This November saw the 12th Studying Luther in Wittenberg hosted by the LWF Center and the 7th to be taught by Professors Theodor Dieter and Sarah Hinlicky Wilson of the Institute in Strasbourg. Twenty participants gathered from 5 continents and 17 countries: Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Guyana, Hong Kong, Latvia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Poland, Senegal, […]
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For more than 20 years now, the Institute has been involved in the educational work of the Communauté du Chemin Neuf (“New Way Community”). Chemin Neuf was founded 40 years ago in Lyon by Jesuit priest Laurent Fabre. It is an ecumenical community consisting today of more than 300 celibate women and men and 1200
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From 23 to 25 October, the working group on “Church Fellowship” of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) met at the Institute. The close cooperation of the Institute with the CPCE has been in existence for more than 40 years. The Institute was the place where, in 1972, the Leuenberg Agreement was worked
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The Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Foundation for Religious Sciences John XXIII, FSCIRE) of the University of Bologna is best known for its work in ecumenical circles. It has published already more than 20 years ago a history of the Second Vatican Council under the direction of G. Alberigo. The publication of a
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On October 27, 28, and 29, Prof. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson of the Institute presented the annual Reformation Heritage Lectures at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded only twenty-five years ago and guided during all this time by the ecumenical vision of Dean Timothy George, a Baptist minister and theologian, Beeson seeks to ground its
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50 Years of International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue: Assessment and Outlook Strasbourg, July 4-11, 2016 [singlepic id=485 w=320 h=240 float=left]50 years ago, in the summer of 1966, the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity decided to begin an official theological dialogue. Shortly before the end of the Second Vatican council, a
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Over the weekend of 10–11 October, Prof. Wilson of the Institute joined the gathering of the ACER-MJO (Association Chrétienne des Etudiants Russes – Mouvement de Jeunesse Orthodoxe), which took place at the Centre National de Formation Scouts et Guides de France, outside of Paris. The theme of the event was the ministry of the laity
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The Institute hosted a seminar with Prof. M. Denken (Catholic Theological Faculty) and Prof. T. Dieter (Institute for Ecumenical Research) for master’s degree students of both the Catholic and Protestant theological faculties of the University of Strasbourg in the library on September 25, 2015.
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From August 31 to September 4, twenty Lutheran pastors from the German region of Lippe, under the leadership of Superintendent Andreas Lange, visited the Institute for a continuing education seminar. Prof. Birmelé of the Institute gave an introductory lecture on “Being Protestant in France and Alsace.” Prof. Dieter offered an overview of the work of
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Christians are visibly divided in their jurisdictions and at their altars. Yet these same divided Christians sing the same songs of praise to the triune God; they are inspired by the same marvelous cathedrals and churches that pre-date their divisions; they are moved by the same icons, paintings, and sculptures of biblical scenes; and they
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