English text with Spanish, German, and French translations. This volume presents the policy statement on ecumenical commitment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted in 1991 by the ELCA's second churchwide assembly.
An overview of the history, content and future of the modern ecumenical movement, with particular attention to Catholic leadership and the results of dialogues among the churches. +
Murray, Paul D. “Vatican II: On Celebrating Vatican II as Catholic and Ecumenical.” In The Second Vatican Council: Celebrating its Achievements and the Future, edited by Gavin D'Costa and Emma Jane Harris,85–104.
27 Cf. M.-J. Le Guillou, OP, Mission et unité, Les exigences de la communion, t.2, 'Unam Sanctam'34, Cerf, Paris, 1960, p. 238: 'Il n'est pas douteux qu'un grand pas serait fait vers la solution du schisme si ...
Written by experts from within their communities, this book compares the legal regimes of Christian churches as systems of religious law.
The first part of the book focuses on multilateral dialogue that involved a variety of churches attempting to delineate common ground, with considerable progress reported.
"... at once profound and straightforward, deeply reflected yet highly accessible, theologically rich yet directly practical...a source of wisdom to be absorbed into the life-blood of each of our widely differing communities for their ...
Ecumenism--a Movement Toward Church Unity
Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue
In this collection of essays, theologian Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI, tackles three major issues in the Church today--the nature of the Church, the pursuit of Christian unity, and the relationship of Christianity to the ...
This volume differs from many quincentennial discussions of the Protestant Reformation--and ecumenical scholarship more generally--in that it shifts the focus from Europe and the West to the global South, where ecumenism's promises and ...