Learning about Christian Unity

Ecumenical Dialogue Documents

Second Vatican Council. DECREE ON ECUMENISM: UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO. November 21, 1964
This is a basic document for the formation of all Catholics about what ecumenism is about.

The Church as Community of Common Witness to the Kingdom of God, October 13-19, 2004 - Venice, Italy. International theological conversations sponsored by the Catholic Church and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches between 1998 and 2005. Final Report.

Introduction
   Chapter I. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION
   Chapter II. WITNESSING TO THE KINGDOM: THREE NARRATIVES FROM DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
   Chapter III. DISCERNING GOD’S WILL IN THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOM
   Chapter IV. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE CHURCH
   Chapter V. DIALOGUE AND COMMON WITNESS
   Conclusion
   Appendix: THE THEME OF KINGDOM OF GOD IN INTERNATIONAL ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE
   List of Participants
On Becoming a Christian: Insights from Scripture and the Patristic Writings With some Contemporary Reflections. Report of the Fifth Phase of the International Dialogue Between Some Classical Pentecostal Churches and Leaders and the Catholic Church (1998-2006)

The Grace given you in Christ: Catholics and Methodists reflect further on the Church. Seoul Report (2006)

Ecclesiological and Canonical Consequences of the Sacramental Nature of the Church Ecclesial Communion, Concilarity and Authority.
Joint International Commission for THE THEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: Ravenna, 15 October 2007. Final Report.

The Vatican: JOINT DECLARATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church.
Lutheran World Federation. Justification. The JDDJ was signed on Reformation Day, 31 October 1999, All Saints Day eve. The ceremony took place in Augsburg, Germany , where the confession of the same name was presented in 1530 by the Lutheran reformers in an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. Contains Official Common Statement nd Annex; Official Responses.

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