Will Luther’s Excommunication be lifted in 2021? A Plea of the Altenberg Ecumenical Round Table Cover Image

Will Luther’s Excommunication be lifted in 2021? A Plea of the Altenberg Ecumenical Round Table
Will Luther’s Excommunication be lifted in 2021? A Plea of the Altenberg Ecumenical Round Table

Author(s): Margriet Gosker
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Altenberg Appeal; Ecumenism; Luther; Excommunication; Joint Declaration; Confessio Augustana

Summary/Abstract: The Altenberg Ecumenical Round Table appeals in a declaration or appeal to Pope Francis asking him to lift the ban on Martin Luther and his followers, while appealing to the Lutheran World Federation to remove from the confessions the passages calling the Pope Antichrist. I describe the release of the Altenberg Appeal and the publication of the book on the subject, including its background and the first reactions to both. Finally, I explain my own position here.

  • Issue Year: 68/2021
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 35-57
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English