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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sweden |
 | | The churches were also adorned with stone and wood carvings, such as images of christ, of the Madonna, and the saints, carved altars, baptismal fonts of stone or metal, reliquaries, hanging chandeliers and standing candelabra, chalices and patens, costly ciboriums, monstrances, and ostensories, processional crosses, censers, orans, bells, superb vestments, etc. |
 | | The attempts of the Dalecarlians and Smålanders, who held to the Church, to check the rapid advance of Protestantism was defeated prominent leaders of the Catholic party, bishop Brask of Linköping, Bishop Haraldsson of Skara, "Lagman" Ture Jonsson, and others, were obliged to flee. |
 | | Freemasonry is strong in Sweden, and among its members are many clergymen, church dignitaries, and even bishops. |
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