RT Article
T1 A Comparison of the Porvoo, Waterloo, and Called to Common Mission Agreements from the Perspective of Transitivity
JF Ecclesiology
VO 18
IS 3
SP 341
OP 357
A1 Karttunen, Tomi 1969-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1822188857
AB Abstract The Anglican-Lutheran Porvoo Declaration (1996) has implications for global Anglican-Lutheran relations. It nurtured ecumenical processes which resulted in ‘full communion agreements’ between Lutherans and Episcopalians in the United States of America (1999), and in Canada between Lutherans and Anglicans (2001). Although the Porvoo Declaration influenced the later documents, regional bilateral agreements are not automatically interchangeable. The concept of ‘transitivity’ describes the relationship of two ecumenical agreements with each other and the possibility of applying an agreement in other regions. The Anglican Consultative Council (acc) in 2015 invited churches where appropriate to implement recommendations on ‘Laying foundations for transitive relationships’. In this article an analysis is offered of the current ecumenical situation and the presuppositions and implications of full communion agreements in general and individually. Communion-wide guidelines to identify possible next steps and the grounds on which all three ‘full communion’ agreements could become mutually transitive is also examined.
K1 Waterloo Agreement
K1 ecumenical transitivity
K1 Porvoo Communion
K1 Christian Unity
K1 Called to Common Mission
K1 Lutheran churches
K1 Anglican Communion
DO 10.1163/17455316-18030006