Ten Years of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

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Ten Years of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
http://www.wfn.org/2009/10/msg00094.html

Roman Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists to Commemorate the
Event on October 30 and 31 in Augsburg

AUGSBURG, Germany/GENEVA, 15 October 2009 (LWI) - Several
commemorative events will be held in Augsburg, Germany on 30 and
31 October to celebrate the signing of the Joint Declaration on
the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) between the Lutheran World
Federation (LWF) and the Roman Catholic Church ten years ago.

During a special worship service on Reformation Day in 1999, the
LWF and the Vatican affirmed that mutual condemnations on the
decisive question of justification that had been repeated for
centuries no longer applied to the teaching of the respective
churches. At the 2006 World Methodist Conference in Seoul, South
Korea, the member churches of the World Methodist Council
formally affirmed the JDDJ.

The highlight of the upcoming commemorative celebrations will be
a ceremony on 30 October at 19:30 hrs in the Golden Hall of the
Augsburg "Rathaus." Greetings by the Lord Mayor of Augsburg Dr
Kurt Gribl; by Bishop Dr Johannes Friedrich of Munich, presiding
bishop of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany; and
by Bishop Dr Walter Mixa of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Augsburg, will be followed by brief introductions to the topic by
the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian
Unity (PCPCU) Walter Cardinal Kasper, and by LWF General
Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko. Prof. em. Eberhard Juengel from
Tuebingen will deliver the keynote address titled "What Does Our
Happiness Have to Do with Our Blessedness?"...