Posted on 03/23/2011 1:04:35 PM PDT by SmithL
The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will join with their Canadian counterparts - the Anglican Church in Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - to celebrate 10 years of the full communion relationship in an international way on May 1.
Called to Common Mission, for full communion between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the similar Canadian document, The Waterloo Declaration, between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, both took effect in 2001.
Participating in the May 1 celebration will be the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church; Bishop Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada; and Bishop Susan Johnson, National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
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How special is that?
Certainly sends a tingle up my leg . . . NOT!
They should all get together and have an apostate Commiefest!
Of course, I will be waiting expectantly for the photos of Schori’s vestments on Bad Vestments.com . . .
Again?
When I first saw the headline, I thought they might be celebrating the one-year anniversary of ObamaCare.
Which one is bringing the Ashteroth poles?
Don’t forget..mark your calendars..
Meanwhile conservative Lutherans who have broken from the ELCA (or are in the process of leaving) are in deep conversation with the Anglican Church in North America—which departed from The Episcopal Church over the same issues.
Yeah, I thought of you when I posted this one.
Antinomian-brethren-proferring-warm-fuzzies-to-one-another-wise, it's just super-peachy special.
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