Albert Lysander (1875–1956) was a Swedish

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priest and one of the early pioneers of the Swedish High Church movement. While travelling in England, he visited the

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, and in London

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and

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. Lysander was parish priest of St Petri, Malmö. In October, 1919, Lysander was the initiator in forming the ''Sodalitium Confessionis Apostolicæ'' (SCA), a moderately high church

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for priests in

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. SCA was founded in influenced of the

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as protection against the emerging

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, and to strengthen priestly identity and encourage a renewal of the Church on the apostolic foundation.

References

''The Oxford Movement as Received in Sweden''
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Oloph Bexell Oloph Eric Fingal Bexell (born 6 June 1947) is a Swedish priest (Church of Sweden) and professor emeritus in church history at Uppsala University. Biography Oloph Bexell received his bachelor of theology in 1974 and was ordained in the Diocese ...

. The Church Coalition for Bible and Confession – The London Conference 2006
''The Catholic Movement in the Swedish Church''
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Gunnar Rosendal Gunnar Rosendal (4 April 1897 – 26 December 1988) was a Swedish Lutheran priest, Doctor of Theology, and parish priest of Osby. Through his books promoting High Church Lutheran theology and spirituality, especially '' Kyrklig förnyelse'' (193 ...

. * ''Högkyrkligheten i Sverige och Finland under 1900-talet'' by Bengt Ingmar Kilström. Helsingborg 1990, 1875 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Swedish Lutheran priests Knights of the Order of Charles XIII {{Sweden-reli-bio-stub