Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs

Topics Discussed in the Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue

Co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Boston and Vision New England

EVANGELIZATION

Texts used:

“Evangelization in the Modern World” (Evangelii Nuntiandi), Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Paul VI, 1975.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_p-vi_exh_19751208_evangelii-nuntiandi_en.html

“The Lausanne Covenant,” International Congress on World Evangelization
http://www.lausanne.org/Brix?pageID=12891

Re. “The Lausanne Covenant,” see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne_Congress and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne_Covenant

MISSION

Texts used: “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium,” 1994. (A product of consultation between Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholic Christian scholars and leaders) http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9405/mission.html

“The Gift of Salvation,” 1998. (A continuation of the Evangelical-Catholic consultation.) http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9801/articles/gift.html

See also “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: A New Initiative - "The Gift of Salvation" A remarkable statement on what we mean by the gospel. An Evangelical Assessment by Timothy George” http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1997/dec8/7te034.html

CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP

Text used: In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Crossroad, New York, 1994.

SCRIPTURE

Text used: “Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” (Dei Verbum), Second Vatican Council http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html

CHRISTIAN UNITY

Text used: “Church, Evangelization, and the Bonds of Koinonia” A Report of the International Consultation between the Catholic Church and the World Evangelical Alliance (1993-2002) http://www.ecumenism.net/archive/2002_wea_pcpcu_church.htm