Original scientific paper
Common Declaration of Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. Translation and short theological interpretation
Ivan Macut
; Collegio internazionale "Antonianum", Rome
Abstract
In this article we want to, on the one hand, to translate the recent Common Declaration of Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I., signed on 25 May 2014th year in Jerusalem, and on the other, provide a brief theological interpretation and we want to place it in a broader context and see what is similar and what different with respect to the previous Common Declarations which are signed by their venerable predecessors. Thus, in the first chapter, we have translated Common Declaration to Croatian language. Furthermore, in the second chapter, entitled Short theological interpretation, we have interpreted each individual number of the Common Declaration and we have put him in one stitch context of previous statements and ecumenical dialogue. In the conclusion of the paper, we tried to see what the importance of this Common Declarations. Although the Pope and the Patriarch does not bring solutions to the theological issues that still divide us, however, they already seeking of the Church of the East and the West that together performances in the fight against misery, poverty and wars in the world, with the aim to contribute to the general welfare and preservation of the created world.
Keywords
Pope Francis; Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I; Common Declarations; Orthodox; Catholics
Hrčak ID:
127858
URI
Publication date:
15.7.2014.
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