The Commemoration of the Reformation as the Starting Point for a Joint Declaration on Church, Eucharist and Ministry?

In recent years a discussion has been taking place on whether it would make sense to work towards a Joint Declaration on Church, Eucharist and Ministry between the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches. The invitation was made by Cardinal Koch who, however, set a preliminary condition that the twofold Grunddifferenz both with regard to their understanding of the Church and their model of unity would first be overcome. After introducing Cardinal Koch’s views on this matter, this article discusses a number of recent documents by ecumenical bodies and contributions by individual theologians – all written on the occasion of the 2017 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the symbolic start of the Reformation ¬ that, explicitly or implicitly, comment on aspects of Cardinal Koch’s proposal.

Jaar van publicatie:2018

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