We are aware indeed that there exist considerable divergences from the doctrine of the Catholic Church concerning Christ Himself, the Word of God made flesh, the work of redemption, and consequently, concerning the mystery and ministry of the Church, and the role of Mary in the plan of salvation. It is a mystery that finds its highest exemplar and source in the unity of the Persons of the Trinity: the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit, one God. No. Given in Rome at St. Peter's, November 21, 1964. However, they were in agreement over the fundamental structure, both Eucharistic-sacramental and episcopal. But we live in a very un-ideal world. It is most important that future shepherds and priests should have mastered a theology that has been carefully worked out in this way and not polemically, especially with regard to those aspects which concern the relations of separated brethren with the Catholic Church. VATICANUM 1, Sess. I seldom look back, only forward in anticipation of the next greater now. 18. n. 16) further underlined this distinction at the level of concepts, provoking harsh criticism on the part of Protestant Christians. 5-12). VI (1439), Definitio Laetentur caeli: Mansi 31 1026 E. Copyright 2018-2022, Vatican City State, Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration, Collaboration for the diffusion of the Bible, Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism, The Ecumenical Dimension in the Formation of those Engaged in Pastoral Work, The Bishop and Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Vademecum, Suggestions for the organization of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (CRRJ), ILC (International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee), Dialogue between Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and the Great Rabbinate of Israel. 11-14). Originally, communio and communio sanctorum did not designate the communities of Christians, but their participation (participatio) in the goods of salvation, in the sancta, that is, in the sacramenta. ), and in particular the "Common Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" (1999). It was promulgated on 21 November 1964 and represented a huge shift in the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, although signs of change had been evident earlier. It is because of this that the Council rests all its hope on the prayer of Christ for the Church, on our Father's love for us, and on the power of the Holy Spirit. 12 Cf. Thus they promote the right ordering of Christian life and, indeed, pave the way to a full vision of Christian truth. In other words, the Council gave fresh importance to the eschatological dimension, showing that the Church is not a static but a dynamic reality, that she is the People of God on pilgrimage between the "already" and the "not yet". It is impossible to explain here the complex historical issues connected with the problem or the current possibilities of the reinterpretation and re-acceptance of the dogmas promulgated by the First Vatican Council. VI (1439), Definitio Laetentur caeli: Mansi 31, 1026 E. [27] Cf. Christ the Lord founded one Church and one Church only. In recent times more than ever before, He has been rousing divided Christians to remorse over their divisions and to a longing for unity. Ecumenical Quotes. That is something Catholics cannot do as a matter of divine law, which no Church directive could ever change. Online piracy needs to be dealt with itself, because people are just wholesale stealing people's work and not paying for it. A series of official events, however, also prepared the ground for it. On several occasions the Pope has said that the ecumenical venture is irrevocable (cf. Today, in many parts of the world, under the inspiring grace of the Holy Spirit, many efforts are being made in prayer, word and action to attain that fullness of unity which Jesus . 990; CONC. The first divisions occurred in the East, when the dogmatic formulae of the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon were challenged, and later when ecclesiastical communion between the Eastern Patriarchates and the Roman See was dissolved. He came among us not to be served but to serve.[30]. For the closer their union with the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, the more deeply and easily will they be able to grow in mutual brotherly love. For God is always wonderful in His works and worthy of all praise. He can rightly be considered the spiritual father of the Decree on Ecumenism; it is he who willed the Council and he who defined its purpose: renewal within the Catholic Church and the unity of Christians. [6] For all you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ for you are all one in Christ Jesus. This expression, still fairly vague in the Decree on Ecumenism, was taken up and developed in the Tomos Agapis,19 the exchange of Messages between Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras. At the same time, the Catholic faith must be explained more profoundly and precisely, in such a way and in such terms as our separated brethren can also really understand. This concern extends to everyone, according to his talent, whether it be exercised in his daily Christian life or in his theological and historical research. 34 ff., 83 ff.). There from the glorious times of the holy Fathers, monastic spirituality flourished which, then later flowed over into the Western world, and there provided the source from which Latin monastic life took its rise and has drawn fresh vigor ever since. Whatever is truly Christian is never contrary to what genuinely belongs to the faith; indeed, it can always bring a deeper realization of the mystery of Christ and the Church. Dogmatic laxism leads to the refusal to recognize the essence of the Church's eschatological dimension. Is it ideal? The integration of ecumenical theology in the ecclesiology of communio makes it possible to distinguish two types of division in the Church: the schism between East and West, and the internal divisions in the Church of the West from the 16th century. It is in the particular Churches and formed out of them that the one and unique Catholic Church exists, and conversely, it is in the one Church and formed out of her that the particular Churches exist (cf. But Sacred Scriptures provide for the work of dialogue an instrument of the highest value in the mighty hand of God for the attainment of that unity which the Saviour holds out to all. 5, 11, 24; Ut Unum Sint, nn. These liturgical actions must be regarded as capable of giving access to the community of salvation. It commends this work to the bishops everywhere in the world to be vigorously stimulated by them and guided with prudence. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity addressed this theme in detail at its Plenary Assembly in 2001. Catholics therefore are earnestly recommended to avail themselves of the spiritual riches of the Eastern Fathers which lift up the whole man to the contemplation of the divine. 15. The Church will be in history what she is, what she has always been and what she always will be. F ORTY years ago, when the Council opened its sessions, the majority of the Fathers favoured a sound Catholic ecumenism, designed as a generous and charitable invitation addressed to Christians separated from Rome to come back to the fold, to reintegrate Catholic unity.. An echo of this zeal can be found at number 2 of the conciliar Decree Unitatis redintegratio: 10. The course to be adopted, with due regard to all the circumstances of time, place, and persons, is to be decided by local episcopal authority, unless otherwise provided for by the Bishops' Conference according to its statutes, or by the Holy See. It is the sacrament of faith through which the baptized are incorporated into Christ's one Body, which is the Church. 25 Cf. Let us hope that it will soon be possible to resume the international theological dialogue and above all, that it will be devoted to the study of this topic. We can also say that the essence of unity conceived as communio is catholicity in its original meaning which is not confessional but qualitative; it means the fulfilment of all the gifts that the particular and confessional Churches can bring. | About Us Jesus Christ, then, willed that the apostles and their successors - the bishops with Peter's successor at their head - should preach the Gospel faithfully, administer the sacraments, and rule the Church in love. It first appeared with Yves Congar as an extension of St Augustine's anti-Donatist attitude (cf. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue: Unitatis Redintegratio, Nostra Aetate by at the best online prices at eBay! CONC. Unity in the sense of full communio does not mean uniformity, but unity in diversity and diversity in unity. Whenever the Sacrament of Baptism is duly administered as Our Lord instituted it, and is received with the right dispositions, a person is truly incorporated into the crucified and glorified Christ, and reborn to a sharing of the divine life, as the Apostle says: You were buried together with Him in Baptism, and in Him also rose again - through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.[40]. The difference is accentuated when it is a question of the Eucharist. [35] Hence, through the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in each of these churches, the Church of God is built up and grows in stature[36] and through concelebration, their communion with one another is made manifest. [29] This exhortation is directed especially to those raised to sacred Orders precisely that the work of Christ may be continued. [1]Such division openly contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world, and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gospel to every creature. But even in spite of them it remains true that all who have been justified by faith in Baptism are members of Christ's body,[21] and have a right to be called Christian, and so are correctly accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church.[22]. The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council. Ecumenism: expression of the Church's eschatological dynamic. 16. 9. The term ecumenical movement indicates the initiatives and activities planned and undertaken, according to the various needs of the Church and as opportunities offer, to promote Christian unity. 1 Cor. Understood in this way, "subsistit in" assumes the essential requirement of the "est". 14. Cattolici e ortodossi in dialogo, Rome, 2004. Mission is an eschatological phenomenon through which the Church absorbs the cultural patrimony of the peoples and purifies and enriches it, thereby also enriching herself and reaching the full measure of her catholicity (cf. Hey, Ocean Eyes," my father said. 6 Overview in Synopsis historica, edited by G. Alberigo-F. Magistretti, Bologna, 1975, 38; 439 ff. This phrase suggests a quantitative, almost materialistic, dimension, as though it were possible to quantify or count all the elements, checking to see whether their numbers were complete. Pope John XXIII was responsible for taking the first steps. Therefore, the contribution of Unitatis Redintegratio to the solution of the ecumenical problem is not "the ecclesiology of the elements" but the distinction between full communion and partial communion (cf. It is hardly surprising, then, if from time to time one tradition has come nearer to a full appreciation of some aspects of a mystery of revelation than the other, or has expressed it to better advantage. As the Council says, the Ecclesial Communities born from the Reformation "have not preserved the proper reality of the Eucharistic mystery in its fullness especially because of the absence of the Sacrament of Orders" (Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 22). Leo XIII and Benedict XV paved the way for ecumenical openness. 1 Petr. Ut Unum Sint, nn. Declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mysterium Ecclesiae (1973), n. 1; also the Declaration Dominus Iesus (2000), n. 17. Among them, too, is a strong sense of justice and a true charity toward their neighbor. Pius XII went a step further. The daily Christian life of these brethren is nourished by their faith in Christ and strengthened by the grace of Baptism and by hearing the word of God. We are also linked to the Communities born of the Reformation by many important elements of the true Church, including above all the proclamation of the Word of God and Baptism. The Catholic Church claims for herself, in the present as she did in the past, the right to be the true Church of Christ, in which the whole fullness of the means of salvation is given (cf. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 4). Ecumenism: Unitatis Redintegratio Roots in Modernism, Liberalism, Liturgical Movement Goal: A dogma-less, one-world religion Heresy: Holy Ghost using non-Catholic sects? Undoubtedly this is the basis of the movement toward unity. This Sacred Council is gratified to note that the participation by the Catholic faithful in ecumenical work is growing daily. She journeys on to fully achieve her nature in life. 5. I do not intend to describe here the chequered movement leading up to Unitatis Redintegratio2 and eventually to abandoning the limited vision of the Post-Tridentine and Counter-Reformation Church, and to furthering not "modernism" but a return to the biblical, patristic and late mediaeval tradition which made possible a new and clearer understanding of the nature of the Church. United in their efforts, and with mutual respect, let them bear witness to our common hope which does not play us false. Above all, prayer is the heart of the ecumenical movement (cf. 3, 7, 11, 23, 26). Baptism, therefore, envisages a complete profession of faith, complete incorporation in the system of salvation such as Christ willed it to be, and finally complete ingrafting in eucharistic communion. [2] Cf. And hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.[42]. For the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as means of salvation which derive their efficacy from the very fullness of grace and truth entrusted to the Church. But their primary duty is to make a careful and honest appraisal of whatever needs to be done or renewed in the Catholic household itself, in order that its life may bear witness more clearly and faithfully to the teachings and institutions which have come to it from Christ through the Apostles. In this liturgical worship, the Christians of the East pay high tribute, in beautiful hymns of praise, to Mary ever Virgin, whom the ecumenical Council of Ephesus solemnly proclaimed to be the holy Mother of God, so that Christ might be acknowledged as being truly Son of God and Son of Man, according to the Scriptures. [41] For that reason an ecumenical dialogue might start with discussion of the application of the Gospel to moral conduct. The words of St. John hold good about sins against unity: If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. [10] Cf. 17. 11Synopsis historiae, 439; G. Philips, op. Similarly, the Council commends to the shepherds and faithful of the Catholic Church to develop closer relations with those who are no longer living in the East but are far from home, so that friendly collaboration with them may increase, in the spirit of love, to the exclusion of all feeling of rivalry or strife. With regard to Eucharistic ecclesiology, the distinction between the Churches and the Ecclesial Communities derives from this absence of any Eucharistic substance. The title of the document is taken from the opening words of the Latin text. After being lifted up on the cross and glorified, the Lord Jesus poured forth His Spirit as He had promised, and through the Spirit He has called and gathered together the people of the New Covenant, who are the Church, into a unity of faith, hope and charity, as the Apostle teaches us: There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one Baptism. Copyright 2023 Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. Irondale, Alabama. For the Church must bear in her own body the humility and dying of Jesus,[25] against the day when Christ will present her to Himself in all her glory without spot or wrinkle.[26]. [2] Before offering Himself up as a spotless victim upon the altar, Christ prayed to His Father for all who believe in Him: that they all may be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, so that the world may believe that thou has sent me. Ut Unum Sint, n. 95). But while the Christians who are separated from us hold the divine authority of the Sacred Books, they differ from ours - some in one way, some in another - regarding the relationship between Scripture and the Church. As will shortly be pointed out, this axiom is of capital importance for understanding the Oriental Churches and the distinction that exists between them and the Protestant Ecclesial Communities. Even in the beginnings of this one and only Church of God there arose certain rifts,[19] which the Apostle strongly condemned. Their faith in Christ bears fruit in praise and thanksgiving for the blessings received from the hands of God. Council clearly makes ecumenism binding as the work of the Spirit. Spiritual ecumenism means interior conversion, spiritual renewal, the personal sanctification of life, charity, self-denial, humility, patience, but also renewal and reform of the Church. 1, 4). The Eastern schism encompasses both the ancient Churches of the East separated by the Imperial Church in the fourth and fifth centuries, and the schism between Rome and the Eastern Patriarchates, whose symbolic date has been established as the year 1054. Their ecumenical action must be fully and sincerely Catholic, that is to say, faithful to the truth which we have received from the apostles and Fathers of the Church, in harmony with the faith which the Catholic Church has always professed, and at the same time directed toward that fullness to which Our Lord wills His Body to grow in the course of time. Ut Unum Sint, n. 14), which includes unity in the faith, in the sacraments and in the ecclesiastical ministry (cf. Christ the Lord founded one Church and one Church only. 3 ff.). Even before the Second Vatican Council, the Pontiffs had encouraged prayers for unity in addition to the "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity". Moreover, Catholics engaged in missionary work in the same territories as other Christians ought to know, particularly in these times, the problems and the benefits in their apostolate which derive from the ecumenical movement. But the Council warns against polemics. All Catholics must therefore aim at Christian perfection[24] and, each according to his station, play his part that the Church may daily be more purified and renewed. The brethren divided from us also use many liturgical actions of the Christian religion. So we can't pray with non-Catholics in this active sense . Nevertheless, our separated brethren, whether considered as individuals or as Communities and Churches, are not blessed with that unity which Jesus Christ wished to bestow on all those who through Him were born again into one body, and with Him quickened to newness of life - that unity which the Holy Scriptures and the ancient Tradition of the Church proclaim. 3, Bologna, 1998, 277-365; vol. 11; 14; Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 22). It includes conversion and renewal, without which there can be no ecumenism or dialogue, because ecumenism, rather than an exchange of ideas, is an exchange of gifts. The Church is always in need of this, in so far as she is an institution of men here on earth. We must get to know the outlook of our separated brethren. The Church, then, is God's only flock; it is like a standard lifted high for the nations to see it:[16] for it serves all mankind through the Gospel of peace[17] as it makes its pilgrim way in hope toward the goal of the fatherland above.[18]. The difference between the two is not only geographical or temporal; they are different kinds of schisms. They must take full account of all these factors and, where this is done, it will greatly contribute to the dialogue that is looked for. Incorporation into the Church reaches its fullness with the Eucharist, which is the source, fulcrum and summit of Christian and ecclesial life (cf. 32, Enarr. UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO INTRODUCTION. The differences that exist in varying degrees between them and the Catholic Church - whether in doctrine and sometimes in discipline, or concerning the structure of the Church - do indeed create many obstacles, sometimes serious ones, to full ecclesiastical communion. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 4; Ut Unum Sint, n. 14). 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