<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Lutherans and Catholics in Australia have engaged in fruitful ecumenical dialogue for forty years, producing eight documents that have consistently had a view toward reception in the two respective churches. In recent years this Dialogue has been encouraged on its journey by the concept of receptive ecumenism. Ecumenical encounter is a work of the Holy Spirit, and each church can be enriched by recognising and receiving the charism of a partner church.</p></abstract>

Lutherans and Catholics in Australia have engaged in fruitful ecumenical dialogue for forty years, producing eight documents that have consistently had a view toward reception in the two respective churches. In recent years this Dialogue has been encouraged on its journey by the concept of receptive ecumenism. Ecumenical encounter is a work of the Holy Spirit, and each church can be enriched by recognising and receiving the charism of a partner church.

A Fruitful Dialogue between Lutherans and Catholics in the South Land of the Holy Spirit

Rev. Dr. Dean Zweck, Lecturer Emeritus in Church History, Australian Lutheran College.

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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Lutherans and Catholics in Australia have engaged in fruitful ecumenical dialogue for forty years, producing eight documents that have consistently had a view...

A Fruitful Dialogue between Lutherans and Catholics in the South Land of the Holy Spirit

Published Online: Sep 18, 2016

Page range: 206 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0017

Keywords
fruitful ecumenical dialogue, receptive ecumenism, justification, dialogue documents, Sacrament and Sacrifice

© 2016 Dean Zweck, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Fruitful Dialogue between Lutherans and Catholics in the South Land of the Holy Spirit

Published Online: Sep 18, 2016

Page range: 206 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0017

Keywordsfruitful ecumenical dialogue, receptive ecumenism, justification, dialogue documents, Sacrament and Sacrifice

© 2016 Dean Zweck, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fruitful ecumenical dialogue, receptive ecumenism, justification, dialogue documents, Sacrament and Sacrifice