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A shared spiritual journey : Lutherans and Catholics traveling toward unity / Susan K. Wood, Timothy J. Wengert ; foreword by Martin E. Marty.
Van Pelt Library BX8063.7.C3 W66 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, Susan K., author.
- Wengert, Timothy J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church--Relations--Lutheran Church.
- Catholic Church.
- Relations.
- Lutheran Church.
- Lutheran Church--Relations--Catholic Church.
- Interfaith relations.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 254 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- The year 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a watershed event in the lives of Western Christians. For Lutherans, the anniversary evokes their determination to proclaim the gospel with purity and their efforts to live a reformed ecclesial life even this eventually led to a break with the Roman Church of Luther's time. Viewed in this light, 2017 is a celebration of the gospel message of God's free gift of justification in Christ and its reception in faith. Catholics perhaps experience the commemoration of 2017 more painfully as a break in communion, as a schism in the church. This bifurcated account of differing perspectives on the anniversary of the Reformation fails to account, however, for the past fifty years of patient, intense, and collegial dialogue between Lutherans and Catholics and the deep friendships forged between them in the process. The commemoration of the Reformation can occur for the first time within an ecumenical context that reflects the progress toward reconciled unity that has been achieved through these mi years of dialogue. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The ecumenical journey
- Martin Luther, the Reformation, and ecumenical conversation
- The path to the joint declaration on the doctrine of justification
- A primer of convergence and difference
- Scripture, interpretation, tradition
- Baptism and eucharist
- Ministry
- Church
- An ecumenical future
- Looking back, looking forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wood, Susan K. Shared spiritual journey.
- ISBN:
- 9780809149797
- 0809149796
- OCLC:
- 920680619
- Publisher Number:
- 99969025338
- 40026405528
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