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| '''The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran (ECCL)''' is a very small ] in the ] ] tradition. It was founded in 1997 by former members of the ]. Its headquarters is in ]. The ECCL has two theological seminaries: Wittenberg Lutheran Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, and The Alcuin Institute of the Trans-Pecos in ]. | |||
| The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran considers Lutherans to be Roman Catholics in a temporary, involuntary ] imposed on it by the ] when Father ]'s attempt to start a renewal movement within and for the Roman Catholic Church slipped out of his control. This Church teaches that Lutheranism in general is a form of non-Roman Catholicism; and considers other Lutheran Churches to be "]" only to the extent that they have accepted insights from the ] and ] phases of the ]. | |||
| The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran has four ] and one ] in the ], two non-geographic Archdioceses serving ] and sub-Saharan African immigrants in the United States, and a non-geographic Archdiocese serving ] immigrants in the United States. It is organized and active in ], ], and ]; and is a member of the Augustana Evangelical Catholic Communion, The Sudanese Council of Churches U.S.A., and the Sudanese Council of Churches. | |||
| The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran accepts the "Unaltered ]," and the "Apology of the Augsburg Confession" to the extent that they are in accord with the Gospel and Authentic Catholic Faith and Tradition. The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran respects the remainder of "] (1580)" as historic Lutheran documents but does not consider them to be binding. | |||
| This Church is unique among Lutheran Churches in that it accepts as additional confessional documents, the "]" from the "]" as interpreted by ] in "]" (insofar as they do not conflict with authentic Catholic faith and tradition), the Roman Catholic-Lutheran "]" (Augsburg, Germany, 1999); "The ]," and the documents and decrees of the ]s recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. | |||
| Where there are differences between the doctrinal documents accepted by this Church, the final authorities are (1) the ] of the Roman Catholic Church and (2) "The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church." | |||
| The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran accepts ] and ], but as an Evangelical Catholic Lutheran Church, it is not under Papal authority at this time. The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran is theologically and socially conservative, with the same view of the nature and authority of ] as the Roman Catholic Church as stated in the Pontifical Biblical Commission's document, "Interpretion of the Bible in Church" (http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/PBCINTER.htm). | |||
| The polity of Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran is ] rather than ], and follows the model of the Roman Catholic Church. This Church has never had female clergy, and has placed a moratorium on the ordination of women until such time as it is ordered by a Pope (for the Diaconate) or an Ecumenical Council (for the Priesthood and Episcopacy,) and it has the same polity on the ordination of homosexuals as does the Roman Catholic Church. This Church does not permit the blessing of same-sex unions. | |||
| The clergy of Evangelical Community Church - Lutheran have all been ordained (or re-ordained) in the historic ], which it obtained from the Ecumenical Catholic Diocese of the Americas and the Apostolic Episcopal Church. The primary Apostolic Lineage of the The Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran is the ] branch of the Rebiban or Vatican Succession. All ordinations are performed using the most current edition of the ] from ] of the Roman Catholic Church set within a celebration of the ] using the Eucharistic rites of the Roman Catholic Church. | |||
| The worship of Evangelical Community Church - Lutheran is dignified and sacramental. It differs from most other Lutheran Churches by recognizing and celebrating seven ], and its primary ] is the Roman Catholic Anglican Use "Book of Divine Worship." Any other Rites approved and authorized for use by the appropriate Congregation of the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church may be used by ECCL clergy. | |||
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