2012 - The Lord's Supper and the Unity of the Churches

6th International Ecumenical Conference on Protestant spirituality

SIEGER KÖDER, Ultima Cena

In collaboration with

Faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg
Faculté de théologie catholique de Strasbourg
Faculté de théologie catholique de Lyon
Facultés de théologie de Genève, Lausanne et Neuchâtel
Facoltà Valdese di teologia di Roma

Friday 18 May 2012 

9:00 am 

Opening Remarks
Br ENZO BIANCHI, prior of Bose

The Breaking of the Bread in Luke-Acts
FRANÇOIS LESTANG, Lyon

For the Reformers: Eucharist or Holy Supper?
The eucharist event
GOTTRIED HAMMANN, Neuchâtel

3:00 pm

Why were Eucharistic Controversies so often Fiery?
MICHEL GRANDJEAN, Genève

The Supper: a call to sanctity
FRANÇOIS DERMANGE, Genève

Martin Luther and the Supper: new perspectives
MATTHIEU ARNOLD, Strasbourg

Debate

Saturday 19 May 2012 

 9:00 am

Sense and Non-Sense of the Concept of "Real Presence"
ANDRÉ BIRMELÉ, Strasbourg

Real Presence and Symbolic Presence:
the contributions of recent sacramental theology
SIMON KNAEBEL, Strasbourg

The Eucharsit and the Icon:
dogmatical and practical aspects
in the contemporary Orthodox Church
EMMANUEL DOBRE, Strasbourg

3:00 pm 

How the Notion of Memorial and Its Representation
Pose Questions to Theology
JEAN-FRANÇOIS CHIRON, Lyon

Living the Eucharist:
from the event to the continued presence,
a major problem of theological ethics
GHISLAIN WATERLOT, Genève

Debate

Sunday 20 May 2012

 9:00 am

The Theology of Jean-Jacques von Allmen
concerning the Supper and Worship:
an attempt at a re-reading
FÉLIX MOSER, Neuchâtel

 Can the Liturgy of the Holy Supper be Modernized?
HANS-CHRISTOPH ASKANI, Genève

 Conclusions
CLAIRE CLIVAZ, Lausanne

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