Meissen Agreement

Fourth, porvoo`s declaration is more substantial, about twice as long as the walrus. It was necessary because it prepared the ground for a greater and perhaps more controversial stage, namely the recognition of the other than the Church, with the recognition of the services of the other as they are. The skeleton is similar to that of Meissen, but it carries more meat. The Co-Chairs` preface provides a useful introduction and a relevant explanation of our intentions. After the staging, in chapter I, of the possibilities of missionaries, especially in the newly liberated Baltic countries, chapter II develops a common ecclesiology as the basis of the vision of unity. The agreement immortalized the division of the Länder of competition into a Saxon part and a Thuringian part, which hindered in the long run the further development of a hegemonic power of Central Germany in favor of Brandenburg-Prussia. Second, between March 1988 (Meissen) and October 1992 (Porvoo), Europe had changed almost out of recognition. . . .