Lutheran-Episcopal Book Reports Dialogue
Diocesan Press Service. January 8, 1973 [73010]
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The findings of the Lutheran - Episcopal dialogues conducted nationally and internationally will be issued early in 1973.
" Lutheran - Episcopal Dialogue: A Progress Report " is being published by Forward Movement Publications of Cincinnati, according to Dr. Paul Opsahl, head of the Division of Theological Studies of the Lutheran Council in the USA, and Dr. Peter Day, ecumenical officer of the Episcopal Church.
The booklet will contain the report of the dialogue groups and a number of papers prepared by dialogue participants during the several years of conversations.
Dialogues between Lutherans and Episcopalians in the U.S. began in 1969 and were completed in mid-1972. The international conversations conducted under the auspices of the Lambeth Conference and the Lutheran World Federation were conducted from 1970 to 1972.
Both groups reached significant agreements on the nature of the church, sacraments, apostolicity, and the possibilities of inter-communion between Lutherans and Episcopalians. The report of the U.S. dialogue groups makes several recommendations for continuing the discussions in the hopes of reaching even further agreement and fuller common life.
The booklet is available from Forward Movement Publications, 412 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. Copies cost fifty cents each and payment should accompany every order.