Response to The Bishop of Rome on behalf of the Pentecostal World Fellowship
In 1985, Pope John Paul II released his encyclical, Ut Unum Sint. Within that encyclical, he called for "a patient and fraternal dialogue" on the subject of papal "primacy" where the nature of the papacy is described as "a ministry of unity" offered as "a service o...
| Subtitles: | African Pentecostalism |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2025
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| In: |
Pneuma
Year: 2025, Volume: 47, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 581-595 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ut Unum Sint
B visible unity B Diversity B condemnations B Synodality B Council B bishop of Rome B conciliarity B Pentecostals B Dialogue B Pope B Sensus Fidelium B Infallibility B Vatican I B Papacy B Synod B Collegiality B Intention B Vatican II B universal primate |
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| Summary: | In 1985, Pope John Paul II released his encyclical, Ut Unum Sint. Within that encyclical, he called for "a patient and fraternal dialogue" on the subject of papal "primacy" where the nature of the papacy is described as "a ministry of unity" offered as "a service of love." Over the past four decades, various groups have discussed this question in different ecumenical dialogues with the Catholic Church, within denominations, and a few think tanks. In 2024, the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity released The Bishop of Rome, a book that collected and summarized the findings of all these discussions regarding the nature of today’s papacy, focusing especially on his primacy. Cardinal Koch, President of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, invited the Pentecostal World Fellowship to offer an official response regarding how it views the results of these discussions. I was invited to draft the response on behalf of the Pentecostal World Fellowship, which after review, was forwarded to the Dicastery. This provides the opportunity for Pentecostals to have a voice at the universal ecclesial table as the Vatican reviews the nature and role of the papacy in the global Church. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pneuma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-bja10144 |
