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Gjerstad Church, the Glossary

Gjerstad Church (Gjerstad kirke, locally: Gjerstad kjørke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjerstad Municipality in Agder county, Norway.^[1]

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Agder

Agder is a county and traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region.

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Altarpiece

An altarpiece is an work of art in painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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Cemetery

A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

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Christian Heinrich Grosch

Christian Heinrich Grosch (21 January 1801 – 4 May 1865) was a Norwegian architect.

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The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke, Den norske kyrkja, Norgga girku, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway.

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Constitution of Norway

The Constitution of Norway (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov; Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov; Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov) was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.

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Deanery

A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway.

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Diocese of Agder og Telemark

The Diocese of Agder og Telemark (Agder og Telemark bispedømme) is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering all of Agder county and most of Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway.

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Eidsvoll

Eidsvoll (sometimes written as Eidsvold) is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway.

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Election church

An election church (valgkirke) is a term used for approximately 300 churches in Norway that were used as polling stations during the elections to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Gjerstad Church and election church are Norwegian election church.

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Gjerstad

Gjerstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway.

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Gjerstad (village)

Gjerstad is the administrative centre of Gjerstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. Gjerstad Church and Gjerstad (village) are Gjerstad.

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Jacob von der Lippe

Jacob von der Lippe (27 September 1797 – 2 October 1878) was a Norwegian politician and priest who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand from 1841 to 1875.

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List of churches in Agder og Telemark

Several Church of Norway churches are in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark in Norway. Gjerstad Church and List of churches in Agder og Telemark are churches in Agder.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian Constituent Assembly

The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (Grunnlovsforsamlingen or Riksforsamlingen) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark.

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Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage

The Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren or Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning) is a government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Prestegjeld

A prestegjeld was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (Den Norske Kirke) roughly equivalent to a parish.

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Pulpit

A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.

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Risør (town)

Risør is a Seaside resort, a town and the administrative centre of Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway.

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Sacredness

Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers.

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