Apart from the historic nature of the first Mission Province ordination by Matti Väisänen in itself (see previous posts), history was being made in another sense as well. One of the ordinands was Eero Pihlava, who has the distinction of … Continue reading
[Update: an earlier version of this article mistakenly referred to David Jackson as a representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. He is in fact a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England.] I wasn’t able to be … Continue reading
A translation from the FAQ page of Luther Foundation Finland. Why do you not leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland if it is so bad? It is the duty of Christians to abide in the vine by remaining … Continue reading
For background, see here. Here is the text of the legal response by bishop Matti Väisänen to the disciplinary charge against him by the Tampere Cathedral Chapter, dated 27 July 2010. As is now known, the Cathedral Chapter decided on … Continue reading
It’s odd … A) How someone is still, 20 years … B) How someone is still, 2000 years … A) … after the General Synod’s democratic decision … B) … after the common history of the Church arising from the … Continue reading
Bishop Matti Väisänen, recently consecrated as assistant bishop in the Mission Province in Sweden and Finland, has been defrocked by the Tampere Cathedral Chapter. There’s an inaccurate English-language report on the matter on the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation’s web page. Then … Continue reading
