Catholics and Lutherans signed the Joint Declaration on Justification in 1999. This ecumenical agreement claims to resolve all church-dividing differences on justification without requiring doctrinal revision, a claim that Engrafted into Christ challenges with a twofold thesis. First, the historic disagreement over justification was substantial; thus, doctrinal revision is a sine qua non condition of rapprochement. Second, portions of the Declaration appear irreconcilable with Catholicism. A concluding series of original reflections illustrates the intelligibility of Catholic teaching, identifies a self-destructive element in sola fide, and challenges structural elements of Lutheran theology. Experts as well as educated laypersons will be interested in this book.
| ISBN: | 9780820474083 |
| Publication date: | 27th May 2005 |
| Author: | Christopher J Malloy |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 408 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Religion: general Religious issues and debates Christianity Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches Ecumenism History of religion |