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Appendix 1
Resources Regarding the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of
Justification between the Lutheran World Federation and the
Roman Catholic Church
In p>arts 3 and 4 of the 'Joint Declaration' formulations from different Lutheran-
Catholic dialogues are referred to. They are the following documents:
'All Under One Christ,' Statement on the Augsburg Confession by the Roman
Catholic/Lutheran Joint Commission, 1980, in: Growth in Agreement, edited by
Harding Meyer and Lukas Vischer, New York/Ramsey, Geneva, 1984, 241-247.
Comments of the Joint Committee of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Germany and the LWF German National Committee regarding the document 'The
Condemnations of the Reformation Era. Do They Still Divide?' in: Lehrverurteilungen
im Gespröch, Göttingen, 1993 (hereafter: VELKD).
Denzinger-Schönmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum .... 32nd to 36th edition (hereafter:
DS).
Denzinger-Húnermann, Enchiridion Symbolorum .... since the 37th edition (hereafter:
DH).
Evaluation of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity of the Study
Lehrverurteilungen - kirchentrennend?, Vatican, 1992, unpublished document (hereaf-
ter: PCPCU).
Justification hy Faith, Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue VII, Minneapolis, 1985
(hereafter: USA).
The Condemnations of the Reformation Era. Do they Still Divide?
Edited by Karl Lehmann and Wolfhart Pannenberg, Minneapolis, 1990 (hereafter:
LV:E)
To 3: The common understanding of justification (paras 16 and 17)
(LV:E 68f; VELKD 95)
- '... a faith centered and forensicaliy conceived picture of justification is of major
imjxjrtance for Paul and, in a sense, for the Bible as a whole, although it is by no
means the only biblical or Pauline way of representing God’s saving work' (USA, no.
146).
- 'Catholics as well as Lutherans can acknowledge the need to test the practices,
structures, and theologies of the church by the extent to which they help or hinder ’the
proclamation of God’s free and merciful promises in Christ Jesus which can be rightly
received only through faith’ (para. 28)' (USA, no. 153).
Regarding the 'fundamental affirmation' (USA, no. 157; cf. 4) it is said:
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