Justification by faith: a major anniversary
photo: Bishop Dr Christian Krause and Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy sign the JDDJ (1999)
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, signed on Reformation Day, 31 October, 1999, has largely gone unnoticed in Catholic circles. Following a lengthy dialogue conducted by experts from the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church, led by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the initiative was one of multiple efforts by Pope St John Paul II to prepare Christians to enter the third Christian millennium together. This article aims to explain why this landmark declaration should not remain in the shadows, and how priests can help bring it out into the light
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, signed on Reformation Day, 31 October, 1999, has largely gone unnoticed in Catholic circles. Following a lengthy dialogue conducted by experts from the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church, led by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the initiative was one of multiple efforts by Pope St John Paul II to prepare Christians to enter the third Christian millennium together. This article aims to explain why this landmark declaration should not remain in the shadows, and how priests can help bring it out into the light
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