RT Article
T1 Towards a Common Understanding of Diaconal Ministry?*
JF Ecclesiology
VO 8
IS 3
SP 326
OP 349
A1 Pädam, Tiit
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1447417135
AB This article explores the latest developments of the deacon’s ministry in the churches of the Porvoo communion, based on the Anglican-Lutheran regional agreement of 1996, the Porvoo Declaration and the Porvoo Common Statement. In the Porvoo Declaration the signatory churches agreed on a common commitment to work towards a common understanding of diaconal ministry. The article analyses the understanding of the deacon’s ministry in the Porvoo churches as expressed in their liturgical acts of admission to this ministry and their educational requirements for deacons. Special attention is paid to the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Denmark and its contribution to the common understanding of deacon’s ministry in the Porvoo communion, as that church has recently signed the agreement.
K1 Porvoo communion : ordination : diaconate : deacon : Porvoo Declaration : Porvoo Common Statement : Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Denmark : Lutheranism
DO 10.1163/17455316-00803005