Albert Lysander (1875–1956) was a Swedish Lutheran priest and one of the early pioneers of the Swedish High Church movement. While travelling in England, he visited the

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, Community of the Resurrection, and in London

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and All Saints, Margaret Street. 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 sodality for priests in Church of Sweden. SCA was founded in influenced of the

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as protection against the emerging liberal theology, and to strengthen priestly identity and encourage a renewal of the Church on the apostolic foundation.

References

''The Oxford Movement as Received in Sweden''
by Oloph Bexell. The Church Coalition for Bible and Confession – The London Conference 2006
''The Catholic Movement in the Swedish Church''
by

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'' (1935 ...

. * ''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 {{Lutheran-stub