich - «Ehe für alle» sorgt kirchenintern für Unmut"
258:
2748:
1420:
1333:
1315:
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202:
72:
246:
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1658:
262:
114:
723:
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Organizationally, the Reformed Churches in Switzerland remain separate,
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1386:
1364:
399:
218:
198:
41:
963:"Service But No Blessing For Homosexual Partners. The Reformed Church"
859:"Service But No Blessing for homosexual partners. The Reformed Church"
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Association of Evangelical-Reformed Churches in the Canton of Obwalden
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2554:
2155:
2111:
1687:
1620:
1416:
389:
210:
55:
1261:
Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe (ROCOR)
2705:
2420:
2054:
1849:
1705:
1669:
1306:
254:
68:
738:"Switzerland: Record Number of People Leave the Church in 2022"
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland
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Distribution of denominations in Switzerland in 2008 (green:
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124:
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419:
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Landschaft
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Evangalical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen
513:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of St. Gallen
535:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Solothurn
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424:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt
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826:
701:
Federaziun da las baselgias evangelicas da la Svizra
472:
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Lucerne
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Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
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Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Austria and Switzerland
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Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera
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Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of ZĂĽrich
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Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Schwyz
444:
Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Glarus
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Reformed Churches of the Canton Bern-Jura-Solothurn
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Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of ZĂĽrich
372:for same-sex civil unions. In August 2019 with the
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Federazione delle Chiese evangeliche della Svizzera
237:. Breakthroughs began in the 1520s in Zurich under
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that practice their own forms of church governance.
2885:Members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
434:Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton Freiburg
269:and Calvin they came to a common agreement in the
569:Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud
257:changed to the Reformation ten years later under
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1256:Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonesus (Moscow)
1251:Greek Metropolis of Switzerland (Constantinople)
584:Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton of Zug
1224:
2010:Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia
796:
1912:
1210:
685:Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse
348:
342:Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse
340:
333:
2905:Christian organizations established in 1920
1678:Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
758:"Constitution - The Church and its mission"
559:Evangelical Church of the Canton of Thurgau
379:
1928:Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
1919:
1905:
1883:Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe
1877:
1875:
1873:
1217:
1203:
661:Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra
477:Reformed Church of the Canton of Neuchâtel
102:Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
2875:Reformed cantonal churches in Switzerland
1363:
677:Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
456:Evangelical-Reformed Church of GraubĂĽnden
335:Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund
2890:Members of the World Council of Churches
1342:Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
1067:"Schwule dĂĽrfen keine Eheringe tauschen"
1021:. Reformed Church in Bern-Jura-Solothurn
911:"Schwule dĂĽrfen keine Eheringe tauschen"
489:Evangelical-Reformed Church of Nidwalden
414:Evangelical-Reformed Church of Appenzell
398:
396:Reformed Churches in the Swiss cantons:
168:
2835:
2154:
1870:
1858:
1842:
716:
653:Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera
329:Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
195:Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
14:
2862:
2817:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
1099:(in German). Reformed Church in ZĂĽrich
637:Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche Schweiz
1900:
1198:
645:Église évangélique réformée de Suisse
574:Evangelical Reformed Church in Valais
547:Evangelical Reformed Church of Ticino
1117:
935:
845:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
87:World Communion of Reformed Churches
73:regional and denominational churches
1824:Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz
1150:Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)
938:"Homosexuelle machen die Ehe stark"
364:is allowed in all member churches.
97:Conference of Churches on the Rhine
24:
2900:1920 establishments in Switzerland
1771:International Christian Fellowship
1120:"Homosexuelle mache die Ehe stark"
564:Evangelical-Reformed Church of Uri
273:(ZĂĽrich Consent), and 1566 in the
25:
2916:
1645:Evangelical Free Church of Geneva
1179:
1093:"Stellungnahme zu Homosexualität"
318:Evangelical Free Church of Geneva
18:Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church
356:
187:Protestant Church in Switzerland
33:Protestant Church in Switzerland
1284:Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
1163:
1138:
1111:
1085:
1059:
1033:
1007:
981:
955:
929:
903:
877:
1041:"Eine Frage des Liebesgebotes"
851:
814:
775:
750:
730:
666:
626:
13:
1:
1373:Waldensian Evangelical Church
1015:"Gleichgeschlechtliche Paare"
709:
197:until 31 December 2019, is a
2870:Protestantism in Switzerland
1755:Eglise Evangélique de Réveil
393:which is nationally active.
217:The president of the PCS is
7:
2721:Czechoslovak Hussite Church
2129:Evangelical Reformed Church
1696:Evangelical Reformed Church
1226:Christianity in Switzerland
995:. Reformed Church in Aargau
891:. Reformed Church in Aargau
602:
439:Protestant Church of Geneva
370:blessing of same-sex unions
201:of 25 member churches – 24
10:
2921:
1732:Swiss Mennonite Conference
885:"Segen und Segnungsfeiern"
306:Second Helvetic Confession
275:Second Helvetic Confession
224:
2830:
2804:
2759:
2738:
2704:
2670:
2553:
2419:
2362:
2141:
2110:
2053:
1986:
1973:
1944:
1935:
1837:
1829:Réseau Evangélique Suisse
1814:
1787:
1763:
1740:
1722:
1704:
1686:
1668:
1657:
1637:
1619:
1415:
1402:
1385:
1354:
1332:
1314:
1305:
1296:
1274:
1241:
1232:
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804:"Overview of Switzerland"
409:Reformed Church of Aargau
301:Confession of Geneva 1537
286:The 67 Articles of Zurich
157:
149:
141:
131:
120:
110:
92:World Council of Churches
79:
61:
47:
37:
32:
2822:Uniting Church in Sweden
2025:Hesse Electorate-Waldeck
1126:(in German). Zeitzeichen
967:archives.thetablet.co.uk
619:
380:Members of the communion
241:, in Bern in 1528 under
162:https://www.evref.ch/en/
2749:Remonstrant Brotherhood
2695:United Methodist Church
1629:United Methodist Church
1152:(in German). 2019-08-08
863:archive.thetablet.co.uk
609:Religion in Switzerland
596:United Methodist Church
362:The ordination of women
2850:International churches
700:
692:
684:
676:
660:
652:
644:
636:
404:
349:
341:
334:
182:
1852:with the rest of the
1324:Roman Catholic Church
402:
172:
1298:Western Christianity
1234:Eastern Christianity
291:Theses of Berne 1528
2184:Bern-Jura-Solothurn
1815:Interdenominational
1797:Jehovah's Witnesses
1449:Bern-Jura-Solothurn
271:Consensus Tigurinus
153:1.92 million (2022)
2635:United Free Church
2518:Hungarian Lutheran
1118:Bechtold, Markus.
936:Bechtold, Markus.
822:Apostolikumsstreit
405:
296:Berne Synodus 1532
193:), formerly named
183:
2895:National churches
2857:
2856:
2358:
2357:
2354:
2353:
2137:
2136:
1894:
1893:
1810:
1809:
1783:
1782:
1779:
1778:
1750:Assemblies of God
1714:Church of England
1653:
1652:
1381:
1380:
1350:
1349:
1292:
1291:
1172:, August 29, 2019
1047:. Reformiert Info
848:, 2011-01-27.
203:cantonal churches
167:
166:
27:Swiss association
16:(Redirected from
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2851:
2843:
2839:
2812:Church of Sweden
2764:
2728:
2711:
2696:
2677:
2560:
2488:
2426:
2369:
2347:
2310:
2298:
2286:
2264:
2252:
2240:
2223:
2207:
2174:Basel-Landschaft
2152:
2151:
2148:
2117:
2097:Schaumburg-Lippe
2082:Northern Germany
2060:
2030:Hesse and Nassau
1993:
1984:
1983:
1980:
1953:
1942:
1941:
1921:
1914:
1907:
1898:
1897:
1885:
1879:
1868:
1866:Union of Utrecht
1862:
1856:
1846:
1666:
1665:
1612:
1575:
1563:
1551:
1529:
1517:
1505:
1488:
1472:
1439:Basel-Landschaft
1413:
1412:
1400:
1399:
1396:
1361:
1360:
1356:Proto-Protestant
1312:
1311:
1303:
1302:
1243:Eastern Orthodox
1239:
1238:
1219:
1212:
1205:
1196:
1195:
1191:
1190:
1188:Official website
1173:
1167:
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1158:
1157:
1142:
1136:
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1106:
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1089:
1083:
1082:
1080:
1078:
1063:
1057:
1056:
1054:
1052:
1037:
1031:
1030:
1028:
1026:
1011:
1005:
1004:
1002:
1000:
989:"Segnungsfeiern"
985:
979:
978:
976:
974:
959:
953:
952:
950:
948:
933:
927:
926:
924:
922:
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901:
900:
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872:
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158:Official website
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2847:
2846:
2840:
2836:
2826:
2800:
2762:
2761:
2755:
2734:
2727:Moravian Church
2726:
2717:Czech Republic
2709:
2708:
2700:
2694:
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2675:
2674:
2666:
2558:
2557:
2549:
2513:German Lutheran
2486:
2424:
2423:
2415:
2367:
2366:
2350:
2341:
2304:
2292:
2280:
2258:
2246:
2234:
2213:
2201:
2146:
2145:
2133:
2124:Church of Lippe
2115:
2114:
2106:
2058:
2057:
2049:
2020:Central Germany
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1978:
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1969:
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1947:
1937:
1931:
1930:member churches
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1895:
1890:
1889:
1888:
1880:
1871:
1863:
1859:
1854:Catholic Church
1847:
1843:
1833:
1816:
1806:
1775:
1759:
1736:
1718:
1700:
1682:
1660:
1649:
1633:
1615:
1606:
1569:
1557:
1545:
1523:
1511:
1499:
1478:
1466:
1419:
1407:
1405:
1390:
1389:
1377:
1346:
1328:
1288:
1270:
1228:
1223:
1186:
1185:
1182:
1177:
1176:
1168:
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1153:
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1143:
1139:
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1091:
1090:
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1074:
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667:
631:
627:
622:
605:
586:
549:
537:
525:
503:
491:
479:
458:
446:
382:
359:
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227:
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106:
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28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
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2908:
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2902:
2897:
2892:
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2877:
2872:
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2832:
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2827:
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2824:
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2814:
2808:
2806:
2802:
2801:
2799:
2798:
2793:
2788:
2787:
2786:
2781:
2776:
2767:
2765:
2763:(0.04 million)
2760:Outside Europe
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2756:
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2733:
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1476:GraubĂĽnden
1404:Protestant
1387:Protestant
1365:Waldensian
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789:2019-02-22
743:2023-12-25
710:References
219:Rita Famos
199:federation
175:Protestant
42:Protestant
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2232:Neuchâtel
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2194:Geneva
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2015:Bremen
2000:Anhalt
1988:United
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1594:Valais
1567:Ticino
1543:Schwyz
1464:Glarus
1459:Geneva
1429:Aargau
833:French
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