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Over the course of a century of ecumenical dialogue, various methodologies have been employed. These have been fruitful and have led to a deeper communion between churches. At this point in time, however, it is generally agreed that those earlier methodologies have achieved all that can be achieved for the time being. The recent method of receptive ecumenism offers new possibilities for ecclesial learning and church reform—the sine qua non for true unity. This chapter examines the work of the Lutheran–Roman Catholic dialogue in Australia, and the implicit use of the receptive ecumenism methodology. The anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 was an opportunity to re-visit the results of the dialogue and to ask what each church might learn from the other.
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This method was in evidence in the early days of the Faith and Order Conference, especially the Conferences at Edinburgh (1927) and Lausanne (1937). By the time of the Third World Conference on Faith and Order at Lund (1952), it was realised that this method had run its course. After the Lund Conference, a number of theological commissions were set up “to go together straight to some of the great theses of the Christian faith”. For a fuller discussion on ecumenical methodology, see Kelly (1996), 36–38, 42–43, 47–48, 94, 114.
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The high point of this method is undoubtedly the Lima text, Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, Faith and Order Paper no. 111 (Geneva: WCC, 1982). The methodology and its results are explained in the preface.
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In this article Murray re-visits the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification and the continuing need for Catholic learning in relation to living grace.
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Kelly, G. (2019). The Anniversary of the Reformation as a Moment for Ecclesial Learning. In: Miller, V., Moxon, T., Pickard, T. (eds) Leaning into the Spirit. Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19997-5_11
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