Documents
The CPCE has something to say. It has given important impetus to ecumenism. With its study, “The Church of Jesus Christ”, a comprehensive Protestant understanding of the church was formulated for the first time. The following study, “Church and Israel”, made this teaching fruitful for the relationship between Christians and Jews. Recent years have seen the addition of significant statements on ethical decision-making and on the missional task of the churches.
The CPCE sends signals. In the last few years, the Presidium and Council have repeatedly introduced a distinctive Protestant position into important debates in society at large. Among these are the process of European union, human rights, intercultural dialogue and the questioning of a “just war”, as well as religious freedom and freedom of opinion.
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Leuenberg Agreement
The CPCE is the communion of the Protestant churches. 96 Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed and United churches from over thirty countries in Europe and South America belong to it. With that the CPCE represents altogether around 50 million Protestants.
The CPCE exists thanks to the Leuenberg Agreement of 1973. It concluded: churches are allowed to be different because they appeal to the Gospel as their common basis. That sounds simple, but has far-reaching consequences: since then a Lutheran minister can preach from a Reformed pulpit or a French minister lead a congregation in Germany.
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Estonian | Download |
Finnish | Download |
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German | Download |
Hungarian | Download |
Icelandic | Download |
Italian | Download |
Latvian | Download |
Lithuanian | Download |
Norwegian | Download |
Polish | Download |
Portuguese | Download |
Romanian | Download |
Russian | Download |
Spanish | Download |
Leuenberg Texts
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Leuenberg Documents 1: The Church of Jesus Christ (English / German) | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 1: The Church of Jesus Christ (French) | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 1: The Church of Jesus Christ (Czech) | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 1: The Church of Jesus Christ (Russian) | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 2: Sacraments, Ministry, Ordination | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 3: Protestant Texts on Ethical Decision-Making | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 4: Leuenberg, Meissen, and Porvoo | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 5: The Christian WItness on Freedom | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 6: Church and Israel | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 7: Church - People - State - Nation | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 8: Consultation between the CEC and the LCF on Ecclesiology | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 9: Dialogue between EBF and CPCE on the Doctrine and Practice of Baptism | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 10: Gesetz und Evangelium | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 11: Consultations between CEC and CPCE | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 14: Scripture - Confession - Church | Download |
Leuenberg Documents 15: Protestant in Europe | Download |
General Assembly 2024 Sibiu
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Christliches Reden von Gott-DE.pdf | Download |
Praxis und Theologie des Abendmahls-DE.pdf | Download |
GEKE Statut DE.pdf | Download |
Schlussbericht der 9. Vollversammlung der GEKE DE.pdf | Download |
Bericht des Generalsekretärs DE.pdf | Download |
Bericht des Präsidiums DE.pdf | Download |
Statement Democracy DE.pdf | Download |
Statement Interreligiöse Beziehungen DE.pdf | Download |
Statement Migration DE.pdf | Download |
Statement Minderheiten DE.pdf | Download |
Christian Speaking of God-EN.pdf | Download |
Practice and Theology of the Lord's Supper-EN.pdf | Download |
CPCE Statute EN.pdf | Download |
Final Report of the 9th General Assembly of the CPCE EN.pdf | Download |
Report by the Presidium EN.pdf | Download |
Report General Secretary EN.pdf | Download |
Statement Democracy EN.pdf | Download |
Interreligious Relations EN.pdf | Download |
Migration Statement EN.pdf | Download |
Minorities EN.pdf | Download |
Ethics
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A time to live, and a time to die | Download |
Leben hat seine Zeit, Sterben hat seine Zeit | Download |
Čas žít, čas umírat | Download |
Un temps pour vivre, et un temps pour mourir | Download |
Czas życia i czas umierania | Download |
Before I formed you in the womb | Download |
Bevor ich Dich im Mutterleib geformt habe | Download |
Avant que je te forme dans le ventre | Download |
Interpellations protestantes sur l’Assistance Médicale à la Procréation et la Gestation Pour Autrui | Download |
Viljatusravi ja suremisabi eetika | Download |
Before I formed you in the womb (Ukrainian) | Download |
Ecumenical Dialogues
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Agreement EBF-CPCE September 2010 | Download |
Vereinbarung EBF-GEKE September 2010 | Download |
CPCE-Anglican communiqué Kappel 2014 | Download |
CPCE-Anglican memorandum Dec 2012 | Download |
GEKE-Anglikaner Memorandum Dez 2012 | Download |
Pontifical Council | Download |
Päpstlicher Einheitsrat | Download |
Conseil pontifical | Download |
Miscellany
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Liebfrauenberg Declaration | Download |
Liebfrauenberg-Erklärung | Download |
Declaration du Liebfrauenberg | Download |
Ecclesia semper reformanda 2012 | Download |
Formation of Faith. Handing on the Faith in Europan Protestantism | Download |
Free for the Future. Protestant Churches in Europe. Documents of the 7th CPCE General Assembly, Florence 2012 | Download |