Evangelic-lutheran eclesie
Evangelic Lutheran Ecclesia in America (anglesi: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, abreviat ELCA) es un Lutheran cristian denomination in li Unit States. It es li max grand Lutheran denomination in li Unit States e un del major protestant ecclesias del land.
Li ELCA esset format in 1988 per li union de tri Lutheran ecclesias: li American Lutheran Church, li Lutheran Church in America e li Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.[1] Su central organisation es situat in Chicago, Illinois.
Secun statisticas del fine de 2024, li ELCA havet circa 2,7 million membres in plu quam 8 400 congregationes.[2] Li ecclesia es organisat in 65 sinodes. Desde li 1 octobre 2025, su president episcop es Yehiel Curry.[3]
Historie
[modificar | redacter fonte]Lutheranisme in America
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li radicas del Lutheranisme in Nord America retorna al 17-esim secul, quande Lutheran immigrantes ex Europa comensat etablisser comunidades e congregationes in li Americas. Li ELCA tracia su historic radicas al medie del 17-esim secul, quande Lutheran immigrantes etablisset se in li Virgin Insules e in li region de hodial New York.[1]
Durant li sequent secules, numerosi Lutheran sinodes e denominationes developat in li Unit States. Mult de ili esset originalmen associat con immigrant comunidades, specialmen de Germania e Scandinavia.
Durant li 19-esim e 20-esim secules, diferent Lutheran gruppes unit se in plu grand ecclesiastic organisationes. Ti process de consolidation eventualmen ductet al creation del modern ELCA.
Formation del ELCA
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA esset creat per li union de tri predecessor ecclesias:
- li American Lutheran Church (ALC);
- li Lutheran Church in America (LCA);
- li Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC).
Li constitutiv convention del nov ecclesia evenit in 1987, e li ELCA oficialmen comensat su operationes li 1 januar 1988.[1]
Herbert W. Chilstrom esset electet quam li unesim president episcop del nov denomination. Li union reunit Lutheran traditiones con diferent etnic e institutional histories.
Desde su formation, li ELCA ha developat un national organisation durante que local congregationes e regional sinodes continua haver un important role in li vive del ecclesia.
Credenties e teologie
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA apartene al Lutheran tradition del Protestantisme, quel originat in li Reformation protestant del 16-esim secul e es specialmen associat con Martin Luther.[4]
Salvation e gratia
[modificar | redacter fonte]Un central doctrine del Lutheran teologie es li justification per gratia tra fide. Secun ti doctrine, homan seres ne obtene salvation per propri merites o bon labores, ma es justificat de Deo per su gratia, receptet tra fide in Jesu Crist.
Li ELCA considera li Evangelie de Jesu Crist quam li centre de su fide e teologie.
Bible
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA considera li Sant Scritura, includent li Old e Nov Testament, quam li inspirat testimonie del revelation de Deo e quam fundamental por li proclamation e doctrina del ecclesia.
In su interpretation del Scritura, li ELCA accentua Jesu Crist quam li centre del biblic testimonie. Li Scritura, li historic cristian credes e li Lutheran confessiones forma li principal fontes de su doctrinal tradition.[5]
Credes e confessiones
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA accepta li historic cristian credes:
- li Crede Apostolic;
- li Crede Nicen;
- li Crede Atanasian.
Quam un Lutheran ecclesia, it anc accepta li Lutheran confessiones contenet in li Libre de Concordie (Book of Concord). Ti collection include li Confession de Augsburg de 1530 e li micri e grand catecismes de Martin Luther.[5]
Sacramentes e cultu
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li cultu del ELCA continua li historic Lutheran liturgic tradition, benque formes de cultu posse variar considerabilmen inter local congregationes.
Li proclamation del Bible, predication, prega, cantation e celebration del sacramentes ocupa un central loc in Lutheran cultu.
Li ELCA reconosse Sant Baptisme e Sant Communion quam sacramentes e descri les, junt con li proclamat Parol, quam medies de gratia.[6]
Baptisme
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA practica baptisme de infantes quam anc de adultes. Aqua es usat con li invocation del Patre, li Filio e li Sant Spirite.
In Lutheran teologie, baptisme es considerat un medie de gratia e ne solmen un simbolic declaration de fide.
Sant Communion
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li Sant Communion, anc nominat li Cena del Senior o Eucharistie, ocupa un central loc in Lutheran cultu.
Li ELCA enseña que Jesu Crist es present in li sacrament. Pan e vin es distribuet quam parte del celebration del Cena del Senior.
Li Lutheran interpretation difere tam de un purmen simbolic conception del Communion quam del traditional Roman-catolic explication per transsubstantiation.
Organisation
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA descri se quam un ecclesia con tri principal expressiones: congregationes, sinodes e li general organisation del ecclesia.[7]
Congregationes
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li local congregation es li fundamental comunité u membres celebra cultu, studia li fide e participa in servicie. Congregationes have lor propri membres, pastores e local administration, ma participa in li plu grand organisation del ELCA.
Sinodes
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA es dividet in 65 sinodes, gruppat in nov regiones. Chascun sinod es ductet de un electet episcop e include congregationes de un determinat geographic region.[8]
Li sinodes supporta congregationes e ministeries, provide regional cooperation e participa in li formation e selection de ecclesiastic conductores.
General organisation
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li general organisation del ELCA, con sede in Chicago, coordina activitás quam mission, education, social servicie, ecumenic relationes e international cooperation.
Li Churchwide Assembly es li principal legislativ assemblé del denomination. It electe principal conductores e decide important questiones concernent li vive, doctrina e politica del ecclesia.
Li president episcop (anglesi: Presiding Bishop) es li principal pastoral e public conductor del ELCA.
Yehiel Curry esset electet al position li 30 julí 2025 e comensat su six-annual mandate li 1 octobre 2025. Ante ti election, il esset episcop del Metropolitan Chicago Synod.[3]
Ministerie
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA ordina pastores por li ministerie de Parol e Sacrament. It anc have diacones por li ministerie de Parol e Servicie.
Pastores predica, administra li sacramentes, instrue li congregation e provide pastoral cura.
Li predecessor ecclesias del ELCA comensat ordinar féminas quam pastores in 1970. Elizabeth Platz devenit li unesim fémina ordinat de un Lutheran ecclesia in li Unit States in novembre 1970.[9] Li ELCA continua li ordination de féminas, e féminas posse servir quam pastores e episcopes.
Social doctrina
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA publica oficial social declarationes concernent moral e social questiones. Ti documentes es doctrinal e politic documentes adoptet per un du-trièm majorité del Churchwide Assembly e servi quam guides por li positiones e public activitá del denomination.[10]
Li social declarationes tracta temas quam economic vive, pace, rasse, familie, sexualitá, abortion, ambiente, education e criminal justicie.
Sexualitá e sam-sexu relationes
[modificar | redacter fonte]In 2009 li Churchwide Assembly adoptet li social declaration Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust. Li document tracta maritage, familie, sexualitá e sam-sexu relationes e reconosse que diferent convictiones existe intra li ecclesia concernent sam-sexu relationes.[11]
In li sam annu, li ELCA modificat su ministerial politica por permisser persones in publicmen responsabil, permanent e monogam sam-sexu relationes servir in ordinat e altri oficial ministeries.[12]
Li ecclesia ha permisset divers practicas concernent sam-sexu relationes, respectante diferent conscientie-ligat convictiones intra su congregationes. Decisiones concernent li recognition de tal relationes es in important parte fat del local congregationes e pastores.[13]
Ti decisiones esset controvers e contribuet a conflictes e separationes de alcun congregationes e membres del ELCA.
Abortion
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA adoptet un social declaration concernent abortion in 1991. Su position es formulat quam un complex moral approche quel explicitmen passa ultra li usual distinction inter pro-life e pro-choice.[14]
Li declaration considera li developant prenatal vive quam moralmen significant e accentua support por féminas, infantes e families. It anc reconosse circumstanties in quel un decision por abortion posse esser considerat moralmen responsabil. Li ELCA consequentmen ne presenta su position quam un absolut prohibition ni quam un affirmation que omni abortion es moralmen equivalent.[14]
Ecumenic relationes
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA es activ in li ecumenic movement e es membre del Lutheran World Federation.[4]
It ha etablisset relationes de plen communion con pluri altri cristian denominationes in li Unit States. Plen communion significa que li ecclesias reconosse un comun fundamental comprension del cristian fide e posse cooperar in mission e ministerie; it ne significa que ili deveni un singul denomination.[4]
Inter li ecclesias con quel li ELCA have acordies de plen communion es:
- Episcopal Ecclesia;
- Presbyterian Church (USA);
- Reformed Church in America;
- United Church of Christ;
- Moravian Church;
- United Methodist Church.
Un specialmen important acord es Called to Common Mission inter li ELCA e li Episcopal Ecclesia. Li du ecclesias intrat in plen communion li 6 januar 2001.[15]
Membritá
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li ELCA es li max grand Lutheran denomination in li Unit States.
Secun statisticas por li fine de 2024, it havet circa 2,7 million membres in plu quam 8 400 congregationes.[2]
Li congregationes e sinodes del ELCA existe tra li Unit States, Puerto Rico e li Virgin Insules del Unit States.[8]
Quam mult historic protestant denominationes in li Unit States, li ELCA ha experimentat un significant reduction de membritá durant li recent decennies.
Relation con altri Lutheran denominationes
[modificar | redacter fonte]Li Lutheranisme in li Unit States include pluri denominationes con important teologic diferenties.
Li ELCA es generalmen associat con li principal o mainline protestant tradition. It difere in pluri doctrinal, ecclesiastic e social questiones de plu conservativ Lutheran gruppes quam li Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) e li Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
Inter li diferenties es li interpretation del Scritura, li ordination de féminas, ecumenic cooperation e cert social e sexual-etical questiones.
Malgré ti diferenties, li denominationes comparte historic radicas in li Lutheran Reformation e li teologic hereditage de Martin Luther.
Vide anc
[modificar | redacter fonte]Referenties
[modificar | redacter fonte]- 1 2 3 «History of the ELCA», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- 1 2 «Summary of Congregational Statistics as of 12-31-2024», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 17 julí 2025.
- 1 2 «Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- 1 2 3 «What Lutherans Believe», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- 1 2 «ELCA & Lutheran Teaching & Theology», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- ↑ «What Worship Means in the ELCA», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- ↑ «Church Structure», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- 1 2 «Synods», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- ↑ «Proclaiming • Reforming • Celebrating: 50 Years of Ordained Women», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- ↑ «LGBTQIA+ Affirmation & Advocacy», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Accesset 10 septembre 2026.
- ↑ «ELCA Churchwide Assembly actions on ministry policies», ELCA News Service, 2009.
- ↑ «ELCA response concerning same-gender marriage», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2015.
- 1 2 «Abortion», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1991.
- ↑ «Deacons Included in New ELCA, Episcopal Clergy Exchange Guidelines», Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 8 januar 2026.