Living in communion: visible unity and the Porvoo Common Statement
Living in communion is no mere organizational measure; it means sharing in a common life that is anchored in love, solidarity and mutual accountability. In the classic vision of the ecumenical movement, this is expressed through the goal of a visible and structured unity. The Porvoo Common Statement...
| Published in: | Theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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| In: |
Theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church KDE Anglican Church KDJ Ecumenism NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Porvoo communion
B Anglican–Lutheran fellowship B ‘reconciled denominationalism’ B visible unity B Communion B Ecumenism B Porvoo Common Statement |
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| Summary: | Living in communion is no mere organizational measure; it means sharing in a common life that is anchored in love, solidarity and mutual accountability. In the classic vision of the ecumenical movement, this is expressed through the goal of a visible and structured unity. The Porvoo Common Statement, in providing the basis for fellowship between Anglican and Lutheran Churches in Europe, is comparable to this goal. However, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the text, it should be asked if today’s Porvoo communion lives up to the aspirations in the Porvoo statement. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X211043171 |