Kardinal Kaspers foredrag om økumenikk – sier også litt om situasjonen i Den norske kirke
Kardinal Kaspers foredrag for alle Kirkens kardinaler fredag 23/11 om økumenikk er blitt trykt på italiensk i L’Osservatore Romano, og oversatt til engelsk av www.chiesa – les det her. Han tok i foredraget opp forholdene til fem ulike kirkefamilier:
– with the pre-Chalcedonian Eastern Churches;
– with the Orthodox Churches of the Byzantine, Syrian, and Slavic traditions;
– with the ecclesial Communities born of the Protestant Reformation;
– with the «evangelical» Communities;
– with the Charismatic and Pentecostal Communities.
Med kirkesamfunn som springer ut fra reformasjonen nevnte han både det positive som har skjedd, men også den nye uenigheten som har kommer i etiske spørsmål – implisitt tar han her opp det nye vedtaket om samlevende homofile personer i Den norske kirke.
We now move on to relations with the ecclesial Communities born from the Reformation. Encouraging signs have also appeared in this area. All the ecclesial Communities have expressed their interest in dialogue, and the Catholic Church is in dialogue with almost all of the ecclesial Communities. A certain agreement has been reached in the realm of the truths of faith, above all regarding the fundamental questions of the doctrine of justification. In many places, there is fruitful collaboration in the social and humanitarian sphere. There has been the gradual spread of an attitude of mutual trust and friendship, characterized by a profound desire for unity, which endures even though there are, from time to time, some harsh exchanges and bitter disappointments. In fact, the solid network of both personal and institutional relationships that has been developed is capable of withstanding the occasional tensions. …
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