Charting Churches in a Changing Europe
Charta Oecumenica and the Process of Ecumenical Encounter
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-90-420-2009-2 (ISBN)
Description
The countries of Europe are seeking to redefine themselves, both individually and in relation to each other. This volume examines the role of the Christian churches at various levels of that process. The Charta Oecumenica, a ground-breaking document from the Conference of Churches in Europe and the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, aimed to set forth the ecumenical response of the European Christian Churches to the living out of faith in today's world. Four theologians, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran, respond to this document, assessing its strengths and the areas where further development is required. At least implicitly this discussion raises questions about the nature of catholicity and communion, a topic the following four essays address. What is catholicity, what happens when there is too strong an emphasis on the national church, and are there models of gradual church communion to which the churches could assent? Gradual communion sets out to attain full, including sacramental, unity and the final two essays explore how sacramental theology might assist in this process.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-2009-2 (9789042020092)
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Content
Martien E. BRINKMAN: General Introduction En Route to Koinonia: Church Communion in Transition
Part I: Confessional Responses to the Charta Oecumenica
Introduction
Kajsa AHLSTRAND: The Significance of the Charta Oecumenica Today: Critical Comments from a Protestant Perspective
Peter de MEY: An Assessment of the Charta Oecumenica from a Roman Catholic Perspective
Dorin OANCEA: Church Communion and the Reception of Ecumenical Dialogues: An Orthodox Perspective
Oliver SCHUEGRAF: Enough is Enough? Preconditions for Church Communion from a Lutheran Perspective
Part II: Notions of Catholicity and Communion
Introduction
Martien E. BRINKMAN: The Modern Inculturation Debate and the Catholicity of the Church
Anton HOUTEPEN: The Catholicity of the Church: A Matrix of Faith and Life in View of God's Final Kingdom
Eddy van der BORGHT: Uniting Europe as a Challenge to the Future of National Churches
Johannes OELDEMANN: Gradual Church Communion as an Ecumenical Model? Some Remarks from a Roman Catholic Perspective
Part III: The Sacramental Road to Unity
Introduction
Maria Clara Lucchetti BINGEMER: The Roman Catholic Understanding of Sacramentality and Its Potential for Church Unity
Ivana NOBLE: From the Sacramentality of the Church to the Sacramentality of the World
Bernd Jochen HILBERATH: Epilogue
Appendix: Text of Charta Oecumenica
Index
Contributors
Part I: Confessional Responses to the Charta Oecumenica
Introduction
Kajsa AHLSTRAND: The Significance of the Charta Oecumenica Today: Critical Comments from a Protestant Perspective
Peter de MEY: An Assessment of the Charta Oecumenica from a Roman Catholic Perspective
Dorin OANCEA: Church Communion and the Reception of Ecumenical Dialogues: An Orthodox Perspective
Oliver SCHUEGRAF: Enough is Enough? Preconditions for Church Communion from a Lutheran Perspective
Part II: Notions of Catholicity and Communion
Introduction
Martien E. BRINKMAN: The Modern Inculturation Debate and the Catholicity of the Church
Anton HOUTEPEN: The Catholicity of the Church: A Matrix of Faith and Life in View of God's Final Kingdom
Eddy van der BORGHT: Uniting Europe as a Challenge to the Future of National Churches
Johannes OELDEMANN: Gradual Church Communion as an Ecumenical Model? Some Remarks from a Roman Catholic Perspective
Part III: The Sacramental Road to Unity
Introduction
Maria Clara Lucchetti BINGEMER: The Roman Catholic Understanding of Sacramentality and Its Potential for Church Unity
Ivana NOBLE: From the Sacramentality of the Church to the Sacramentality of the World
Bernd Jochen HILBERATH: Epilogue
Appendix: Text of Charta Oecumenica
Index
Contributors