Ecumenical Lutheran-Mennonite Reconciliation as an Example of Reckoning with the Religious Persecutions of the 16th Century Cover Image

Ekumeniczne pojednanie luterańsko-menonickie jako przykład rozliczenia z religijnymi prześladowaniami wieku XVI
Ecumenical Lutheran-Mennonite Reconciliation as an Example of Reckoning with the Religious Persecutions of the 16th Century

Author(s): Jerzy Sojka
Subject(s): History, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Lutherans; Mennonites; persecution; reconciliation; Reformation; ecumenism; Church–State relations

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the report of the ecumenical bilateral dialogue between Lutherans and Mennonites from 2010, entitled Healing Memories. Reconciling in Christ. This text is discussed as an example of a critical theological-historical analysis of the Lutheran contribution to the persecution of the 16th-century Anabaptists. It emphasizes the theological concepts of the Lutheran Reformers that provided justification for the anti-Anabaptist actions of the secular authorities. This text is also an example of jointly telling a difficult history that made it possible to reconcile both traditions.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 112
  • Page Range: 297-313
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish