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A national ___MASK32___ is a ___MASK9___ ___MASK32___ associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state . The idea was notably discussed during the 19th century , during the emergence of modern nationalism . The ___MASK9___ Church is a term generally used to refer to the whole group of people belonging to the ___MASK9___ religious tradition throughout history . In this understanding , the " ___MASK9___ Church " does not refer to a particular ___MASK90___ but to the body of all believers . Some Christians believe that the term " ___MASK9___ Church " or " Church " applies only to a specific historic ___MASK9___ institution ( e . g ., the ___MASK85___ Church , the ___MASK42___ , and Oriental Orthodoxy ). The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed are unity , holiness , catholicity , and apostolicity . ___MASK71___ is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ , who serves as the focal point for the religion . It is the world ' s largest religion , with over 2 . 4 billion followers , or 33 % of the global population , known as Christians . Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah ( the Christ ) was prophesied in the Old Testament . The ___MASK89___ of Finland is a national church of Finland . It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity . The Ecumenical Patriarch (" His Most Divine All - Holiness the Archbishop of Constantinople , New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch ") is the Archbishop of Constantinople  New Rome and ranks as " primus inter pares " ( first among equals ) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that make up the ___MASK42___ , and is widely regarded as the representative and spiritual leader of the 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide . The term " Ecumenical " in the title historically referred to the Ecumene , a Greek designation for the civilised universe , i . e . the Roman Empire , and legally stems from Canon 28 of the Council of Chalcedon . The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (" Oikoumenikó Patriarkhío Konstantinoupóleos ", ; " Roman Orthodox Patriarchate ") is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches ( or " jurisdictions ") that together compose the ___MASK42___ . It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople , currently Bartholomew I , Archbishop of Constantinople . The Finnish Orthodox ___MASK32___ ( Finnish : Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko ; Swedish : Finska Ortodoxa Kyrkan ) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople . The ___MASK32___ has a legal position as a national ___MASK32___ in the country , along with the ___MASK89___ of Finland . With its roots in the medieval Novgorodian missionary work in Karelia , the Finnish Orthodox ___MASK32___ was a part of the Russian Orthodox ___MASK32___ until 1923 . Today the ___MASK32___ has three dioceses and 58 , 000 members that account for 1 . 1 percent of the population of Finland . The parish of Helsinki has the most adherents . The ___MASK42___ , also known as the Orthodox Church , or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church , is the second largest Christian church and one of the oldest current religious institutions in the world . The ___MASK42___ teaches that it is the One , Holy , Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission to the apostles . It practices what it understands to be the original Christian faith and maintains the sacred tradition passed down from the apostles .