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504 1, 29 | of mutual opposition must disappear. Only thus will dialogue
505 1, 8 | thus our "hope does not disappoint us" (Rom 5:5). This is the
506 2, 74 | our time: hunger, natural disasters and social injustice.~
507 1, 11 | members cause God's plan to be discernible only with difficulty. Speaking
508 1, 17 | Communities with useful tools for discerning what is necessary to the
509 3, 92 | power of grace where the disciple experiences the bitter taste
510 2, 50 | historical development, the disciplines coming from the earliest
511 1, 26 | 8). "Ecumenical" prayer discloses this fundamental dimension
512 2, 56 | cooperation which never yields to discouragement. Saint Paul urges us: "Bear
513 3, 88(147) | Cf. Discourse at the Headquarters of the
514 1, 38 | other, makes surprising discoveries possible. Intolerant polemics
515 1, 15 | Christian Communities, the discovery of examples of holiness,
516 2, 51 | charity, and for doctrinal discussion in the framework of the
517 1, 36 | attitudes under which doctrinal discussions should take place: "Catholic
518 1, 15 | condemning the "other side", of a disdain born of an unhealthy presumption.
519 3, 98 | to a shared, sincere and disinterested search for truth. Yes, the
520 1, 29 | For this to happen, any display of mutual opposition must
521 2, 68 | their worship sometimes displays notable features of the
522 2, 41 | given is the condition which disposes us to receive those gifts
523 Exh, 102 | deep for words" (Rom 8:26), disposing us to ask God for what we
524 2, 49 | matters traditionally in dispute.~
525 1, 38 | centuries there have been disputes about Christology. As far
526 3, 81 | keep carefully in mind the distinction between the deposit of faith
527 1, 25 | pilgrim. In recent years, many distinguished leaders of other Churches
528 2, 74 | of spiritual and bodily distress, the education of youth,
529 Int, 2 | the walls of division and distrust, to overcome obstacles and
530 2, 42 | result of violent political disturbances, a certain aggressiveness
531 Exh, 102 | sacrifice of a sower of disunion, but commands that he depart
532 2, 65 | Western" in character. Their "diversities", although significant as
533 3, 84 | the forces of evil which divide humanity. As the liturgies
534 1, 5 | explains, Jesus "broke down the dividing wall of hostility ... through
535 2, 54 | place on the banks of the Dnieper goes back to a time when
536 1, 37 | presenting or comparing doctrines: "They should remember that
537 1, 18 | changing the meaning of dogmas, eliminating essential words
538 3, 84(140) | Sanctorum "coronando merita tua dona coronans",~
539 | done
540 2, 54(86) | Message Magnum Baptismi Donum, (14 February 1988): AAS
541 1, 27(50) | Maria Sagheddu was born at Dorgali (Sardinia) in 1914. At twenty-one
542 Exh, 100 | the baptized.~There is no doubt that the Holy Spirit is
543 2, 57 | Church of the West has amply drawn for its liturgy, spiritual
544 2, 58 | the Second Vatican Council drew pastoral consequences which
545 3, 94(152) | Christ Pastor Aeternus: DS 3074.~
546 2, 52 | considered it one of the first duties of my pontificate to renew
547 1, 6 | sent his Son, so that by dying and rising for us he might
548 1, 40 | true school of ecumenism, a dynamic road to unity. Unity of
549 1, 10 | Christ, possess an inner dynamism towards Catholic unity".11~"
550 2, 55 | Churches remained in unity: "an eager desire to perpetuate in
551 2, 50 | disciplines coming from the earliest times and approved by the
552 Int, 1 | his disciples to unity. My earnest desire is to renew this
553 Int, 4 | to serve his brethren. I earnestly invite the faithful of the
554 1, 20 | they can achieve depth and ease in strengthening mutual
555 3, 94 | catholica et apostolica Ecclesia is made present. All the
556 2, 58 | Catholic Churches Orientalium Ecclesiarum has stated: "Pastoral experience
557 2, 64 | Christian people lived in ecclesiastical communion".109 On the other
558 Int, 1 | finding an ever greater echo in the hearts of believers,
559 3, 86 | fundamental affirmation echoed by the Decree Unitatis Redintegratio,141
560 1, 24 | 1982); in that magnificent edifice, I saw "an eloquent witness
561 1, 10 | salvation which derive their efficacy from the very fullness of
562 2, 53 | in commemoration of the eleventh centenary of the evangelizing
563 1, 24 | each had its own special eloquence. They have all become part
564 3, 85 | grace which is meant to embellish the koinonia. God's grace
565 2, 60 | issue which has frequently embittered relations between Catholics
566 3, 97 | Churches has chosen as its emblem— will not be buffeted by
567 1, 9 | and in which he wishes to embrace all people, is not something
568 2, 67 | time of the Reformation emerged with regard to the Church,
569 3, 90 | the person of Peter has an eminent place. In the first part
570 1, 24 | his Church. With profound emotion I remember praying together
571 2, 57 | does not limit itself to emphasizing the elements of similarity
572 2, 54 | which I have frequently employed finds its deepest meaning:
573 Int, 1 | to minimize the Cross, to empty it of its meaning, and to
574 Exh, 102 | do not present ourselves empty-handed at the appointed time: "
575 2, 57 | misunderstanding, the Lord is enabling us to discover ourselves
576 2, 57 | mystery of divine love is enacted, and surely this is the
577 2, 71 | be made of other forms of encounter, common prayer and practical
578 2, 72 | on 6 October 1991.~I have encountered similar sentiments on the
579 Int, 2 | and tangible results: this encourages us to move forward.~Nevertheless,
580 2, 52 | December 1965. The Council thus ended with a solemn act which
581 1, 11 | with which God wishes to endow his Church, and this despite
582 2, 42 | consider other Christians as enemies or strangers but see them
583 Int, 3 | especially considering the engagement which awaits the Church
584 2, 47 | matters of doctrine but engages the whole person; it is
585 1, 13 | these actions can truly engender a life of grace, and can
586 2, 72 | to the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales) in
587 2, 50 | Church's unity, but rather enhances her splendour and contributes
588 1, 20 | to the degree that they enjoy profound communion with
589 1, 8 | the Christian conscience enlightened by faith and guided by love.
590 3, 95 | shine his light upon us, enlightening all the Pastors and theologians
591 2, 70 | prayer is the source of enlightenment concerning the truth which
592 Int, 2 | vision of things, a vision enlivened by divine mercy and capable
593 1, 15 | mirabilia Dei) has been enriched by new horizons, for which
594 3, 87 | this process of mutual enrichment must be taken seriously
595 3, 93 | Christ to manifest to a world ensnared by its sins and evil designs
596 3, 94 | the Bishop of Rome must ensure the communion of all the
597 Exh, 102 | from the Lord, with renewed enthusiasm and a deeper awareness,
598 2, 53 | Churches and nations of Europe entrust their future.~
599 1, 26 | with all the more hope, entrusting to him the future of their
600 1, 38 | that these truths may be enunciated by the Sacred Magisterium
601 1, 5 | Indeed, as the Letter to the Ephesians explains, Jesus "broke down
602 2, 62 | formulations of the Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon. All these
603 3, 94 | precisely in "keeping watch" (episkopein), like a sentinel, so that,
604 1, 38 | changeable conceptions of a given epoch and can be expressed without
605 2, 64 | On the other hand, with equal realism the same Document
606 2, 61 | must accomplish, a task equally incumbent on the Orthodox
607 1, 23 | contradiction which could not escape those who listened to the
608 1, 14 | manifested the Church in her eschatological reality, which he had prepared "
609 1, 9 | it belongs to the very essence of this community. God wills
610 3 | CHAPTER III - QUANTA EST NOBIS VIA?~
611 2, 56 | the gradual and mutual estrangement between the Churches of
612 1, 9 | communion, which is his eternal life. Christ's words "that
613 1, 9 | the Father's plan from all eternity. Such is the meaning of
614 2, 68 | questions which, in the area of ethics and morality, is becoming
615 2, 62(107) | of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia (11 June 1993): L'Osservatore
616 2, 62 | Venerable Patriarch of the Ethiopian Church, Abuna Paulos, paid
617 1, 19 | forms of particularism, ethnic exclusivism or racial prejudice,
618 2, 72 | is true above all for the European countries, in which these
619 2, 50 | for themselves a correct evaluation of these facts".83~
620 3, 98 | that, in the mind of the Evangelist, unity is above all for
621 3, 98 | Evangelii Nuntiandi: "As evangelizers, we must offer Christ's
622 1, 6 | the Spirit of love. On the eve of his sacrifice on the
623 2, 58 | which are useful for the everyday life of the faithful and
624 2, 42 | expressions which more readily evoke the deep communion — linked
625 2, 55 | the East and in the West evolved in reference to that Apostolic
626 3, 94 | Vatican Council— declare ex cathedra that a certain
627 Int, 3 | time, she acknowledges and exalts still more the power of
628 1, 36 | appear when disagreements are examined. This dimension, which is
629 1, 36 | view and, above all, for examining those disagreements which
630 Int, 3 | Millennium. That will be an exceptional occasion, in view of which
631 3, 92 | weakness"; consequently, he can exclaim: "When I am weak, then I
632 1, 15 | an awareness of certain exclusions which seriously harm fraternal
633 2, 47 | Dialogue does not extend exclusively to matters of doctrine but
634 1, 19 | of particularism, ethnic exclusivism or racial prejudice, and
635 2, 44(75) | CHRISTIAN UNITY and the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED
636 1, 27 | a model which I consider exemplary, the model of a Trappistine
637 1, 16 | Christian Community can exempt itself from this call.~By
638 3, 92 | Apostles, the Bishop of Rome exercises a ministry originating in
639 Int, 4 | mission in the Church and exhorted him to strengthen his brethren,
640 1, 13 | elements of great value (eximia), which in the Catholic
641 2, 56 | structures of unity which existed before the separation are
642 1, 28 | dialogue implies a global, existential dimension. It involves the
643 2, 55 | Pentecost and its original expansion in the oikoumene of that
644 2, 49 | not a matter of choice or expediency, but a duty which springs
645 1, 18 | reconciliation brought about at the expense of the truth? The Council'
646 1, 34 | righteous; and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for
647 3, 92 | perspective. Its power is explained from this perspective.~
648 2, 66 | plays a special role in the explanation and proclamation of the
649 3, 85 | some circumstances to make explicit certain aspects of the Christian
650 2, 58 | Canon Law.95 It has been explicitly treated from the pastoral
651 2, 76 | a risk of religion being exploited for political and polemical
652 1, 36 | the manner and method of expounding the Catholic faith should
653 2, 42 | to be replaced today by expressions which more readily evoke
654 2, 47 | 47. Dialogue does not extend exclusively to matters of
655 3, 80 | require universal consent, extending from the Bishops to the
656 2, 41 | proportions and have become so extensive. This is truly an immense
657 3, 82 | cordial understanding or external sociability. The bonds of
658 2, 48 | an ecumenical potential extraordinarily rich in grace. The Second
659 3, 84 | to pour out his grace in extraordinary ways. The experience of
660 1, 40 | be made smooth".68~In the eyes of the world, cooperation
661 1, 5 | Old Testament, the Prophet Ezekiel, referring to the situation
662 1, 39 | disagreements should be faced in a sincere spirit of fraternal
663 1, 36 | forms of reductionism or facile "agreement" must be absolutely
664 2, 75 | sphere.~Such cooperation will facilitate the quest for unity. The
665 Int, 2 | made and the contingent factors at work at the origins of
666 2, 50 | correct evaluation of these facts".83~
667 3, 81 | contribution which theologians and faculties of theology are called to
668 1, 36 | in a way that is correct, fair and understandable, and
669 1, 29 | brethren with truth and fairness and so make mutual relations
670 Exh, 100 | commitment to apply, as faithfully as possible, the teachings
671 1, 11 | which her members daily fall. The Catholic Church knows
672 1, 6 | God and his plan, which falls to those who through Baptism
673 1, 31 | for all the faithful to be familiar with the method which makes
674 2, 72 | which I presided in Piazza Farnese, on the sixth centenary
675 1, 36 | dialogue, while standing fast by the teaching of the Church
676 1, 26 | mysterious reality of God's fatherhood and the truth about the
677 2, 52 | Patriarchate to Rome for the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter
678 3, 91 | me more than these? ... Feed my sheep" (cf. Jn 21:15-
679 2, 76 | harmonious expression of feelings which struck a resonant
680 Int, 3 | Saviour's plan. Because she feels herself constantly called
681 2, 43 | the authorities and their fellow-citizens against taking steps which
682 1, 7 | Everywhere, large numbers have felt the impulse of this grace,
683 2, 74 | has just been outlined is fertile ground not only for dialogue
684 Int, 4 | Bishop of Rome himself must fervently make his own Christ's prayer
685 3, 99 | and desires, with Gospel fervour, the salvation of mankind
686 3, 80 | Magisterium and awakens the sensus fidei.~Consequently, for the outcome
687 3, 89 | Recently the delegates to the Fifth World Assembly of the Commission
688 3, 98(156) | 1975), 77: AAS 68 (1976), fig; cf. SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL
689 3, 89(149) | INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION, Final Report, ARCIC-I (September
690 2, 42 | ecclesiological statement.~It is fitting to recall that the fundamental
691 2, 55 | that in the East there flourish many particular or local
692 2, 57 | the Holy Fathers, there flourished in the East that monastic
693 1, 20 | fruit borne by a healthy and flourishing tree which grows to its
694 2, 67 | unity with us which should flow from Baptism", observes
695 2, 57 | spirituality which later flowed over into the Western world".91
696 2, 57 | which local Churches were fond of applying to one another (
697 2, 75 | was hungry and you gave me food" (Mt 25:35). As I have already
698 3, 84 | of God's victory over the forces of evil which divide humanity.
699 3, 84 | been shaped, but first and foremost this reality of holiness.139~
700 2, 66 | the One whom the prophets foretold, God's Word made flesh for
701 1, 22 | same yesterday, today and forever!" (Heb 13:8). In the fellowship
702 3, 82 | fraternal koinonia must be forged before God and in Christ
703 3, 98 | times we run the risk of forgetting that, in the mind of the
704 1, 34 | only personal sins must be forgiven and left behind, but also
705 1, 23 | new way. It must not be forgotten in fact that the Lord prayed
706 1, 38 | Nowadays we need to find the formula which, by capturing the
707 1, 18 | Ecumenism mentions the way of formulating doctrine as one of the elements
708 2, 60 | territory, but will also foster their joint commitment to
709 2, 42 | character — which the Spirit fosters in spite of historical and
710 2, 60 | Commission has laid the doctrinal foundations for a positive solution
711 2, 53 | Thessalonica with the great founder of Western monasticism serves
712 3, 85 | the Saints. In spite of fragmentation, which is an evil from which
713 Int, 4 | clear sense of my own human frailty. Indeed, if Christ himself
714 2, 51 | doctrinal discussion in the framework of the Joint International
715 2, 76 | back to the town of Saint Francis as a pilgrim on 9-10 January
716 1, 16 | this call.~By engaging in frank dialogue, Communities help
717 2, 46 | receive these sacraments, freely request them and manifest
718 2, 74 | cooperation. With increasing frequency Christians are working together
719 1, 15 | proclamation that "the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is
720 3, 79 | identify the areas in need of fuller study before a true consensus
721 3, 97 | Church in Jerusalem. This function of Peter must continue in
722 2, 58 | Sacraments and in other sacred functions and objects".94~In the light
723 2, 46 | specific norms; for the sake of furthering ecumenism these norms must
724 1, 37(63) | Ecclesiae (24 June 1973), 4: AAS G5 (1973), 402.~
725 1, 22 | prayer, they will be able to gain the courage to face all
726 2, 58 | the light of experience gained in the years following the
727 1, 32 | Through such dialogue everyone gains a truer knowledge and more
728 1, 9 | not merely consist in the gathering of people as a collection
729 Exh, 102 | As the Church turns her gaze to the new millennium, she
730 1, 7 | has begun to bestow more generously upon divided Christians
731 1, 26 | genuinely self-denying, humble, gentle in the service of others,
732 1, 26 | Spirit for the grace to be genuinely self-denying, humble, gentle
733 1, 24 | Liturgy in the Church of Saint George at the Ecumenical Patriarchate (
734 2, 72 | Europe which took me twice to Germany, in November 1980 and in
735 2, 45 | vestments, light, incense, gestures). Moreover, in schools of
736 Exh, 102 | obtain this grace? Through giving thanks, so that we do not
737 2, 55 | This most sacred Synod gladly reminds all ... that in
738 1, 28 | all dialogue implies a global, existential dimension.
739 2, 42 | and the subsequent duty to glorify God in his work. The Directory
740 2, 58 | various regulations which govern it.~There must never be
741 1, 10 | Catholic Church, which is governed by the Successor of Peter
742 1, 12 | also he gives his gifts and graces, and is thereby operative
743 Exh, 102 | separation. The Spirit is able to grant us clear-sightedness, strength
744 2, 72 | important in itself. I am deeply grateful for the warm reception which
745 3, 98 | spread and, consequently, it gravely damages their witness. This
746 3, 90 | at Rome that he gives his greatest proof of love and fidelity.
747 2, 62 | My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord" (Lk 1:46).~
748 1, 27(50) | Trappistine Monastery in Grottaferrata. Through the apostolic labours
749 3, 84 | incomplete, is truly and solidly grounded in the full communion of
750 1, 19 | society in which they had grown up".35 Thus they put into
751 1, 17 | Moreover, it is an essential guarantee for its future. The faithful
752 3, 88 | Fathers, the visible sign and guarantor of unity, constitutes a
753 2, 57 | Ecumenical Councils which guarded the deposit of faith against
754 3, 99 | I: "May the Holy Spirit guide us along the way of reconciliation,
755 1, 36 | terms or in a different guise.~
756 3, 79 | prudence urge us to reject a halfhearted commitment to unity and,
757 3, 94 | including vigilance over the handing down of the Word, the celebration
758 1, 24 | original Greek text. It is hard to describe in a few words
759 1, 15 | exclusions which seriously harm fraternal charity, of certain
760 2, 76 | also prayed for peace in a harmonious expression of feelings which
761 3, 97 | and will one day reach its haven.~
762 3, 85 | from which we need to be healed, there has resulted a kind
763 2, 52 | act which was at once a healing of historical memories,
764 1, 20 | like the fruit borne by a healthy and flourishing tree which
765 2, 68 | grace of Baptism and the hearing of God's Word. This way
766 3, 83 | in which each community hears the call to overcome the
767 Exh, 100 | will was expressed with heartfelt urgency in the prayer which,
768 2, 44 | Anyone who recalls how heavily debates about Scripture
769 1, 22 | yesterday, today and forever!" (Heb 13:8). In the fellowship
770 3, 92 | Christian experience.~As the heir to the mission of Peter
771 1, 35 | again the Council proves helpful. It can be said that the
772 2, 42 | rivals are now in many cases helping one another: places of worship
773 3, 92 | his personal weakness and helplessness. The authority proper to
774 2, 53 | Apostles of the Slavs, those heralds of faith, co-patrons of
775 3, 94 | division, purified of all heresy, that the sheep hear".151
776 2, 42 | choices which are truly heroic.~It needs be reaffirmed
777 1, 9 | faith, the sacraments and hierarchical communion.10 The faithful
778 1, 37 | there exists an order or 'hierarchy' of truths, since they vary
779 2, 53 | West which has raised such high hopes in the period since
780 2, 53 | monasticism serves indirectly to highlight that twofold ecclesial and
781 2, 55 | The Decree on Ecumenism highlights a further distinctive aspect,
782 1, 36 | those disagreements which hinder full communion between Christians.
783 2, 61 | certain that they were at home in any Church, because praise
784 1, 14(19) | SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT, Homilies on the Gospel, 19, 1: PL,
785 2, 74 | 21). The consistency and honesty of intentions and of statements
786 1, 12 | For there are many who honour Sacred Scripture, taking
787 1, 15 | has been enriched by new horizons, for which the Triune God
788 1, 35 | cannot take place merely on a horizontal level, being restricted
789 2, 62 | situations which are often hostile and tragic. This is a concrete
790 1, 9 | 9. Jesus himself, at the hour of his Passion, prayed "
791 2, 75 | Gospel itself, is never mere humanitarian action. It has its reason
792 1, 34 | possible, provided that we are humbly conscious of having sinned
793 2, 74 | and the needs of our time: hunger, natural disasters and social
794 2, 75 | Lord's words: "For I was hungry and you gave me food" (Mt
795 Int, 2 | their painful past and the hurt which that past regrettably
796 2, 72 | Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland) in June 1989. In an atmosphere
797 3, 79 | Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual
798 2, 45 | liturgical signs (images, icons, vestments, light, incense,
799 1, 18 | 18. Taking up an idea expressed by Pope John XXIII
800 3, 79 | It is already possible to identify the areas in need of fuller
801 Int, 3 | profoundly aware of her identity and her mission in history.
802 1, 11 | Decree on Ecumenism does not ignore the fact that "people of
803 1, 27(50) | Church. Following a grave illness, Sister Maria Gabriella
804 3, 94 | such an office would be illusory, the Bishop of Rome must
805 2, 45 | liturgy and liturgical signs (images, icons, vestments, light,
806 2, 45 | ago who could even have imagined such a thing?~
807 3, 91 | 2 Cor 12:7-10). Peter, immediately after receiving his mission,
808 2, 43 | voice of Christians has more impact than any one isolated voice.~
809 Int, 1 | Ecumenical Council with such impassioned commitment is finding an
810 3, 98 | a serious reality which impedes the very work of Christ".156~
811 3, 87 | will certainly be a force impelling towards full and visible
812 2, 58 | for the ecclesiological implication of sharing in the sacraments,
813 1, 26 | to human reason. For he implied a certain likeness between
814 Exh, 102 | millennium, how can we not implore from the Lord, with renewed
815 Exh, 100 | convictions which the Council impressed upon the consciousness of
816 2, 72 | faith which made a profound impression on me. I am speaking of
817 2, 71 | contacts greatly help to improve mutual knowledge and to
818 1, 31 | methods" of dialogue have been improved, which in turn has helped
819 1, 7 | large numbers have felt the impulse of this grace, and among
820 Int, 1 | the commemoration of the Incarnation of the Son of God, who became
821 2, 45 | icons, vestments, light, incense, gestures). Moreover, in
822 2, 49 | remains a powerful source of incentive and orientation.~The Dogmatic
823 1, 37 | of fraternal rivalry to incite all to a deeper realization
824 1, 24 | visits have almost always included an ecumenical meeting and
825 1, 38 | controversies have made incompatible assertions out of what was
826 3, 84 | Communities, even if still incomplete, is truly and solidly grounded
827 2, 66 | profession of faith, a complete incorporation into the system of salvation
828 1, 7 | separated brethren also there increases from day to day a movement,
829 2, 74 | ecumenical cooperation. With increasing frequency Christians are
830 2, 45 | speak to the Father and increasingly we do so "with one heart".
831 2, 43 | at changing the world by inculcating respect for the rights and
832 2, 61 | accomplish, a task equally incumbent on the Orthodox Church.
833 3, 98 | and with the promise of indefectibility, has preached and still
834 2, 43 | Christians who once acted independently are now engaged together
835 Int, 4 | flows from this hope is indestructible. In effect, the firm and
836 1, 15 | Jesus begins his mission, indicate the essential element of
837 1, 15 | Vatican Council, when it indicated as a dimension of renewal
838 1, 37 | Unitatis Redintegratio also indicates a criterion to be followed
839 2, 42 | broadening of vocabulary is indicative of a significant change
840 2, 53 | Western monasticism serves indirectly to highlight that twofold
841 2, 57(89) | Apostolic Brief Anno Ineunte (25 July 1967): Tomos Agapis,
842 1, 38 | 38. In dialogue, one inevitably comes up against the problem
843 1, 11 | which have shaken her, the infidelity of some of her ministers,
844 1, 6 | block to the world, and inflicts damage on the most holy
845 2, 44 | debates about Scripture influenced divisions, especially in
846 2, 45 | of the Lord's Supper only infrequently and have opted for a celebration
847 1, 24 | our long years of common inheritance and to the sad years of
848 Int, 3 | to promote every suitable initiative aimed at making the witness
849 1, 10 | Church of Christ, possess an inner dynamism towards Catholic
850 1, 32 | and his social nature. The inquiry is to be free, carried on
851 1, 5 | so as to be for all an 'inseparable sacrament of unity' ".4~
852 1, 36 | interior and personal, must be inseparably accompanied by a spirit
853 2, 43 | I have had occasion "to insist on this point and to encourage
854 1, 15 | pride, of an unevangelical insistence on condemning the "other
855 3, 95 | exercise that ministry ... I insistently pray the Holy Spirit to
856 3, 91 | clarify the mission of Peter, insists on the fact that he will
857 1, 17 | conversion which it must inspire. These studies are important
858 2, 41 | since the end of the Council inspires us to give thanks to the
859 3, 84 | part of it not only the institutions, rites, means of salvation
860 1, 32 | with the aid of teaching or instruction, communication, and dialogue.
861 1, 27 | Sister Maria Gabriella is instructive; it helps us to understand
862 2, 66 | utterances are precious instruments in the mighty hand of God
863 Int, 2 | Complacency, indifference and insufficient knowledge of one another
864 1, 25 | for unity has become an integral part of the Church's life.
865 Int, 3 | truth and charity.~I myself intend to promote every suitable
866 2, 53 | Saint Benedict, it was my intention not only to reaffirm the
867 2, 65 | therefore preclude mutual interaction and complementarity.~The
868 3, 82 | hands of the One who is our Intercessor before the Father, Jesus
869 2, 76 | to mention the ecumenical interest in peace, expressed in prayer
870 3, 99 | Ecumenism is not only an internal question of the Christian
871 1, 38 | readings and eliminate false interpretations.~One of the advantages of
872 2, 76 | of peace. They see it as intimately connected with the proclamation
873 2, 58 | not jeopardized nor are intolerable risks involved, but in which
874 1, 38 | surprising discoveries possible. Intolerant polemics and controversies
875 Int | INTRODUCTION~
876 2, 63 | truly a fruit of theological investigation and fraternal dialogue.
877 3, 84 | that power. Albeit in an invisible way, the communion between
878 Int, 4 | his brethren. I earnestly invite the faithful of the Catholic
879 Int, 2 | All together, they are invited by the ever fresh power
880 1, 7 | ecumenical, are those who invoke the Triune God and confess
881 1, 26 | Mt 23:9), the Father—Abba—invoked by Christ himself, the Only-begotten
882 3, 79 | require us to avoid both false irenicism and indifference to the
883 3, 94 | opinion being circulated is irreconcilable with the unity of faith.
884 Int, 3 | Church committed herself irrevocably to following the path of
885 2, 43 | more impact than any one isolated voice.~Nor are the leaders
886 1, 5 | that I the Lord sanctify Israel" (cf. 37:16-28). The Gospel
887 1, 16 | and Norms on Ecumenism, issued with my approval by the
888 3, 80 | are in fact dealing with issues which frequently are matters
889 2, 52 | Athenagoras at the Phanar (Istanbul), on 25 July 1967, and in
890 3, 87(144) | 7-20 February 1991): cf. Istina 36 (1991), 389-391.~
891 2, 62 | His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, who for this purpose chose
892 3, 97 | respecting the authority of James, the head of the Church
893 2, 58 | unity of the Church is not jeopardized nor are intolerable risks
894 2, 76 | different but parallel way, Jews and representatives of non-Christian
895 1, 17 | Patriarch of Constantinople, and joining the Patriarch in the concrete
896 2, 71 | Christian unity. Some of my journeys have a precise ecumenical "
897 3, 81 | expressing a definitive judgment.~In all this, it will be
898 2, 57 | spiritual tradition and jurisprudence".90~Part of this "treasury"
899 1, 13 | it declares: "All those justified by faith through Baptism
900 3, 81 | help methodologically to keep carefully in mind the distinction
901 2, 54 | Saint Vladimir in Kiev was a key event in the evangelization
902 3, 91 | it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
903 2, 54 | conferred on Saint Vladimir in Kiev was a key event in the evangelization
904 3, 81 | its results must be made known in appropriate ways by competent
905 1, 19 | Saints Cyril and Methodius laboured to translate the ideas of
906 1, 27(50) | Grottaferrata. Through the apostolic labours of Abbé Paul Couturier,
907 2, 42 | in the Communities most lacking in resources; approaches
908 2, 52 | s pilgrimage to the Holy Land. At that time Pope Paul
909 2, 61 | a marvellous variety of languages and melodies; all were gathered
910 1, 7 | longing for unity. Everywhere, large numbers have felt the impulse
911 2, 42 | not the consequence of a large-hearted philanthropy or a vague
912 1, 17 | matters coincided with the launching of preparations for the
913 3, 90 | Apostles, he appears as the leader and spokesman of the Apostolic
914 2, 61 | ministries and services under the leadership of the Bishop, successor
915 | least
916 2, 65 | becomes an imperative to leave behind our divisions in
917 3, 96 | subject, a dialogue in which, leaving useless controversies behind,
918 1, 34 | sins must be forgiven and left behind, but also social
919 1, 12 | Dogmatic Constitution listed at length "the elements of sanctification
920 2, 42 | of worship are sometimes lent out; scholarships are offered
921 1, 19(38) | Cf. SAINT VINCENT OF LERINS, Commonitorium primum, 23:
922 2, 60 | Already there are signs of a lessening of tensions, which is making
923 2, 62 | ways and with greater or lesser rapidity, restored fraternal
924 3, 93 | s own mercy. This whole lesson of the Gospel must be constantly
925 1, 34 | not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in
926 2, 56 | Churches". In addition, the lifting of the mutual excommunications,
927 1, 26 | For he implied a certain likeness between the union of the
928 1, 22 | all weaknesses and human limitations.~
929 2, 70 | for unity, far from being limited to a group of specialists,
930 2, 75 | influence and even place limits on cooperation. Still, the
931 2, 49 | Constitution Lumen Gentium links its teaching on the Catholic
932 1, 25 | for me to give a complete list of such meetings, even though
933 1, 12 | same Dogmatic Constitution listed at length "the elements
934 1, 23 | could not escape those who listened to the message of salvation
935 3, 84 | divide humanity. As the liturgies sing: "You are glorified
936 Int, 2 | underestimate the burden of long-standing misgivings inherited from
937 1, 7 | though in different ways, longs that there may be one visible
938 3, 91 | heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed
939 3, 91 | loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (16:17-19). Luke
940 3, 93 | the Petrine ministry may lose nothing of its authenticity
941 1, 15 | Gospel and, without ever losing sight of God's plan, change
942 2, 58 | it.~There must never be a loss of appreciation for the
943 1, 12 | true religious zeal. They lovingly believe in God the Father
944 2, 43 | especially the poor, the lowly and the defenceless. In
945 2, 54 | must breathe with her two lungs! In the first millennium
946 2, 72 | time when we, Catholics and Lutherans, will be able to share the
947 1, 24 | Cathedral (29 May 1982); in that magnificent edifice, I saw "an eloquent
948 2, 54(86) | 1988), 933-956; cf. Message Magnum Baptismi Donum, (14 February
949 2, 55 | the first millennium was maintained within those same structures
950 2, 49 | dialogues carried on with the major Christian Communities start
951 3, 95 | ecumenical aspirations of the majority of the Christian Communities
952 2, 75 | among Christians clearly manifests that degree of communion
953 3, 92 | ministry originating in the manifold mercy of God. This mercy
954 2, 52 | These prayer-filled meetings mapped out the path of rapprochement
955 3, 84 | point of the life of grace, martyria unto death, the truest communion
956 3, 84 | Christians already have a common Martyrology. This also includes the
957 2, 61 | rose from them all, in a marvellous variety of languages and
958 2, 57 | other forms of spiritual and material service. Indeed it can be
959 3, 91 | 91. The Gospel of Matthew gives a clear outline of
960 2, 51 | fruitful both for the steady maturing of fraternal relations through
961 2, 72 | Scotland and Wales) in May-June 1982; to Switzerland in
962 3, 79 | revealed truth does not mean to put a brake on the ecumenical
963 | meanwhile
964 2, 66 | and Lord and as the sole Mediator between God and man unto
965 1, 11 | Spirit, the weaknesses, mediocrity, sins and at times the betrayals
966 3, 98 | and capable of finding a meeting-point beyond the real tensions,
967 2, 61 | variety of languages and melodies; all were gathered together
968 3, 79 | Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ
969 Exh, 103 | Ecclesial Communities: "Mend your ways, encourage one
970 1, 18 | the Decree on Ecumenism mentions the way of formulating doctrine
971 3, 92 | at the service of God's merciful plan and it must always
972 3, 84(140) | I: Sanctorum "coronando merita tua dona coronans",~
973 1, 15 | interior conversion. The messianic proclamation that "the time
974 3, 81 | it will be of great help methodologically to keep carefully in mind
975 1, 31 | priorities. As a result, the "methods" of dialogue have been improved,
976 2, 64 | the West at the end of the Middle Ages, or during later times,
977 2, 58 | adopted and now adopts a milder policy, offering to all
978 Exh, 101 | Episcopate to be especially mindful of this commitment. The
979 Int, 2 | capable of freeing people's minds and of inspiring in everyone
980 2, 61 | structure, in the variety of ministries and services under the leadership
981 2, 71 | communities constitute a minority with respect to the post-Reformation
982 1, 15 | the mighty works of God" (mirabilia Dei) has been enriched by
983 Int, 2 | burden of long-standing misgivings inherited from the past,
984 3, 84(140) | Cf. Missale Romanum, Praefatio de Sanctis
985 3, 98 | When non-believers meet missionaries who do not agree among themselves,
986 Int, 2 | and total objectivity the mistakes made and the contingent
987 2, 57 | period of division and mutual misunderstanding, the Lord is enabling us
988 Int, 2 | the past, and of mutual misunderstandings and prejudices. Complacency,
989 3, 78 | of the many International Mixed Commissions of dialogue
990 3, 95 | acted by common consent as moderator".154~In this way the primacy
991 1, 27(50) | entered the Trappistine Monastery in Grottaferrata. Through
992 2, 68 | in the area of ethics and morality, is becoming ever more urgent
993 2, 62(106) | SyrianOrthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Moran Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (
994 3, 98 | inspiration and guiding motif—"that they may all be one ...
995 2, 69 | been progressively set in motion.~Moreover, with regard to
996 2, 66 | to serve as a basis and motivation for such dialogue".113~"
997 2, 42 | spirit of the Sermon on the Mount, Christians of one confession
998 2, 54 | peoples living beyond the Ural Mountains and as far as Alaska.~In
999 3, 96 | allowing ourselves to be deeply moved by his plea "that they may
1000 2, 73 | ecclesial organizations and movements.~
1001 2, 42 | hope that Baptisms will be mutually and officially recognized.70
1002 3, 84(139) | Address at the Shrine in Namugongo, Uganda (2 August 1969):
1003 1, 19 | prejudice, and from any nationalistic arrogance".36 In the same
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