Porvoo Communion

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Christian inter-church organization ecumenical fellowship

The Porvoo Communion is an ecumenical fellowship of Anglican and Lutheran churches in Europe that share a common understanding of the gospel and ministry, enabling mutual recognition of sacraments and ordained ministries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Porvoo Communion canonical	4
Porvoo Common Statement	1
Porvoo Communion via Church of Sweden	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian inter-church organization ⓘ ecumenical fellowship ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ Lutheran World Federation ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
coreDoctrine	historic episcopate as sign of apostolicity ⓘ mutual recognition of Eucharist ⓘ mutual recognition of baptism ⓘ mutual recognition of episcopal ministry ⓘ
countryOfNaming	Finland ⓘ
foundedBy	Anglican churches in Europe ⓘ Church in Wales ⓘ Church of England ⓘ Church of Ireland ⓘ Church of Norway ⓘ Church of Sweden ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania ⓘ Church of Iceland ⓘ surface form: Icelandic national Lutheran church Lusitanian Church (Portugal) ⓘ surface form: Lusitanian Church Lutheran churches in Europe ⓘ Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasActivity	joint statements on mission and ministry ⓘ regular consultations of bishops and church leaders ⓘ shared liturgical celebrations ⓘ theological dialogues ⓘ
hasEcclesiologicalModel	communion of churches ⓘ
hasGeographicalScope	Baltic states ⓘ surface form: Baltic countries British Isles ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Nordic countries ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
hasMember	Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia Lusitanian Church (Portugal) ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church of Portugal Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church of Spain Church in Wales ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark ⓘ surface form: Church of Denmark Church of England ⓘ Church of Ireland ⓘ Church of Norway ⓘ Church of Sweden ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ Church of Iceland ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania ⓘ Church of Norway ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway Evangelical Lutheran Church of Portugal ⓘ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Spain ⓘ Church of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden Lusitanian Church (Portugal) ⓘ surface form: Lusitanian Church Evangelical Lutheran Church of England ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church in Great Britain Scottish Episcopal Church ⓘ Scottish Lutheran congregations ⓘ Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasPurpose	deepen common understanding of the gospel and ministry ⓘ enable mutual recognition of ordained ministries ⓘ enable mutual recognition of sacraments ⓘ foster common mission and evangelism ⓘ promote visible unity between Anglican and Lutheran churches ⓘ
hasTheologicalBasis	Porvoo Communion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Porvoo Common Statement
namedAfter	Porvoo ⓘ
religiousTradition	Anglicanism ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland → isMemberOf → Porvoo Communion ⓘ

Church of Sweden → memberOf → Porvoo Communion ⓘ

Church of Iceland → communion → Porvoo Communion ⓘ

Porvoo Communion → hasTheologicalBasis → Porvoo Communion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Porvoo Common Statement

Diocese of Brechin → affiliation → Porvoo Communion ⓘ

Diocese of Stockholm → affiliation → Porvoo Communion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Porvoo Communion via Church of Sweden