Differentiated Consensus as a Means of Correcting Unilateral Ecclesiological Developments?

The methodology of "differentiated consensus," which was used to arrive at the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification between Lutherans and Catholics in 1999, has led to more progress in 40 years than in the previous five centuries, through reinterpreting certain formulations t...

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Subtitles:Ecumenical Dialogue Today and Tomorrow
Main Author: Legrand, Hervé 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-279
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
KDD Protestant Church
KDJ Ecumenism
NBN Ecclesiology
Further subjects:B Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
B Lutheran World Federation
B Roman Catholic Church
B differentiated consensus
B ecumenical methodology
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Summary:The methodology of "differentiated consensus," which was used to arrive at the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification between Lutherans and Catholics in 1999, has led to more progress in 40 years than in the previous five centuries, through reinterpreting certain formulations that were seemingly incompatible, and allowing correction of those doctrinal developments that are unilaterally self-referential and that reach far back in history. To assess the progress made, this article examines the type of doctrinal consensus originally required by the Catholic Church, so as to understand what is new about differentiated consensus and its potential for correcting unilateral doctrinal developments.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12436