1. The Current Situation in Ecumenical Theology 2. Its Nature and Purpose 3. Communion:The Guiding Principle 4. Open Questions in Ecclesiology 5. A Rapprochement between East and West 6. The Joint Declaration on Justification 7. Petrine Ministry 8. Spiritual Ecumenism 9. Contemporary Pluralism
Cardinal Walter Kasper was President of The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. A German by birth, he spends much time lecturing and giving conferences in the English-speaking world.
The book's 10 chapters include important addresses or articles by
Cardinal Kasper during his years of international church
leadership.... Christians can thank God for the Holy Spirit's
working in the midst of the modern ecumenical movement, and for
skillful scholars and ministers like Cardinal Kasper who assist us
to be more deeply engaged together in the common pilgrimage toward
full, visible unity.
*Catholic Explorer*
Kasper is also very helpful in addressing the difficult question of
relations with the Eastern churches, including the filioque clause,
the future of the Eastern Catholic churches and the problem of the
autocephaly of the Orthodox national churches....As a theologian
who is also a cardinal of the Roman Curia, Kasper shows
considerable ability to push the tradition and at the same time to
interpret some of the more difficult positions...rich in wisdom for
pursuing Jesus' call :that all may be one.
*America: The National Catholic Weekly*
The well-known German theologian and Cardinal Prefect of the
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity pulls together a
series of reflections that provide an overarching vision for
ecumenical work in the present moment. Given the nature of his role
in the Vatican Curia, as well as the different dialogue partners
with whom he is engaged, the book is remarkably forthright in
illustrating his hopes while accounting for the very real obstacles
to unity. One of the many strengths of his book is the
international vantage he now enjoys in coming to his conclusions,
though his notes betray a rather Eurocentric gleaning of the
literature...it should also be read by every ecumenical officer or
persons with an interest in fostering unity among faiths.
*Catholic Library World*
No living Catholic theologian is more qualified than Cardinal
Kasper to comment on the current state of ecumenical relations. In
summary, when the current dean of ecumenical theology on the
Catholic side speaks out on the present perceived impasse on
ecumenism, all will so well to listen.... Kasper is wise in his
assessment that "full communion will not be achieved by convergence
alone, but even more by conversion.
*Horizons*
Kasper's very positive book is an invitation to continue this
conversation with the Cardinal and, because of his position in the
Vatican, with the Roman Catholic Church as such.
*Theology*
Happily, however, although Walter Kasper's words command attention
on the basis of his prominent position alone- he is head of the
Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity-
in him we have a theologian of high caliber whose works have been
widely read for years and can be reviewed on their own merits.
"...I... warmly recommend Kasper's book to all those who want to
understand the mind of the Catholic Church's foremost ecumenist and
one of her most prominent contemporary theologians, and also to
understand the contemporary debates of ecumenical theology.
*Touchstone: Journal of Mere Christianity*
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