Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Joint Declaration on Justification and the Problem of Difference; I. Introduction; II. The Absence of a Fundamental Difference in the JDDJ; III. An Ambiguity; IV. The First Issue: The Location of the Fundamental Difference; V. The Second Issue: Theological Concerns and Ecclesial Doctrines; VI. Summary; Chapter 2 Reception of Theological Advances; I. Introduction; II. Otto Hermann Pesch and the Ambiguities of Difference; III. The Finnish School of Luther Interpretation and the Justification Debate
IV. SummaryChapter 3 The Reception of Previous Dialogue Results; I. Introduction; II. Diversity and Ecumenical Strategies; III. Existential and Sapiential Theology Revisited; IV. The Problem of Doctrine; V. The German Dialogue and the Problem of Reception; VI. Summary; Chapter 4 The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification: Analysis; I.A Brief History of the JDDJ; II. Characteristics of the JDDJ as an Official Reception of Previous Dialogues; III. The Content of the JDDJ; Conclusion; I. The JDDJ and the Fundamental Difference; II. Doctrinal Demarcation; III. The Assessment
IV. Justification as Criterion and the ChurchBibliograph; Index
Summary
One of the most divisive issues in Western Christianity since the Reformation is the question of how humans are justified by God. In 1999, after many decades of ecumenical dialogue, Lutherans and Roman Catholics have declared that this issue of justification by faith is no longer a cause of division between them. One of the fascinating features of this Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) is that it expresses a differentiated consensus on justification. The method of differentiated consensus is generally regarded as an important methodological step forward in the ecumenica
