A Joint Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017
When the young Augustinian friar, Martin Luther, affixed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31, 1517, calling for the reform of the church, he could hardly have anticipated the succession of events that would lead to the division of Western Christendom. Lut...
Άλλοι τίτλοι: | Theological Roundtable Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses: Ecumenical Prospects on Its Quincentennial |
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Horizons
Έτος: 2017, Τόμος: 44, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 405-409 |
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | KAG Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1500-1648, Μεταρρύθμιση, Ανθρωπισμός, Αναγέννηση KAJ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1914-, Σύγχρονη Εποχή KDB Καθολική Εκκλησία KDD Ευαγγελική Εκκλησία KDJ Οικουμενισμός |
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Σύνοψη: | When the young Augustinian friar, Martin Luther, affixed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31, 1517, calling for the reform of the church, he could hardly have anticipated the succession of events that would lead to the division of Western Christendom. Luther had no intention of creating a "Lutheran" Church, nor could he have foreseen that his initiative would give rise to an ecclesial divide that would persist for half a millennium. The Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism, which acknowledged the need for continual reform and renewal in the church, created the conditions for the Catholic Church to enter in earnest into a dialogue "on equal footing" with other Christian communities. The Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity, as it is known today, was established in 1967 and was the first commission for official bilateral dialogue. Thus, as we commemorate five hundred years since the Reformation, we also mark with gratitude fifty years of official dialogue and growth in communion. |
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ISSN: | 2050-8557 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Horizons
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/hor.2017.117 |