On October 31, 1999, in Augsburg, Germany, officials of the
Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church signed two
documents, an "Official Common Statement" with its "Annex" and the
"Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification." The Lutheran
Churches belonging to the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman
Catholic Church were declaring publicly and in a binding manner
that a consensus in basic truths of the doctrine of justification
exists between Lutherans and Catholics.
Within four months of the Augsburg signing, the Yale University
Divinity School and the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale sponsored
a theological conference Justification and the Future of the
Ecumenical Movement." The goal of the conference was to begin
testing the wider import of the"Joint Declaration."
The essays in "Justification and the Future of the Ecumenical
Movement" explore the larger implications of the "Joint
Declaration." The majority of the chapters are the presentations
made at Yale in 2000. Three of the chapters were written later than
the Yale conference and are included in this collection to expand
the range of the discussion and to add new insights.
"Justification and the Future of the Ecumenical Movement"
includes: Introduction by William G. Rusch; *The University and
Ecumenism, - by George Lindbeck; *"The Joint Declaration on the
Doctrine of Justification" A Roman Catholic Perspective, - by
Walter Cardinal Kasper; *An Anglican Reaction: Across the
Reformation Divide, - by Henry Chadwick; *A Model for a New Joint
Declaration: An Episcopal Reaction to the "Joint Declaration on
Justification," - by R. William Franklin; *The Implications of the
"Joint Declaration on Justification" and Its Wider Impact for
Lutheran Participation in the Ecumenical Movement, - by Michal
Root; *The "Joint Declaration" and the Reformed Tradition, - by
Gabriel Fackre; *The "Joint Declaration on Justification" A
Significant Ecumenical Achievement, - by Edward Idris Cardinal
Cassidy; *Beyond Justification: An Orthodox Perspective, - by
Valerie A. Karras; and *Justification and the Spirit of Life: A
Pentecostal Response to the "Joint Declaration," - by Frank D.
Macchia.
"William G. Rusch, D.Phil., executive director of the Foundation
for a Conference on Faith and Order in North America, is active in
national and global ecumenical affairs.
From 1990 until 2001 Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy served as the
president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
of the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican.
Professor Henry Chadwick has held the Regius chairs of Divinity
both at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.
He has been a member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International
Commission and the author of numerous books and articles on
patristic and ecumenical themes.
Professor Gabriel Fackre is an emeritus faculty member of
Andover Newton Theological School. He was a member of the
Lutheran-Reformed dialogue in the United States. He has written
extensively in the areas of systematic and ecumenical theology.
Professor R. William Franklin is dean emeritus of Berkeley
Divinity School, Yale University. He is currently the Bishop's
Scholar-in-Residence for the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Professor Valerie A. Karras is a member of the faculty of St.
Louis University. She is a patristics scholar and a member of the
Greek Archdiocese of America. Her writings include both patristic
topics and ecumenical themes.
Since 2001 Walter Cardinal Kasper has served as president of the
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity at the Vatican.
Formerly a professor of theology and diocesan bishop in Germany, he
has written in the fields of systematic and ecumenical theology.
Cardinal Kasper is a former member of the Commission on Faith and
Order of the World Council of Churches.
Professor George Lindbeck is an emeritus member of the faculty
of the Divinity School of Yale University. A lutheran layman, he
was an observer at the Second Vatican Council, and a member of the
American and International Lutheran-Roman dialogues. He is an
author of works dealing with systematic theology and Lutheran-Roman
Catholic relations.
Professor Frank D. Macchia is a member of the faculty of
Vanguard University. An ordained minister in the Assemblies of God,
he is a past president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. He
has published in the areas of spirituality and pneumatology,
especially in the context of Pietism and Pentecostalism.
Professor Michal Root is a member of the faculty of Trinity
Lutheran Seminary. A lutheran layman, he has served as research
professor and director of the Institute of Ecumenical Research in
Strasbourg, France. He is a member of the Lutheran/Roman Catholic
Dialogue in the United States and has written or translated several
works dealing with ecumenical theology.""
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