Description
The Second Vatican Council declared the restoration of unity among Christians to be one of its principal concerns. Division among the Churches scandalises the world
and damages that most holy cause, the preaching of The Gospel to every creature. A key figure to have worked tirelessly at these aims is Cardinal Walter Kasper, one of the most experienced, authoritative, and respected members of the
Vatican hierarchy.
Here Cardinal Kasper summarises the results of the Catholic Church’s official dialogues with Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican and Methodist Churches over forty years, sets out a blueprint for 'consensus and convergence', and sets out a map for the way forward for ecumenism. From such a source, this document is therefore of crucial importance. The book focuses on the major issues in ecumenical dialogue - Jesus Christ, The Holy Trinity, Justification, The Church and The Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist. Cardinal Kasper explains the key issues at stake and offers signposts for the way forward so that the wish of Jesus may be fulfilled: That They May All Be One.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Fundamentals of our Common Faith
2.Salvation, Justification, Sanctification
3. The Church
4. The Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist
5. Some Preliminary Conclusions
List of Abbreviations
Author(s)
Walter Kasper, Cardinal Walter Kasper is President of The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. A German by birth, he spends much time lecturing and giving conferences in the English speaking world. He is the author of Jesus the Christ (Burns&Oates/Crossroad).
Reviews
"This book should be required reading." Revd Dr Keith Clements, Baptist Times, January 2010.
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"Ecumenical experts now have their own Catechism in this book
by Cardinal Walter Kasper. It is a summary of progress so far of the four
ecumenical dialogues into which the Catholic Church has entered: with the
Methodists and Lutherans, (both since 1967) and the Anglicans and the Reformed
Church (both since 1970)."
One In Christ, Volume 43, No. 2, December 2009
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"La Récolte est bonne, mais tous ne sont pas prêts à savourer ces bon fruits. Espérons la publication rapide d’une traduction française de ce livre.” Unité de Chrétiens, Janvier 2010.
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"Contain[s] very positive indicators of where the Cardinal and his deparment stand."
Church Times, March 2010
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'a timely and helpful book' Expository Times, August 2010
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'Well structured and interesting; the reader is treated to a whistle-stop historic overview of preaching practice through the ages.' Church of Ireland Gazette, 23rd July 2010
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