Catholics And Lutherans On Apostolic Succession

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dc.contributor.authorMaKanja, Daniel Waweri
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-26T07:43:01Z
dc.date.available2021-03-26T07:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractMost of the churches hold that each is the true church and the others are not. We even have churches Egiuing one another and acquiring mission territories, where no other church should come to interfere with their mission thus developing enmity. This is contrary to the gospel which each church claim to be preaching. The reason behind all these is our understanding of the scripture and what we mean by the mission entrusted to us by Christ. How can we accommodate one another as perpetuators of shalom. whch was the main intention of Christ's incarnation, that all may be one? This can be &thieved if we go back to the drawing board, where we can come to terms with the true mission ideology actualised in the field. Dialogue comes in as the diagnosis to this problem. The closing words of his holiness John Paul II during the interreligious assembly serves as our opening tag for this voyage, which we are about to begin. This is to make us open the doors for a scent of fresh air to come in and accommodate one another as partners in dialogue. He said: The Holy Father's words express the desire to have the peace in its Fullness, '.here humanity may 1;ve as brothers and sisters, no hatred or segregation on religious affiliation He advocates for promotion of human virtues in order to bring this shalom. The implication here is that to recognise others we have to acknowledge that they are different and we have come together in order to learn more deeply from one another. In our Christian context today, we have different groupings mushrooming. our Protestant brethren's have seen the need of coming together in order to have discussions on various doctrines and co-operate in evangelisation. The result was the formation of the World Council of Churches. The Lutherans have the world Lutheran federation. In the Catholic Church we have a special commission currently under Cardinal Walter Kasper, known as Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, which has a role of promoting this ecumenical spirit and inter religious dialogue. In the decree on ecumenism the sacred synod gives the justification for dialogue with the ecclesial communities separated from us. It says that: "although they lack the fullness of unity which flows from baptism, and although we believe they have not preserved the proper reality of the Eucharistic mystery in its fullness especially because of the absence of the sacrament of Orders.., this should form subject of dialogue."(UR 22) The Catholics and the Lutherans have come together forming the joint theological group, which has the role of discussing various doctrines and coming to .....en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/1301
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectCatholicsen_US
dc.subjectCatholicsen_US
dc.subjectApostolic Successionen_US
dc.titleCatholics And Lutherans On Apostolic Successionen_US
dc.typeLong Essayen_US
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