The Communion of the Porvoo Churches Consultation on the Diaconate, 25-27 January 2006,

the Royal Foundation of Saint Katharine London

Conference Report and Recommendations

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Papers:

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One ministry – three commissions
Introduction by Rt Revd Dr Ragnar Persenius, Bishop of Uppsala

What Do We Mean by “Order”? A Lutheran Perspective
The Revd Dr Matti Repo, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

One ministry or two?
The Right Reverend Dr Michael Jackson, Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

The Diaconal Ministry in the Church of Norway – Ecclesiological and Ecumenical Reflections on Recent Developments
Prof. Turid Karlsen Seim, Church of Norway

Diakonia’ in the New Testament:A Dialogue with John N. Collins
Paula Gooder, Church of England

Response to Paula Gooder’s paper on the scholarship of John N. Collins
Revd Peter Hayler, Church in Wales

What diaconate does the presbyterate have and exercise?
Revd Canon Rosalind Brown, Church of England

What is the relationship between the ministry of the Anglican Reader (and Catechetist?) and those of Deacon and Priest?
Revd Dr Anne Tomlinson, Scottish Episcopal Church

Holy Order
Revd Canon Dr Paul Avis, Church of England

Lutherans – The relationship between the caritative and liturgical functions of the deacon
Revd Tiit Pädam, Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

What theological questions underlie the interchangeability of diaconal ministry?
Revd Dr Stephanie Dietrich, Church of Norway