Interim Eucharistic Sharing
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- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 40
- Mover
- Rev. M.A. Tucker
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. D.D. Jones
- Text of motion
- That this General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada:
- 1. Welcome and rejoice in the substantial progress of the Canadian Lutheran-Anglican dialogue and of other national, regional and international Anglican-Lutheran conversations, and look forward to the day when full communion is established between the Lutheran and Anglican churches;
- 2. Recognize the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada as a church in which the Gospel is preached and taught;
- 3. Declare, on the basis of the above, a relationship of Interim Sharing of the Eucharist beginning on October 1, 1989;
- 4. Request that an evaluation of this relationship be presented to the 1995 General Synod together with proposals for future relationships;
- 5. Encourage the development of a common Christian life and mission throughout both churches by such means as:
- - a) The welcoming by congregations of the respective churches of communicants from the other church and the encouragement of their own communicants to receive Holy Communion in churches of the other tradition, both where pastoral need arises and when ecumenical occasions make this appropriate,
- - b) the sponsoring of joint celebrations of the eucharist after consultation with the diocesan/synodical bishops concerned, using the eucharistic rite appropriate to the presiding minister (Book of Common Prayer or Book of Alternative Services for Anglicans and Lutheran Book of Worship for Lutherans) with an ordained minister of the other church assisting.
- Evaluations of such joint celebrations of the Holy Communion should be shared with the bishops of the diocese/synod concerned, and with the ecumenical officers of the respective churches.
- The presence of an ordained minister of each church at the altar in this way represents two churches expressing unity in faith and baptism as well as recognizing that there are remaining divisions which they are seeking to overcome. This implies neither rejection nor final recognition of the other church's eucharist or ministry,
- - c) the fostering of:
- -- i) regular prayer and intercession for the other church and its leadership,
- -- ii) local study groups in which the Holy Scriptures as well as the historical and theological traditions of each church are examined,
- -- iii) pastoral agreements which permit a minister of either communion to serve the people of both churches in sparsely populated and isolated areas of Canada,
- -- iv) shared use of physical facilities,
- -- v) common programs of education and outreach,
- -- vi) reciprocal attendance at services of ordination and installation, although not yet participation in the laying on of hands,
- -- vii) theological exchanges by invitations to theologians of the other church to make presentations at conventions, conferences and retreats,
- -- viii) co-operation in areas of social ministry;
- 6. Call for the communication of this resolution to the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lutheran World Federation, and to those churches with which each church is in dialogue or communion. CARRIED Act 40
- Subjects
- Interim sharing of the Eucharist
- Intercommunion
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Relations - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Lutheran Church
- Lutheran Church - Relations - Anglican Church of Canada
- Shared ministry - Canada
- Christian union - Canada
- Ecumenical movement - Canada
- Canadian Lutheran-Anglican Dialogue (CLAD)