"
High Church Lutheranism" is the name given in Europe for the 20th century
Lutheran movement that emphasizes worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both
Roman Catholicism and the
Anglo-Catholic wing of
Anglicanism. In the more general usage of the term it describes the general High Church characteristics of Lutheranism in the Nordic countries such as
Sweden,
Finland and the
Baltics. The mentioned countries, once a part of the
Swedish Empire, have more markedly preserved Catholic traditions and introduced far less
Reformed (that is,
Calvinistic or
Zwinglian)
theology.