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1 Augsburg FortressMinneapolisDeclaration on the WayChurch, Ministry, and EucharistCommittee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic BishopsEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaCopyright 2015 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Published by Augsburg Fortress. Permission is granted to download and reproduce a single copy of this publication for individual, non-commercial use. Copies for group use and study are available for purchase at Please direct other permission requests to Declaration ON THE WAYC hurch, Ministry, and EucharistCopyright 2015 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of Augs-burg Fortress, PO Box 1209, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 or United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 3211 Fourth Street NE, Wash-ington, DC quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights art: The Road to Emmaus by He Qi ( )Cover design: Laurie IngramBook design: PerfecType, Nashville, TNPrint ISBN: 978-1-5064-1616-8eBook ISBN: 978-1-5064-1617-5 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI in the USA20 19 18 17 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10vContentsMembers of the Task Force.

3 IxDialogues Consulted and Abbreviations ..xiPreface ..xviiI. Introduction ..1II. Statement of Agreements ..9A. Agreements on the Church ..9B. Agreements on Ordained Ministry ..11C. Agreements on the Eucharist ..14 III. Agreements in the Lutheran Roman Catholic Dialogues Elaborated and Documented ..17A. Church ..17B. Ministry ..38C. Eucharist ..55I V. Remaining Differences and Reconciling Considerations ..73A. Church ..74B. Ministry ..92C. Eucharist ..111V. Conclusion: Next Steps on the Way ..121viiThe document Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist was developed as a Resource by the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations in the Of ce of the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

4 It was authorized by the committee chairman, Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski. It has been directed for publication by the Ronny E. Jenkins, JCDG eneral Secretary, USCCBIt was reviewed by Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton of the ELCA and has been authorized for publication by the Rev. Wm Chris BoergerSecretary, ELCAixMembers of the Task ForceCatholicsCochair: Bishop Denis J. Madden,Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, MarylandRev. Dr. Brian E. Daley, SJUniversity of Notre Dame, South Bend, IndianaRev. Dr. Jared Wicks, SJPonti cal College Josephinum, Columbus, OhioDr. Susan K. Wood, SCLM arquette University, Milwaukee, WisconsinStaff:Rev.

5 John W. Crossin, OSFSU nited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, :Rev. Mark S. HansonPresiding Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MinnesotaDeclaration on the WayxDr. Kathryn L. JohnsonLouisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, KentuckyRev. Dr. William G. Rusch(initial meetings)Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutRev. Dr. Joy A. SchroederCapital University/Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OhioStaff:Rev. Donald J. McCoidEvangelical Lutheran Church in America, Chicago, IllinoisxiDialogues Consulted and AbbreviationsThe members of the Declaration on the Way task force offer grati-tude to all who have participated in Catholic Lutheran dialogues during the last ve decades and acknowledge their profound dependence on the work accomplished in these international and regional (national and local) dialogues.

6 This Declaration has especially drawn from the following dialogue reports, which are available in online as well as published versions. International dialogues and studies Report of the Joint Lutheran Roman Catholic Study Commission on The Gospel and the Church (1972). Cited as Malta Herrenmahl/The Eucharist (1978). Lutheran/Roman Catholic Joint Commission. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Bonifatius- Druckerei Paderborn/Otto Lembeck, 1978; Geneva: The Lutheran World Federation, 1980. Cited as The Under One Christ (1980). Roman Catholic/Lutheran Joint Commission Statement on the Augsburg Confession. The Ministry in the Church (1981).

7 Roman Catholic/Lutheran Joint Commission. Geneva: The Lutheran World Federa-tion, 1982. Cited as on the WayxiiKirche und Rechtfertigung/Church and Justi cation (1993). Lutheran Roman Catholic Joint Commission. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Bonifatius-Druckerei Paderborn/Otto Lembeck, 1994; Geneva: The Lutheran World Federation, 1994. Cited as Church and Justi Apostolicity of the Church: Study Document of the Lutheran Roman Catholic Commission on Unity (2006). Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press, 2006. Cited as Apostolicity. From Con ict to Communion. Lutheran Catholic Common Com-memoration of the Reformation in 2017 (2013).

8 Report of the Lutheran Roman Catholic Commission on Unity. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt and Paderborn: Bonifatius, 2013. Cited as From Con ict to Communion. Regional and national dialogues and studiesThe Eucharist as Sacri ce: Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue III (1967). Washington, : Bishops Committee for Ecumen-ical and Interreligious Affairs; New York: National Committee for The Lutheran World Federation, 1967. Cited as Eucharist as Sacri and Ministry: Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue IV (1970). Washington, : Bishops Committee for Ecu-menical and Interreligious Affairs; New York: National Committee for The Lutheran World Federation, 1970.

9 Cited as Eucharist and Ministry. Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church: Lutherans and Cath-olics in Dialogue VI, eds. Paul C. Empie, T. Austin Murphy, and Joseph A. Burgess. Minneapolis: Augsburg, in Wort und Sakrament (1984). Bilateral Work-ing Group of the German National Bishops Conference and Dialogues Consulted and Abbreviationsxiiithe Church Leadership of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany. Paderborn: Bonifatius, Sanctorum: The Church as the Communion of Saints (2000). Bilateral Working Group of the German National Bishops Conference and the Church Leadership of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany.

10 English translation by Mark W. Jeske, Michael Root, and Daniel R. Smith. Collegeville: 2004. Cited as Communio Church as Koinonia of Salvation: Its Structures and Ministries (2004). Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Department for Ecumenical Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; edited by Randall Lee, Jef-frey Gross. Washington, : United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. Cited as Church as Koinonia of cation in the Life of the Church: A Report from the Roman Catho-lic Lutheran Dialogue Group for Sweden and Finland (2010).