The Use of Luther in the "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification": Reflections on Hermeneutical Directions for the Future
We can and need to move beyond the Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration on Justification. This essay shows that, for all its contributions, the Joint Declaration typifies the failure of the ecumenical establishment to appreciate the richness of Luther's thought and of the Catholic heritageand t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2018
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 484-497 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Justification by grace through faith
B Religious Thought B Justification (Christian theology) B Church societies B Martin Luther B Roman Catholic theology B Contextual Theology B the Joint Declaration on Justification B ECUMENICAL associations B Catholics B Lutheran-Catholic relationships B progress in ecumenism |
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| Summary: | We can and need to move beyond the Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration on Justification. This essay shows that, for all its contributions, the Joint Declaration typifies the failure of the ecumenical establishment to appreciate the richness of Luther's thought and of the Catholic heritageand to consider the ecumenical implications of these insights. We need to examine all the contextually conditioned diversity of Luther's thought. When Luther is invoked in dialogues, we need to present the whole of his thought on the topic under review. Chances are, as the essay demonstrates, we will find Luther saying things in some contacts that echo points characteristic of other traditions, just as, in their diversity, the Catholic and other heritages on occasion endorse themes characteristic of Luther. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2018.0036 |