Kirchengemeinschaft - aus Sicht der evangelischen Landeskirchen
The article clarifies the criteria for the concept of church fellowship - as communio ecclesiarum - according to the Leuenberg Agreement, as it is a ruling model for the Protestant regional churches in the EKD - Protestant Church in Germany. For this purpose, it explores the fundamental Article VII...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Aschendorff
2023
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Catholica <Münster>
Year: 2023, Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-42 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Leuenberger Konkordie
/ Confessio Augustana
/ Ecclesiastical communion
/ Ecumene
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church KDJ Ecumenism |
| Summary: | The article clarifies the criteria for the concept of church fellowship - as communio ecclesiarum - according to the Leuenberg Agreement, as it is a ruling model for the Protestant regional churches in the EKD - Protestant Church in Germany. For this purpose, it explores the fundamental Article VII of the Confessio Augustana on the understanding of the church's being church, places it in the context of the Confessio A ugustana, emphasizes the affirmation of the early church symbola by the Confessio Augustana and, against this background, formulates the claim of the Lutheran churches to stand in the una sancta catholica ecclesia. The church of Jesus Christ on earth is present where the pure gospel is proclaimed and the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper are administered in accordance with their foundation. Both the ordained ministry and the episcopal ministry as a service to the unity of the church are subordinate to the gospel and thus constitutive for the church's being church. The article discusses that and to what extent the Leuenberg Agreement implements these criteria. It emphasises the special nature of this concept of church fellowship, which, on the basis of the criteria of CA VII, declares church fellowship between independent churches in their confessional distinctiveness, and links this to the question of how much ecclesiological diversity and legitimate diversity the Roman Catholic Church can recognize. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-8501 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Catholica |