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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782374903321

Autore

Kasper Walter <1933->

Titolo

That they may all be one [[electronic resource] ] : the call to unity / / Walter Kasper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Burns & Oates, 2004

ISBN

1-281-78428-1

9786611784287

0-8264-3936-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

262.001/1

Soggetti

Ecumenical movement

Church - Unity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Binding Nature of Unitatis Redintegratio; 2 The Current Situation in Ecumenical Theology; 3 The Nature and Purpose of Ecumenical Dialogue; 4 Communio: The Guiding Concept of Catholic Ecumenical Theology; 5 Open Questions in the Ecclesiology of Sister Churches; 6 The Renewal of Pneumatology in Contemporary Catholic Life and Theology: Towards a Rapprochement between East and West; 7 The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification; 8 A Discussion on the Petrine Ministry; 9 Spiritual Ecumenism; 10 The Church and Contemporary Pluralism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cardinal Kasper is a distinguished theologian who was a colleague of Cardinal Ratzinger, Karl Rahner, and Hans Kung at The Universities of Mùˆnster and Tùˆbingen.Kasper now heads the Vatican's Council for Promoting Christian Unity, with the specific task of fostering relations between the Catholic Church and other Christian Churches and Ecclesial communities. Here he outlines his vision for the unity of Christian Churches. A man with an open mind, Kasper covers one of the major responsibilities of the contemporary Catholic Church. His perspective of the uniqueness of The Catholic Church and its