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Hochkirchlicher Apostolat St. Ansgar (HAStA) (High Church Apostolate St. Ansgar) is one of the smaller German Lutheran High Church
High Church Lutheranism

"High Church Lutheranism" is the name given in Europe for the 20th century Lutheran movement that emphasizes worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both Roman Catholicism and the Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism....
 societies.

HAStA was founded by pastor Karl August Hahne from Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c....
 in order to form a religious brotherhood. He was re-ordained in August 1971 by Bishop Helmut Echternach
Helmut Echternach

Helmut Friedbert Richard Siegfried Echternach was a Germany Lutheran theologian and pastor, and one of the leaders of the High Church Lutheranism in Germany....
 from St. Athanasius-Bruderschaft and consecrated as auxiliary bishop
Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional Bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office requiring the diocesan bishop's protracted p...
 for HAStA in apostolic succession
Apostolic Succession

Apostolic Succession is the doctrine in some of the more ancient Christian communions that the succession of bishops, in uninterrupted lines, is historically traceable back to the original twelve Apostles Within Catholic Christianity it "is one of four elements which define the true Church of Jesus Christ" and legitimizes the existing sacr...
 in 11. December 1971 by Hans Heuer, bishop of Ordo Militiae Crucis Templi Jerusalem, with recommendation of Bishop Echternach.

HAStA has remained a small fellowship and loosely organised as a society.






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Hochkirchlicher Apostolat St. Ansgar (HAStA) (High Church Apostolate St. Ansgar) is one of the smaller German Lutheran High Church
High Church Lutheranism

"High Church Lutheranism" is the name given in Europe for the 20th century Lutheran movement that emphasizes worship practices and doctrines that are similar to those found within both Roman Catholicism and the Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism....
 societies.

HAStA was founded by pastor Karl August Hahne from Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c....
 in order to form a religious brotherhood. He was re-ordained in August 1971 by Bishop Helmut Echternach
Helmut Echternach

Helmut Friedbert Richard Siegfried Echternach was a Germany Lutheran theologian and pastor, and one of the leaders of the High Church Lutheranism in Germany....
 from St. Athanasius-Bruderschaft and consecrated as auxiliary bishop
Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional Bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office requiring the diocesan bishop's protracted p...
 for HAStA in apostolic succession
Apostolic Succession

Apostolic Succession is the doctrine in some of the more ancient Christian communions that the succession of bishops, in uninterrupted lines, is historically traceable back to the original twelve Apostles Within Catholic Christianity it "is one of four elements which define the true Church of Jesus Christ" and legitimizes the existing sacr...
 in 11. December 1971 by Hans Heuer, bishop of Ordo Militiae Crucis Templi Jerusalem, with recommendation of Bishop Echternach.

HAStA has remained a small fellowship and loosely organised as a society. Theologically it is Lutheran and faithful to Bible. It has published several books by Karsten Bürgener. In celebration of Mass
Mass (liturgy)

The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. The term is used also of similar celebrations in Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in some largely High Church Lutheranism Lutheranism regions, including the Scandinavian and Baltic states countries....
, Hasta uses its own missal
Missal

A missal is a liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year....
, "Die St.Ansgar-Messe".

From the activity of HAStA has even born “Kommunität St. Michael”, a small High Church community in Cottbus
Cottbus

Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around 125 km southeast of Berlin on the River Spree. In 31 December, 2005, its population was 106,415....
.

Apostolic Succession of Hochkirchlicher Apostolat St. Ansgar:

  • Arnold Harris Mathew,
  • de Landas Berghes,
  • Carmel Henry Carfora
    Carmel Henry Carfora

    Carmel Henry Carfora , raised Roman Catholic in his native Naples, Italy, was a co-founder and leader of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church ....
    ,
  • Georg F. Davis,
  • Hans Heuer,
  • KARL AUGUST HAHNE
  • Helmut Paulus Tramnitz.
  • Karsten Reinhard Bürgener
  • Matthias Niche

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