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In 2013, the international Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue released its groundbreaking study, „From Conflict to Communion.“ It assessed how Lutherans and Catholics could jointly commemorate the Reformation’s beginnings during the anniversary year of 2017, with appropriate elements of both repentance and celebration. Like many such ecumenical statements, it assumes a high level of familiarity with both […]

The 16th Plenary of the International Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission met from April 28 to May 5 in Rhodes, Greece, continuing a tradition of meeting that has taken place annually without interruption since 1981. Unusually, this plenary followed upon three preparatory meetings—normally there is only one preparatory between each plenary—due to the extremely complex topic at hand,

Since 2009, members of the Institute staff have taught the two-week Studying Luther in Wittenberg program every November, which gathers Lutheran pastors from all over the world. It has been an eye-opening and inspiring experience to see how the writings of a sixteenth-century reformer can still speak so powerfully to people half a millennium later—and

In June the Institute was delighted to welcome as resident scholars Ephraim Radner and Annette Brownlee, a married couple, both Anglican priests and theologians.