Toward a Definition of Episcopal Ministry: Lutheran World Federation Work on Episkopé, 1983-2007
This article examines how the episcopal ministry and related concepts such as episkopé', installation' and consecration' are understood and used in Lutheran World Federation (lwf) statements on the Episcopal Ministry from 1983 to 2007. Over this time, some Lutheran churches entered...
| Published in: | Ecclesiology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Ecclesiology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church KDJ Ecumenism RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Apostolic Succession
B Ministry B Unity B Lutheranism B Ecumenism B Bishops B Episcopacy B Episkopé |
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| Summary: | This article examines how the episcopal ministry and related concepts such as episkopé', installation' and consecration' are understood and used in Lutheran World Federation (lwf) statements on the Episcopal Ministry from 1983 to 2007. Over this time, some Lutheran churches entered into full communion with both episcopal and non-episcopal churches. Some ecumenical partners were also invited to participate as active observers in the lwf process of drafting statements. Through the ecumenical work done and the comprehensive identity study undertaken by the lwf, the understanding of episcopal ministry in lwf documents has developed from a Leuenberg-style' general Protestantism to a Porvoo-style' understanding of episcopacy. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5316 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ecclesiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455316-01502007 |