Augustana Working Group

On March 1, 2024, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU), welcomed the members of the Concordia Lutheran–Catholic Augustana Working Group which met in Rome on  March 1 and 2, 2024. He encouraged them to explore the pre-confessional/ecumenical potential of the Augsburg Confession in more detail in view of the 500th anniversary of the Confessio Augustana in 2030.

The Augustana Working Group, which is not an official dialogue commission, includes representatives of the International Lutheran Council (ILC), an association of Concordia Lutheran churches, and the Catholic Church.

The working topic is: “Catholicity and Apostolicity in the Augsburg Confession, Examined in the Areas of Soteriology (Justification) and Ecclesiology (Ministry, Episcopate, and Ordination): a joint Lutheran–Catholic review of Augsburg Confession in a pre-confessional and ecumenical perspective.”

The next meeting will take place in Wittenberg on December 9 and 10, 2024.