Full communion `working well' (Anglican and Lutheran churches meet).Both the heads of the Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada say they oppose an invasion of Iraq and they agree that full communion Full communion is a term used in Christian ecclesiology to describe relations between two distinct Christian communities or Churches that, while maintaining some separateness of identity, recognise each other as sharing the same communion and the same essential doctrines. between the two churches is working well. Those statements emerged from a public discussion between Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 , the Anglican primate, and Bishop Raymond Schultz, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) (French: Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. . The two met Feb. 7 in Winnipeg to discuss topics of interest to both churches. The discussion, held at the national Lutheran office, was a precursor to the 10th Lutheran World Federation “LWF” redirects here. For the aircraft, see Light Weight Fighter. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Assembly, scheduled for Winnipeg in July. The two prelates discussed the significance of full communion between the two churches and on the possibility of war in Iraq. Rupert's Land News |
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