Tag Archives: Lutheran World Federation
Disunity about Unity: “All in Each Place” vs. Christian World Communions
The 1961 assembly of the World Council of Churches in New Delhi, India, had yet another ecumenical vision in mind: “all in each place.” The idea was that ecumenical reconciliation must begin locally, so that all Christians in each “place” … Continue reading
An Interview with Theodor Dieter, Lutheran Ecumenist
Tell us how you became an ecumenist. First: When I was a student of Protestant theology and philosophy I studied twice the magisterial book The Theology of Justification in Martin Luther and Thomas Aquinas by the Catholic theologian Otto Hermann … Continue reading
On the Way to the Joint Declaration
Since Lutherans have said for centuries now (to be precise, since Franz Turretini in 1682) that the doctrine of justification is the doctrine on which the church stands or falls, it’s not surprising that it has been central to Lutheran-Catholic … Continue reading
