Fifty Years of International Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue: Much Consensus, Little Fellowship?
This article presents an overview and an assessment of the international Catholic-Lutheran dialogue through fifty years. During the process, a theological rapprochement that few had dreamt of when the work began has been manifested. In the text Facing Unity (1984), even a detailed plan for a process...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2020]
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| In: |
Theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-87 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Lutheran Church
/ Inter-confessional dialogue
/ History 1964-2017
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Unity
B Catholic-Lutheran church fellowship B Diversity B Reception B ecumenical impasse B ecumenism and ecumenical dialogues B Consensus B Convergence |
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| Summary: | This article presents an overview and an assessment of the international Catholic-Lutheran dialogue through fifty years. During the process, a theological rapprochement that few had dreamt of when the work began has been manifested. In the text Facing Unity (1984), even a detailed plan for a processual realization of Catholic-Lutheran church fellowship is sketched. However, this plan has not been implemented, and the achieved doctrinal convergence has not been transformed into concrete forms of unity. The author also seeks to uncover some of the main causes of this impasse, largely reflecting challenges in contemporary ecumenism. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563920912893 |