Bertil Werkström
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Bertil Werkström, born 9 June 1928 in Lund Cathedral Parish, Sweden, dead 10 July 2010 in Farsta Parish, Sweden was the Archbishop of Uppsala between 1983–1993.[1] His wife was named Britta.[2] Serving as Archbishop he supported ecumenism[3] In international affairs he supported sanctions against the Apartheid rule in South Africa.[4] In 1984 he also maintained that homosexuality was "against the orders of creation."[5]
In 1991, he visited Rome to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the canonization of Bridget of Sweden together with the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church.[6]
References
- ↑ Religious Organizations (in sv)World Statesmen. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ Björn Ryman. Nordic Folk Churches: A Contemporary Church History (2005)Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 58, 168. ISBN 978-0-8028-2879-8.
- ↑ John A. Radano. Lutheran and Catholic Reconciliation on Justification: A Chronology of the Holy See's Contributions, 1961-1999, to a New Relationship Between Lutherans and Catholics and to Steps Leading to the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (2009)Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 83, 86, 100, 128. ISBN 978-0-8028-4860-4.
- ↑ Tor Sellström. Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Solidarity and assistance, 1970-1994 (2002)Nordic Africa Institute. p. 823–. ISBN 978-91-7106-448-6.
- ↑ Anne-Louise Eriksson. Exploring a Heritage: Evangelical Lutheran Churches in the North (8 November 2012)Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-62032-102-7.
- ↑ Ärkebiskop emeritus Bertil Werkström har avlidit (in sv) (14 July 2010)Church of Sweden. Retrieved 29 November 2014.