Towards a church of encounter. The development of the evangelical Lutheran church of Finland since the 1970s
Автор: Karttunen Tomi
Журнал: Христианское чтение @christian-reading
Рубрика: Исторические науки
Статья в выпуске: 1 (96), 2021 года.
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Until the Second World War the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) was a nationally oriented church. After the war the ELCF began to redevelop its international relations and was a founding member of the Lutheran World Federation (1947) and the World Council of Churches (1948). The aim of this article is to show how the ELCF has developed since then. Its focus is on church-state relationships and the development of the ELCF’s ecclesiological and theological self- understanding. Certain tendencies are noted: the reduction of church-state contacts, the transformation of the ELCF into a «folk church», which raised some theological questions, which were also resolved in inter-church dialogue, as well as an attempt to respond to modern civilizational challenges.
Evangelical lutheran church of finland, theology, ecclesiological development, folk church, interchurch dialogue, modern civilizational challenges
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/140257027
IDR: 140257027 | DOI: 10.47132/1814-5574_2021_1_222
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