Catholic–Lutheran dialogueThe Catholic–Lutheran dialogue is a series of discussions that began during July 1964 as an outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council. These gatherings reflect the new openness of the Catholic Church to dialogue with other Christian denominations as well as other religions. These dialogues have been primarily between representatives of the Lutheran World Federation and representatives of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.World Methodist CouncilThe World Methodist Council (WMC) is a consultative body that represents churches within Methodism and facilitates cooperation among its member denominations. It comprises 81 denominations in 138 countries which together represent the majority of Methodists worldwide, along with united churches that include Methodist traditions. Altogether, its members make up the ninth-largest Christian communion.
Justification (theology)In Christian theology, justification is the event or process by which sinners are made or declared to be righteous in the sight of God. In the 21st century, there is now substantial agreement on justification by most Christian communions.
Catholic ChurchChristian church based in Rome
Lutheran World FederationGlobal communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations
Faith in ChristianityIn Christianity, faith is often discussed in terms of trusting in God and in God’s promises and divine will as laid out in the Holy Bible. Christian faith greatly centers around the life, ministry, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and his redemption of humanity as described in the New Testament, with most Christian traditions and denominations requiring belief in the resurrection of Jesus and in the Agony in the Garden.
Jeffrey GrosBrother Jeffrey GrosFSC (7 January 1938 – 12 August 2013) was an American Catholicecumenist and theologian.H. George AndersonH. George Anderson (born March 10, 1932) was the second Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from October 1995 to October 2001. Prior to his term as Presiding Bishop, he was the president of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and on the faculty of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, serving as president from 1970 to 1982.Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious AffairsThe Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs is the principal ecumenical and interfaith organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Active since the 1960s, it is firmly rooted in the teachings of the Second Vatican Council on dialogue between religions (Nostra Aetate) and dialogue between Christians (Unitatis Redintegratio).
God the FatherGod the Father is a title given to God in Christianity. In mainstream TrinitarianChristianity, God the Father is regarded as the First Person of the Trinity, followed by the Second Person, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Third Person, the Holy Spirit. Since the second century, Christian creeds included affirmation of belief in "God the Father (Almighty)", primarily in his capacity as "Father and creator of the universe".ReformationThe Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Towards the end of the Renaissance, the Reformation marked the beginning of Protestantism.
Dicastery for Promoting Christian UnityThe Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (Italian: Dicastero per la promozione dell'unità dei cristiani, Latin: Dicasterium ad unitatem christianorum fovendam), previously named the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU), is a dicastery within the Holy See whose origins are associated with the Second Vatican Council which met intermittently from 1962 to 1965.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.