Apostolicity and Unity: Essays on the Porvoo Common Statement Book

	Foreword
	Preface
I	The Background and Framework of the Porvoo Common Statement - The Reception and Implementation of the Statement in the Churches
	The Background and Genesis of the Porvoo Common Statement	3
	Porvoo in the Context of the Worldwide Anglican-Lutheran Dialogue	15
	The African Anglican-Lutheran Commission and the Porvoo Common Statement	34
	Reflections on the Reception and Implementation of Porvoo in the Churches
	In England	47
	In Ireland	53
	In Finland	59
	In Estonia	65
	In Norway	70
	The Danish "No" to Porvoo	76
II	Central Theological Concerns in the Porvoo Common Statement - Ecclesiology, Unity, Episcopacy, Apostolicity, and Mission
	The Doctrine of the Church in the Porvoo Common Statement	89
	The Ecclesiology of the Porvoo Common Statement - A Lutheran Perspective	98
	The Concept of Unity in the Porvoo Common Statement: Visible Unity and Ecclesial Diversity	114
	Some Observations Concerning the Unity Concept of the Porvoo Common Statement	132
	Sign but Not Guarantee: Reflections on the Place of the Historic Succession of Bishops Within the Apostolic Continuity of the Church in Some Current Ecumenical Texts	146
	Apostolicity and Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement - Necessary or a Mere "Optional Extra" in the Church's Life?	162
	Apostolicity and Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement: Without Confusion, Without Separation	182
	The Sending and Mission of the Church in the Porvoo Common Statement	201
III	The Significance of Porvoo Beyond the Signatory Churches - A Concluding Ecumenical Perspective
	The Porvoo Common Statement from a Catholic Perspective	219
	The Porvoo Common Statement: An Orthodox Response	231
	The Porvoo Common Statement: A Methodist Response	245
	The Porvoo Common Statement and the Leuenberg Concord - Are They Compatible?	258
	Contributors	270