ABBREVIATIONS RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS
Abkürzungen der Religionszugehörigkeiten
JEWS
jud.
jüd.
isr.
izr.
israelit
mos. - mosaisch
Mos.
moz.
Js.
J.
CATHOLICS
kath.
kat.
kth.
katol.
k.
röm.k. — “römisch-katholisch” (Roman Catholic)
r.k. — same
r.K. — same
R.K. — same
rk. — same
rK. — same
r.Kt. — same
rkat. — same
r.-kat. — same
r-kat. — same
r.Kath. — same
gr.kath. — “Griechisch-Katholisch” (Greek Catholic)
gr.k. — same
grk. — same
gk. — same
a.k. – alt-katholisch - (Old Catholic), originally a splinter group from the Roman Catholic Church
alt-kath. - same
alt-k. — same
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS
orth.
ort.
ortod.
r.orth. — Russian Orthodox
r.o. — same
gr.ort. — Greek Orthodox
gr.or. — same
grort. — same
gr.o. — same
pravosl. – short for pravoslavni = rechtgläubig = orthodox.
PROTESTANTS
prot.
evg. — “evangelisch” (mainstream protestant, not in the sense it’s used nowadays in e.g. the USA)
ev.
evang.
Evang.
ew. — same, but in Polish (“ewangelicy”)
ewang.
ev.A.B. — “evangelikal Augsburger Bekenntnis”, i.e. follower of the Augsburg Confession
ref. — “reformierter”, i.e. Reformed Christian
ev.ref. – evangelisch-reformiert
kalv. — Calvinist
lut. — Lutheran
e.l. – evangelisch-lutherisch
engl. — Anglican (Church of England)
Methodyst — not really an abbreviation, maybe because it was uncommon
Unit. - Unitarier
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Bifo. — “Bibelforscher”, literally „Bible researcher“
bifo.
Bifor.
OTHER CHRISTIANS
gttgl. — “Gottgläubig” (literally “God believing”), non-denominational Christian
ggl. — same
G.gl. — same
gottgl. — same
BMK – Böhmisch-Mährische Kirche
b.m.K. - same
b.m. – same
böhm.mähr. - same
MUSLIMS
musl.
moh.
moham.
moch.
NO RELIGION
ohne.
ohne.R.
o.R.
o.Rel.
oRel.
r.los. — ”religionslos” (without religion)
rl. — same
glos. — “Glaubenslos” (faithless, non-believer)
G.Los — same
glaub.los — same
gl. — probably the same
konfessionslos
konf.los
kfl.
k.l.
Diss. – Dissident
diss. / dis.
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