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Does “Called to Common Mission” make the historic episcopate essential to the church or to a true ministry of Word and Sacrament?

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Does “Called to Common Mission” make the historic episcopate essential to the church or to a true ministry of Word and Sacrament?

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No. In “Called to Common Mission,” both the ELCA and The Episcopal Church bear witness to the conviction that the historic episcopate is not essential to the church as church (paragraph 13). The Episcopal Church will declare its acceptance of all present ELCA ordained ministers (paragraphs 7 and 15).