Anglicans and European Protestants hold Faith and Order Consultation near Strasbourg
Some Anglican Participants in the Anglican - Protestant Consultation It is often assumed that our diocese is interested in ecumenical dialogue only with Roman Catholics and Orthodox. This is not the case. Our ecumenical engagement and official conversations are much wider. Recently I was able to be part of the third Faith and Order consultation between the British and Irish Anglican Churches and the Community of Protestant (mostly Lutheran and Reformed) Churches in Europe (CPCE). The meeting was facilitated by the Institute for Ecumenical Research of the Lutheran World Federation, Strasbourg , and took place at Chateau Klingenthal, France, on 13-15 April 2011. The consultation heard reports about recent developments in international ecumenical dialogues, in the ecumenical scene in Scotland , in the CPCE and in the Anglican Communion. It looked at reports from the Church of England on The Journey of Christian Initiation , from the Church of England and the United Reformed Ch...