"Lutheran and Catholic leaders joined together Monday to sign a
joint declaration to signify the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Pope Francis went to Sweden for the ecumenical prayer service, saying this was an opportunity to “accept a common path.”
Munib Younan, president of the Lutheran World Federation, also signed the declaration.
The declaration said: "While we are profoundly thankful for the spiritual and theological gifts received through the Reformation, we also confess and lament before Christ that Lutherans and Catholics have wounded the visible unity of the Church. Theological differences were accompanied by prejudice and
conflicts, and religion was instrumentalised for political ends."
Francis did not make any mention of inter-communion, since the Catholic Church believes the Eucharist can only be shared when full unity is restored.
"Many members of our communities yearn to receive the Eucharist at one table as the concrete expression of full unity,” the joint statement said. It vowed "the goal of our ecumenical endeavours" was a shared communion." BCN
.....and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
Pope Francis went to Sweden for the ecumenical prayer service, saying this was an opportunity to “accept a common path.”
Munib Younan, president of the Lutheran World Federation, also signed the declaration.
The declaration said: "While we are profoundly thankful for the spiritual and theological gifts received through the Reformation, we also confess and lament before Christ that Lutherans and Catholics have wounded the visible unity of the Church. Theological differences were accompanied by prejudice and
Francis did not make any mention of inter-communion, since the Catholic Church believes the Eucharist can only be shared when full unity is restored.
"Many members of our communities yearn to receive the Eucharist at one table as the concrete expression of full unity,” the joint statement said. It vowed "the goal of our ecumenical endeavours" was a shared communion." BCN
.....and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13:3
