Ecumenical background

Meissen | Porvoo | Reuilly | ARCIC | Ut unum sint | Leuenberg | ELCA/ECUSA Concordat | Lutheran/Roman Catholic Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification | Virginia Report (1997) | Agros Report (1997) | Other ecumenical dialogues | Organisations | Sources of information

Meissen

The Meissen Information Pack

The Pack includes history, agreement texts, details of Anglo-German ecumenical links, liturgical resources and stories from the first decade of Meissen.

To study the Meissen Information Pack 2005 edition click here

(1988) The Meissen Common Statement / Die Meissener Gemeinsame Erklärung

English Text (rich text format)
German Text

The Implementation by the Church of England and the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland of the steps agreed in the Meissen Declaration

English Text
German Text

The Meissen Prayer Letter - Latest Edition

Historical Background:

1517 Martin Luther's 95 Theses - text
1529 Luther's Small Catechism - text
1530 The Augsburg Confession - text
1563 The Heidelberg Confession - text
1934 The Theological Declaration of Barmen - text

Archive of Works by Martin Luther - index

The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) - GERMAN site

The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) - ENGLISH site

General Organisation
Faith
Member Churches
News and Topical Issues
Press Releases from the EKD Bulletin
Ecumenical Dialogue - articles on Church and Society
Interactive - including Reformation quizzes

Porvoo

Porvoo Website - click here

The Porvoo Communion now has its own website where you can find official documents, pastoral resources and other material from the ongoing Porvoo process. There are also links to the websites of the Porvoo churches and translation of the Porvoo Common Statement in many languages. Go to this website for news and papers from recent Porvoo events such as:

• The Porvoo Theological Conference 2004
• The Porvoo Consultation on the Diaconate 2006
• Porvoo Churches Leaders Meeting 2006

Porvoo Information Pack - click here

Appointment of clergy from the Porvoo Communion

House of Bishops Guidelines

For guidelines about the appointment of clergy from the Porvoo Communion within the Church of England

click here

Porvoo Prayer Diary 2006 click here

The Porvoo Common Statement click here

The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
The Church of Ireland
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania
The Church of Norway
The Scottish Episcopal Church
The Church of Sweden
The Church in Wales

The Diocese in Europe

The Lusitanian Church (Portugal)

The Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church

Observers at the Porvoo Contact Group:

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

Reuilly

The Reuilly Declaration - Text in English
The Reuilly Declaration - Text in French

Reuilly Factsheet

Fédération Protestante de France

Our Reuilly Partners:

Eglise réformée de France (in French)
Eglise évangélique luthérienne de France
Eglise de la Confession d'Augsburg d'Alsace et de Lorraine &  Eglise réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine (in French)

The wider context

ARCIC

For information about ARCIC - click here

Ut Unum Sint

Ut Unum Sint - That They May Be One Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, May 25th, 1995.

May They All Be One - A Response of the House of Bishops of the Church of England to Ut Unum Sint

CPCE/Leuenberg

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe/Leuenberg Church Fellowship

1973 The Leuenberg Concordat - English Text

ELCA/ECUSA Concordat

Text of 'Called to Common Mission' - click here

Virginia Report (1997) - Report of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission

Text of the Report

Agros Report (1997) - Report of the Ecumenical Advisory Group of the Anglican Communion in preparation for the Lambeth Conference 1998

Text of the Report

Other Ecumenical Dialogues

(in preparation)

Organisations

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)
Churches Together in England (CTE)
Conference of European Churches (CEC)

For information on "Charta Oecumenica - click here

For information on Third European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu - click here

 World Council of Churches
WCC News and Resources