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Nearly 20 years ago, on 31 October 1999, representatives of the LWF and the Catholic Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) in Augsburg, Germany. With the JDDJ, Lutherans and Catholics had identified a differentiated consensus on the question that had deeply divided the church in the West. This consensus provided the grounds to mutually declare that condemnations expressed in the past do not apply anymore.
The JDDJ was the theological cornerstone that enabled Catholics and Lutherans to develop the document "From Conflict to Communion" in 2013 and to jointly commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in Lund/ Malmö, Sweden, in 2016.
In the links below, you will find material which the LWF and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity have jointly developed and shared with the respective Catholic and Lutheran churches to mark the 20th anniversary of this historic moment. This includes a liturgy and additional archive materials.
Title | Type | Language |
LWI / Story on ecumenism | EN: A liturgy to share what “unites us” | |
DE: A liturgy to share what “unites us” | ||
ES: A liturgy to share what “unites us” | ||
FR: A liturgy to share what “unites us” | ||
Sample Tweets and quotes | EN: Sample Tweets and Quotes | |
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ES: Sample Tweets and Quotes | ||
FR: Sample Tweets and Quotes |
Title | Type | Language |
Prayer Service for the 20th anniversary of the JDDJ | EN | DE | ES | FR | |
JDDJ - 20th Anniversary Edition | EN | COMING SOON: DE, ES, FR | |
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification | EN | |
JDDJ - Original document from 1999 | EN |
ENGLISH
- 13/04/2021 - Remembering Cardinal Cassidy: Dialogue and reconciliation
- 25/01/2021 - Ecumenical partnerships in a post-pandemic world
- 04/01/2021 - Reaffirmed commitment to path from conflict to communion
- 06/11/2020 - Online Reformation Day prayer engages Lutherans worldwide
- 30/10/2020 - Witnessing together in a broken world
- 28/10/2020 - LWF youth to lead online Reformation day prayer
- 05/10/2020 - Worshiping together on Reformation Day
- 09/06/2020 - Mennonite, Protestant, Catholic theologians receive ecumenical award
- 20/01/2020 - New prize to recognize commitment to ecumenical relations
- 31/10/2019 - Churches mark JDDJ anniversary on Reformation Day
DEUTSCH
- 21/01/2022 - Bischof Farrell: „Synodalität“ und die Suche nach der Einheit der Christen
- 19/01/2022 - Gebetswoche für die Einheit der Christen: Licht aus dem Osten
- 22/11/2021 - ZacTax-Materialsammlung: Kirchen bei Forderungen nach gerechtem Steuersystem unterstützen
- 25/10/2021 - Lund: Fünf Jahre einer neuen Freundschaft feiern
- 14/10/2021 - COP26: Klimakrise erfordert schnelles Handeln
- 06/10/2021 - Appell: "Rettet unser gemeinsames Haus"
- 06/09/2021 - USA: „Wir sind – gemeinsam – Teil hiervon“
- 27/08/2021 - Einladung zur „Zeit der Schöpfung“ 2021
- 26/08/2021 - Lateinamerikanerinnen werden für theologische Forschung ausgezeichnet
- 30/07/2021 - Ökumenische Vision lebt durch Harding-Meyer-Preis weiter
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