Communio Sanctorum
Subtitle: The Church as the Communion Saints (Unitas Books)
Contributors: Mark W. Jeske (Translator); Michael Root (Translator); Daniel R. Smith (Translator)
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9780814625668
Subjects: Christian theology; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Religion - Classic Works; Communion of saints; Christianity - Christian Life - General; Spanish: Adult Nonfiction; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Relations; Ecumenism; Christian Theology - Catholic; Christian Theology - Ecclesiology; Catholic Church; Religion - Roman Catholic; Christian Life - General; Lutheran Church
First sentence: (1) In the New Testament, believers are called "saints" (1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1; Eph 4:12; Col 1:12).
Description: This is the product of the official German Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue and the first major Lutheran-Catholic ecumenical statement since the ground-breking Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in 1999. It focuses on the ecclesiastical issues that the Joint Declaration identified as the remaining obstacles to Lutheran-Catholic communion. The metaphor of the Church as the Communion of Saints serves as a framework for addressing ecumenical issues such as sacraments, ministry, the role of the Church in salvation, and the papacy.