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The Leuenberg Document "Church - People - State - Nation" a Critical Assessment

The Leuenberg Document "Church - People - State - Nation" a Critical Assessment THE LEUENBERG DOCUMENT "CHURCH - PEOPLE - STATE - NATION" A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT Eddy Van der Borght Since the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the resurgence of nationalism in Europe, the relationship between ecclesiological and national identity has been put again on the ecumenical agenda.' At the moment Faith and Order, the theological commission of the World Council of Churches is preparing a study on Ethnic Identity, National Identity, and the Unity of the Church as part of the ecclesiological reflecion on the local expression of the universal church. Meanwhile the Protestant Churches gathered in the Leuenberg Church Fellowship (LCF) have not been waiting for the results of this study and have already published their own findings on this issue. The fifth General Assembly of LCF in Belfast 19-25 June 2001 adopted the study-document Church - People - State - Nation. It is hardly surprising that they have been conducting their own investigation on this topic, because Reformation Churches are traditionally divided along national lines.2 This article presents the content of that study and evaluates its results in order to be of help for the continuing ecumenical studies on the relation- ship church-people-nation-state. 1. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

The Leuenberg Document "Church - People - State - Nation" a Critical Assessment

Van der Borght, Eddy
Exchange , Volume 31 (3): 278 – Jan 1, 2002
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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THE LEUENBERG DOCUMENT "CHURCH - PEOPLE - STATE - NATION" A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT Eddy Van der Borght Since the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the resurgence of nationalism in Europe, the relationship between ecclesiological and national identity has been put again on the ecumenical agenda.' At the moment Faith and Order, the theological commission of the World Council of Churches is preparing a study on Ethnic Identity, National Identity, and the Unity of the Church as part of the ecclesiological reflecion on the local expression of the universal church. Meanwhile the Protestant Churches gathered in the Leuenberg Church Fellowship (LCF) have not been waiting for the results of this study and have already published their own findings on this issue. The fifth General Assembly of LCF in Belfast 19-25 June 2001 adopted the study-document Church - People - State - Nation. It is hardly surprising that they have been conducting their own investigation on this topic, because Reformation Churches are traditionally divided along national lines.2 This article presents the content of that study and evaluates its results in order to be of help for the continuing ecumenical studies on the relation- ship church-people-nation-state. 1.

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