Acknowledgements XI
Abbreviations XII
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Introduction 1
Importance of the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue 9
Outline of Chapters 24
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Roman Catholic and Pentecostal Rapprochement 26
Introduction 26
The Development of Roman Catholic Ecumenism 26
Current Ecumenical Trends in Roman Catholicism 33
The Development of Pentecostal Ecumenism 41
Theological and Historical Challenges to Pentecostal Ecumenism 44
Current Ecumenical Trends in Pentecostalism 49
Catholics and Pentecostals in Dialogue 50
Foundation of Dialogue 50
Nature of Dialogue 53
Purpose of the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue 58
Current Challenges to Dialogue 60
Introduction to the International Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue 63
The First Four Phases (1972–1997) 65
The Fifth Phase (1998–2006) 71
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Christian Initiation 76
Introduction to the 1998 Session (Bolton, Ontario) 76
Introduction to the Final Report 78
Outpouring, Presence, and Charisms 81
Two Moments of Spirit Reception 91
Biblical Perspectives 96
Spirit Baptism is a Gift from God 99
Spirit Baptism is Personal and Trinitarian Revelation 101
Spirit Baptism is Pneumatological Empowerment and Christological Presence 103
Spirit Baptism is Transformational 105
Patristic Support for the Rediscovery of the Charisms in Initiation 110
The Normative and Sacramental Nature of Spirit Baptism? 112
Contemporary Reflections 115
Catholic Perspectives 116
Pentecostal Perspectives 120
Summary and Valuation 137
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Faith and Christian Initiation 139
Introduction to the 1999 Session (Venice, Italy) 139
Introduction to the Final Report 140
The Nature of Faith 142
New Testament and Patristic Perspectives 145
The Salvific Nature of Faith 145
The Ordo Salutis of Christian Initiation 148
Formation in Faith 152
The Communal Nature of Faith 159
Faith and Baptism 160
Summary and Valuation 177
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Conversion and Christian Initiation 180
Introduction to the 2000 Session (Vienna, Austria) 180
Introduction to the Final Report 181
Conversion as Christological Event 183
Conversion as Process, Event, or Series of Events 187
Conversion and Roman Catholicism 192
The Nature of Conversion 192
The Sacramental and Communal Context of Conversion 195
The Evangelistic Quality of Conversion 197
The Importance of Baptism 199
Conversion and Pentecostalism 199
The Nature of Conversion 199
Conversion as Event or Process 203
Pentecostal Conversion and Water Baptism 205
Biblical Perspectives 208
Catholic Analysis 209
Pentecostal Analysis 210
Reflections on Biblical Perspectives 212
Conversion as Transformation 215
The Patristic Challenge: The Authority of the Church Fathers 219
Contemporary Reflections 220
Summary and Valuation 221
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Experience in Christian Life 223
Introduction to the 2001 Session (Celje, Slovenia) 223
Introduction to the Final Report 224
Renewed Catholic Openness to Experience Leading up to Vatican II 228
Pentecostals and Experience 231
Experience in the Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue 237
Biblical Perspectives 243
The Personal Nature of Experience 244
Experience as Transformative 248
The Communal Quality of Experience 252
Discernment in Experience 255
Patristic Perspectives 257
Convergences 257
Divergences 258
Contemporary Perspectives 259
Summary and Valuation 260
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Christian Formation and Discipleship 263
Introduction to the 2002 Session (Sierra Madre, CA, USA) 263
Introduction to the Final Report 265
Convergences 265
Divergences 269
Biblical Perspectives 271
Discipleship as “Following” Jesus 272
Discipleship as “Abiding” with Jesus 273
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Discipleship and Christian Formation 274
The Communal Nature of Christian Formation 276
Patristic Perspectives 277
Diverse Ways of Following Christ 278
The Holy Spirit and Discipleship 282
Christian Formation in Catechesis and the Catechumenate 286
Contemporary Reflections 291
Summary and Valuation of the Session 294
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Summary 296
Assessment 300
Looking Forward 304
Conclusion 305
Bibliography 309
Primary Sources: Dialogue Documents 309
Final Reports 309
Dialogue Information 310
Agreed Accounts 310
Hard Questions 311
Position Papers, Cited and Consulted 311
First Quinquennium (1972–1976) 311
Second Quinquennium (1977–1982) 313
Third Quinquennium (1985–1989) 314
Fourth Quinquennium (1990–1997) 314
Fifth Quinquennium (1998–2006) 314
Secondary Sources 315
Documents 315
Lectures and Conferences 318
Books and Articles 318
Index 331