English summary: Meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, in 2010, the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) asked for forgiveness from members of the Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition for the wrongs going back to the beginnings of the Lutheran movement in the sixteenth century that had led to painful divisions between the two Christian families. The Mennonites accepted this apology and both communities committed themselves to move toward reconciliation. On the threshold of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, ...
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English summary: Meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, in 2010, the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) asked for forgiveness from members of the Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition for the wrongs going back to the beginnings of the Lutheran movement in the sixteenth century that had led to painful divisions between the two Christian families. The Mennonites accepted this apology and both communities committed themselves to move toward reconciliation. On the threshold of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, this publication brings together two reports: 'Healing Memories: Reconciling in Christ' by the Lutheran-Mennonite International Study Commission and 'Bearing Fruit - Implications of the 2010 Reconciliation between Lutherans and Mennonites/Anabaptists' by the LWF Task Force on Mennonite Action. German description: Die Elfte Vollversammlung des Lutherischen Weltbundes in Stuttgart im Jahr 2010 bat die Mitglieder der anabaptistischen/mennonitischen Bewegung um Vergebung fur begangenes Unrecht, das bis zu den Anfangen der lutherischen Bewegung im 16. Jahrhundert zuruckreicht und zu der schmerzhaften Trennung der beiden christlichen Traditionen fuhrte. Die Mennoniten nahmen die Entschuldigung an und beide Gemeinschaften verpflichteten sich, eine Versohnung anzustreben. An der Schwelle zum Reformationsjubilaum werden in dieser Publikation zwei Berichte gemeinsam veroffentlicht: 'Heilung der Erinnerungen: Versohnung in Christus' von der Lutherisch-mennonitischen Internationalen Studienkommission und 'Es tragt Fruchte - Auswirkungen der Versohnung zwischen Lutheranern und Mennoniten/Anabaptisten im Jahre 2010' von der zustandigen Arbeitsgruppe des LWB.
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