The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s own news account, published 3 July 2017, of the World Communion of Reformed Churches' General Council moving to Wittenberg, Germany, for a 5 July 2017 ecumenical service at the Stadtkirche Sankt Marien at which the Communion signed its Association with the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification and, separately, the Wittenberg Witness with the Lutheran World Federation, naming the Reverend Anna Case-Winters of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a WCRC member of the declaration's drafting team.
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A member denomination's own news service reporting contemporary on the WCRC General Council's ecumenical service in Wittenberg, tier 2 for a primary institutional account of the date, location and signatories, corroborated by the independent Wikipedia account of the declaration's own adoption history below. NotesUsed for the exact 5 July 2017 date, the Stadtkirche Sankt Marien location in Wittenberg, and the Wittenberg Witness signed at the same service.
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PublisherPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Publication Year2017
URLhttps://pcusa.org/news-storytelling/news/2017/7/3/christian-unity-be-wcrc-focus-wittenberg
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This source names Germany directly: "General Council moving to Wittenberg, Germany, for a 5 July 2017 ecumenical service at the Stadtkirche Sankt Marien at which the Communion signed its Association with the Joint Declaration on the..."
This source names Wittenberg directly: "Churches' General Council moving to Wittenberg, Germany, for a 5 July 2017 ecumenical service at the Stadtkirche Sankt Marien at which the Communion signed its Association with the Joint Declaration..."
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