| Essays on the Ministry of Word and Sacrament The ELCA Conference of Bishops is engaged in a yearlong study on “the ministry of Word and Sacrament – Ordained and Authorized Lay Ministry in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.” These four papers were prepared for the October 2003 meeting of the Conference of Bishops as resources to the bishops in their reflection and discussion. This first set of papers is on the meaning and function of call and ordination in the life of this church from the perspective of the theologians’ academic disciplines – Scripture, Confessions, Liturgy and Mission.
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The End of the Public Office of Ministry
in the Lutheran Confessions
Authorization for Ministry and the
Lutheran Confessions A
Liturgical Perspective on the Meaning and Function of Call and
Ordination in the Life of This Church
Ordination for All Who Exercise the Ministry of Word and Sacrament: A
Practice and its Implications
Ordination and Scripture
Ordination and Scripture — Addendum Ordination from the Perpective
of Mission
Ministry and Lay Presidency from a Mission
Perspective
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