Engrafted into Christ (American University Studies)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820474088 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This ecumenical agreement claims to resolve all church-dividing differences on justification without requiring doctrinal revision, a claim that Engrafted into Christ challenges with a twofold thesis. A concluding series of original reflections illustrates the intelligibility of Catholic teaching, identifies a self-destructive element in «sola fide», and challenges structural elements of Lutheran theology. Experts as well as educated laypersons will be interested in this book.. Catholics and Lutherans signed the Joint Declaration on Justification in 1999. First, the historic disagreement over justification was s
The Author: Christopher J. He is currently Assistant Professor of Theology at The University of Dallas and is Associate Editor of the English edition of Nova et Vetera. at Catholic University in Washington, DC. . His fields of interest include theological anthropology and Trinitarian theology with a specialization in the work of Thomas Aquinas. Mall
Michael G. Sirilla said A charitable and true critique. Dr. Malloy has provided an invaluable service to the ecumenical movement in this volume. He communicates his thoroughgoing knowledge, not only of the history of the Lutheran-Catholic dialog in Europe and in the US, but also of the historical origins of the divide: including Luther's teachings, and those of Melanchthon and the Book of Concord, as well as the many attempts on the Catholic side to prevent schism - from Cajetan to Seripando and, finally, to the mutual condemnations of Trent and Augsburg. Malloy definitively demonstrates, in his characteristic air-tight fashion, that there was not me. A much needed critique of the Joint Declaration Christopher J. Malloy's *Engrafted into Christ* is a vigorous, erudite, and incisive critique of the Lutheran/Catholic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. As a Catholic theologian, Dr Malloy believes that the Declaration neither accurately states the Catholic understanding of justification nor represents a deeper apprehension of the mystery of grace such that would justify the Declaration's assertion that "a consensus in basic truths of the doctrine of justification exists between Lutherans and Catholics." The composers of the Declaration have achieved consensus, but they have do. "This was very helpful to me in thinking through the" according to Robert C. Koons. This was very helpful to me in thinking through the issue of justification, on my road from Lutheranism to Catholicism.
Engrafted into Christ is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about the history and prospects of Catholic-Lutheran dialogue.- (J. Lamb, Professor of Theology, Ave Maria University, Naples, Florida)" . Malloy provides an important and challenging contribution toward understanding the differences between the Catholic and Lutheran doctrines and theologies of justification. Malloy subjects the 1999 Joint Declaration on Justification to a rigorous historical and theological analysis that exposes deep and important differences in Lutheran and Catholic conceptions of justifying grace. The differences are carefully and wisely studied, with openness to further questions and corrections. A. This book exemplifies a genuine ecumenism that c