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Consensus and Difference: The Elusive Nature of Ecumenical Agreement

In: Ecclesiology
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David M. Chapman The Methodist Church, Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, England davidm.chapman@btinternet.com

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01 Jan 2012
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The article examines the elusive nature of ecumenical agreement and the slippery notion of consensus, particularly in dialogue between the Roman Catholic, the Lutheran and the Anglican Churches, not least in the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) between the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation. In a critical engagement with Minna Hietamäki's Agreeable Agreement: An Examination of the Quest for Consensus in Ecumenical Dialogue (2010), the article draws attention to the general lack of critical reflection on methodology in ecumenical dialogue and encourages a heightened awareness of its pitfalls.

Title:
Consensus and Difference: The Elusive Nature of Ecumenical Agreement
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/174553112X619726
Language:
English
Pages:
54–70
Keywords:
Ecumenical dialogue; ecumenical consensus; ecumenical agreement; Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
In:
Ecclesiology
In:
Volume 8: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1745-5316
Print ISSN:
1744-1366
Subjects:
General, Theology and World Christianity, History of Religion, Religious Studies, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology

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