This seminar focuses on the specific issues about Eucharist, church, and ministry identified in the ELCA/USCCB document "Declaration on the Way," issues that concern the potential achievement of Lutheran/Roman Catholic full communion. The seminar is open to all members of the Academy, and its work will proceed from the conviction that these issues, especially as they affect liturgical practice,rightly concern all Christians.
For 2020, we anticipate the following presentations at this time, not necessarily in this order:
1. A joint statement in progress from Jim Puglisi and Gordon Lathrop with remarks from John Baldovin and Tom Schattauer.
2. A recent piece from Gordon on liturgical ecclesiology. (Note also his book, Holy People)
3. Martin Seltz on how the Joint Declaration on Justification can impact our work in the seminar.
4. Tim Brunk – preliminary questions on eucharistic sharing
5. Ben Durheim on eucharistic sharing
6. Neil Alexander and/or Ruth Meyers with some reflections from an Anglican/Episcopal point of view.
