Nearly 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the Castle Church door, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States has approved a declaration recognizing “there are no longer church-dividing issues” on many points with the Roman Catholic Church.
The “Declaration on the Way” was approved 931-9 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide Assembly held August 8–13 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the 3.7-million-member ELCA, called the declaration “historic” in a statement released by the denomination following the August 10 vote.
