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Future Directions for Ecumenism (February
2005) HTML Some Reflections on Future Directions for Ecumenism: An address to the
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Assembly, 23rd February 2005, by The Rt Revd
Michael Jackson, bishop of Clogher, Church of Ireland.
Orthodox contributions to ecumenical
ecclesiology (October 2001) PDF A Roman Catholic evaluation of the continuing contributions of Eastern
Orthodox theologians to the ecumenical reflection on ecclesiology. Particular attention is
paid to the concept of "church as communion / koinonia."
Paradise regained: Indulgences in
light of the Joint Declaration (May 2002) PDF In November of 1998 the Vatican issued revised norms on indulgences to
accompany the jubilee indulgence proclaimed for the Holy Year of 2000. At the same time
the Lutheran World Federation was considering the adoption of a joint consensus statement
on the doctrine of justification together with the Vatican. The two developments appeared
contradictory and ecumenically problematic. This paper explores the patristic and medieval
development of the sacrament of penance and the doctrine of indulgences, considers some
contemporary re-articulations of the doctrine of indulgences, and assesses them in the
light of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
Where is the Church of Christ?:
The developing teaching of Vatican II (January 2000) PDF A paper on the ongoing development of Roman Catholic recognition of
ecclesial reality in other Christian churches. This paper was prepared prior to the
publication of Dominus
Iesus, the CDF's August, 2000 instruction on
the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church.
