Ordo Crucis
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Ordo Crucis (the Order of the Cross) is a High Church Lutheran religious order for men, priests and lay, in Church of Norway.
The Order was founded in 1933 by professor Hans Ording, parish priest Odd Godal and Alex Johnson, later Bishop of Hamar.
The Order desires to renew the Church from within. Brethren also work to introduce sacramental confession and to celebrate the Eucharist with a more Catholic content.
Ordo Crucis has local groups in Trondheim, Bergen, Kristiansand, Skien, and Oslo. In Oslo, Brethren gather to celebrate Mass every Saturday in Frogner chapel.
Members include e.g. Torgeir Havgar, Egil A. Wyller and Inge Lønning.
Brethren in episcopate have included Alex Johnson, Kaare Støylen, Tord Godal, Per Lønning, Sigurd Oseberg, and Fredrik Grønningsæter.
[edit] Literature
- Ordo Crucis 1933-2003. Om ordenens opprinnelse, målsetting og påvirkninger i kirke og samfunn by Ove Hestvold. Kirke og Kultur, Årgang 2003, Nr 04 (pages 365-374)
[edit] External links
- Katolsk infiltrasjon i Statskirken... - Mens Vi Venter, nr. 8, Juli/Aug. 1994
- Ordo Crucis in Norwegen by Reinhard and Hildegart Mumm. - Quatember 1975 (p. 43-46) (German)
