A Roman Catholic Understanding of Ecumenical Dialogue

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" A Roman Catholic Understanding of Ecumenical Dialogue "
MICHAEL PUTNEY

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065861
Doc. No	:	LA109490
Call No	:	‭10.1163/174553206X00052‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	MICHAEL PUTNEY
Title & Author	:	A Roman Catholic Understanding of Ecumenical Dialogue [Article]\ MICHAEL PUTNEY
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Ecclesiology
Date	:	2006
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Page No	:	179–193
Abstract	:	<title> ABSTRACT </title>The Decree on Ecumenism and subsequent ecumenical documents indicate a growing commitment to ecumenical dialogue in the Catholic Church. Given the ecclesiology of communion of the Second Vatican Council and foundational ecumenical texts in St John's Gospel, it would be impossible for the Roman Catholic Church to be faithful to Christ if it were not engaged in dialogue with other Christian communions. Such dialogue is necessary for its own self-realization. Only through dialogue will it hear the call to conversion and receive the gifts that only other Christians can offer. for the Catholic Church to cease to be involved in ecumenical dialogue would be not just a moral failure, but an ecclesiological breakdown. <title> ABSTRACT </title>The Decree on Ecumenism and subsequent ecumenical documents indicate a growing commitment to ecumenical dialogue in the Catholic Church. Given the ecclesiology of communion of the Second Vatican Council and foundational ecumenical texts in St John's Gospel, it would be impossible for the Roman Catholic Church to be faithful to Christ if it were not engaged in dialogue with other Christian communions. Such dialogue is necessary for its own self-realization. Only through dialogue will it hear the call to conversion and receive the gifts that only other Christians can offer. for the Catholic Church to cease to be involved in ecumenical dialogue would be not just a moral failure, but an ecclesiological breakdown.
Descriptor	:	KEYWORDS Decree on Ecumenism, Ecumenical Directory, John Paul II, Roman Catholic Church, Second Vatican Council/Vatican II, 'Ut Unum Sint'
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/174553206X00052‬