Review article
„From Conflict to Communion” - four theological themes in the document of Lutheran-Catholic commission on unity and joint commemoration of the Reformation in 2017
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Abstract
In this paper we are dealing with a document of Lutheran-Catholic commission on unity and joint commemoration of the Reformation under the title „From Conflict to Communion”. In the introduction we briefly present different understanding of the very 500th anniversary from the beginning of the Reformation within the Catholic Church. In the first part the whole document is shortly displayed by chapters; in the second part, which is also the central part of the paper, we discuss the four main theological themes of Martin Luther in light of the Lutheran-Catholic dialogue: doctrine on justification; Eucharist; ministry; Scripture and tradition. In the final part of the paper we present some features of this document that we recommend to be adopted and followed in further dialogues and joint documents at all ecumenical levels: avoiding polemics; not discarding one’s own responsibility; expressing optimism in terms of achieving visible unity.
Keywords
500 years of Reformation; From Conflict to Communion; Martin Luther; Catholics; Lutherans
Hrčak ID:
192652
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2017.
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