Meeting of the Augustana Working Group in Wittenberg

The second meeting [EN] [DE] of the Concordia Lutheran-Catholic Augustana Working Group took place in Wittenberg from 8 to 11 December 2024. Under the chairmanship of Bishop Dr Juhana Pohjola, Chairman of the International Lutheran Council (ILC), and Auxiliary Bishop Dr Peter Birkhofer, the participants discussed the statements of the Augsburg Confession on justification and the office of the ministry from a pre-confessional perspective. This new methodological approach will be explored in greater depth during the next meeting in Rome in February 2025.

The Augustana Working Group includes representatives of the ILC and the Catholic Church. This is not an official dialogue commission, but an academic format in its own right.

Father Dr Augustinus Sander OSB takes part in the meetings of the working group as a permanent guest of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU).

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