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"Dominus Jesus" and interreligious dialogue

Christoph Schonborn ; Archdiocese of Wien

Abstract

Starting from the central conviction of the declaration "Dominus
Jesus" about unique and redeeming universality of Jesus Christ, the
author disputes the efforts of pluralistic theologv of religious to
relativize the redeeming importance of Jesus' figure and work. Then
he tries to show that, even in the clasšical catholic Christ-centric
point of view of the relations among religions, interreligious dialogue
stands out in its meaningfulness and unfailing importance. It is
manifested, among other things,, in the fact that it is through dialogue
that the members of different religions meet on the way of common
seeking for Truth. Accordinglv, interreligious dialogue can lead
Christians, through looking into some gracious values of truth and
goodness in the areas of other religions, to deeper

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Hrčak ID:

38991

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/38991

Publication date:

21.6.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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