Synod w tradycji luterańskiej

• Authors: Jerzy Sojka

Title variants

EN

Synod in the Lutheran tradition

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the experience of synodal work from the Lutheran perspective. For this purpose, it presents the most important global synodal body of Lutheranism – the General Assemblies of the Lutheran World Federation, as well as the most important body of this type in the Polish context – the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in Poland. Then, the powers of both these bodies are analyzed to show that they are not limited only to technical and organizational issues, but also extend to the area of defining the truths of faith. In the next step, the search for theological premises for synodal work was undertaken, focusing on the concept of the universal priesthood of all believers and the principles of the Lutheran hermeneutics of Holy Scripture. Finally, a specific example of a discussion on confirmation in the Polish Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession shows how the Lutheran synodal process can look like in practice. Finally, some indispensable elements for the success of the synodal process have been identified.

Keywords

PL

Synod; Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski w Polsce; Zgromadzenie Ogólne; Światowa Federacja Luterańska

EN

Synod; Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in Poland; General Assembly; Lutheran World Federation

• Publisher: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi/Archidiecezjalne Wydawnictwo Łódzkie
• Journal: Łódzkie Studia Teologiczne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 149-165

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Jerzy Sojka

Identifiers

DOI

10.52097/lst.2023.1.149-165

Biblioteka Nauki

22676866