Leuenberg Agreement

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The Leuenberg Agreement is a landmark 1973 ecumenical accord that established full church fellowship among many European Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant churches by resolving key doctrinal disputes from the Reformation era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church treaty
ecumenical agreement
interchurch accord
addressesDoctrine doctrine of justification
doctrine of predestination
doctrine of the Lord’s Supper
understanding of church
understanding of ministry
aimsTo achieve doctrinal consensus sufficient for fellowship
overcome Reformation-era condemnations
alsoKnownAs Leuenberg Church Fellowship
surface form: Leuenberg Church Fellowship Agreement

Leuenberg Agreement
surface form: Leuenberg Concord
basisOf Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
declares mutual participation in the Lord’s Supper
mutual recognition of baptism
mutual recognition of ordained ministry
established full church fellowship
establishedFellowshipAmong Lutheran churches in Europe
Methodist churches in Europe
Reformed churches in Europe
Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
surface form: United churches in Europe

Waldensian churches
followedBy Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
surface form: constitution of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE)
hasDate 1973-03-16
hasSignatory Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Swiss Reformed Church (majority)
surface form: Swiss Reformed Churches

Waldensian churches
surface form: Waldensian Church
hasSignatoryType Lutheran churches
Methodist churches
Reformed churches
United and Uniting churches
surface form: United churches
hasTopic Protestant ecumenism
Reformation heritage
interchurch communion
influenced European ecumenical relations
later Lutheran–Reformed dialogues
language English
French
German
region Europe
rejects mutual doctrinal condemnations of the 16th century
resultedIn Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
signedIn Leuenberg
Switzerland
theologicalApproach consensus in basic truths with remaining differences

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CPCE foundingDocument Leuenberg Agreement
subject surface form: Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
CPCE originatesFrom Leuenberg Agreement
subject surface form: Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
Leuenberg Church Fellowship alsoKnownAs Leuenberg Agreement
this entity surface form: Leuenberg Agreement churches
Leuenberg Church Fellowship basisOfUnion Leuenberg Agreement
Leuenberg Agreement alsoKnownAs Leuenberg Agreement
this entity surface form: Leuenberg Concord