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The Third Anglican ”“ Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) held its second meeting at White Point, Nova Scotia, Canada between 14 and 20 May, 2007, under the chairmanship of the Rt Revd Fred Hiltz, Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and the Revd Dr Thomas Nyiwé, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon.
The Commission has been established by the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lutheran World Federation to continue the dialogue between Anglicans and Lutherans on the worldwide level which has been in progress since 1970. ALIC intends to build upon the work reflected in The Niagara Report (1987), focusing on the mission of the church and the role of the ordained ministry, The Diaconate as an Ecumenical Opportunity (1995), and most recently Growth in Communion (2002), the report of the Anglican ”“ Lutheran International Working Group (ALIWG), which reviewed the extensive regional agreements which have established close relations between Anglican and Lutheran churches in several parts of the world.
I just wrote a very long diatribe to post then erased it. I’ll keep it civil and short…..this is disgusting to say the least……this is not the Revolution, the Civil War, nor WWII….
sorry got it on the wrong one
The Commission has been established by the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lutheran World Federation to continue the dialogue between Anglicans and Lutherans on the worldwide level which has been in progress since 1970.
Wow, 38 years of wasted tithe money.
#1 Not exactly! Anglicans and Lutherans co-operate on the deepest level in Africa, parts of Asia and certainly in the Middle East. They may even join together in the Global South which would be a very good thing when comes to challenging their faith denying parent churches in Europe and North America. While our western Lutheran and Anglican churches continue to forsake the Gospel and pursue cultural accommodation losing hundreds of thousands in membership both of these Global South are expanding rapidly. The real fruit of 38 years of dialogue and cooperation between Anglicans and Lutherans perhaps will be found in the south as it grows in size and stature to confront, challenge and change the weary and apostate north.
Yeah, right.
..”dialogue between Anglicans and Lutherans on the worldwide level which has been in progress since 1970″.
Sounds like the Lutherans are smiling at their Anglican neighbors, while they try to make their way out of the room. Was it something we said? Probably.
Anyone else notice that this is from May [b]2007[/b]?
Be that as it may, the ALIC statements seem fine to this ELCA/LWF pastor. And, indeed, the co-operation and fellowship in Africa and Asia is very strong. The question remains (as with the ELCA-TEC full-communion agreement), beyond the Commission, do the leaders in the Western portions of the Anglican Communion or the LWF (USA, Canada, Western Europe, the Nordic lands, South Africa, etc.) actually teach the faith expressed in these theological agreements?
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America = Episcopal Church 2.0? is something I posted over at out blog some time ago…
In Europe and North America, these two bodies have followed near-identical trajectories. There is a unity there that is already rather strong.