Author: Jakob K Rinderknecht
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DW#6 – Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here? We have not yet reached the goal of our journey towards unity. DW recommends four major ways that for the churches continue to move forward together.
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Reading DW #5: Where Are We on the Eucharist?
Perhaps the most hopeful section of the document, the agreement on the Eucharist that has been reached by the dialogues over fifty years is nuanced, careful, and generous.
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Reading DW #4: Where Are We on Ministry?
Ministry remains a difficult question between Catholics and Lutherans. DW helps to map the differences and see which are church-dividing and which are not.
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Reading DW #3: Where are We About the Church?
The topic of the church remains an issue over which Lutherans and Catholics do not yet fully agree. But where are we on the road towards unity?
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What is the Declaration on the Way?
The Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist (DW), is a document of the US Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue. It is an attempt to review the last 50 years of dialogue and to see where we are in our ongoing conversations about some major topics. The idea for the document was originally floated by Kurt…
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Announcing a New Series: Reading the Declaration on the Way
As you may already aware, this year is the 500th anniversary of the beginnings of the 16c. European Reformations. Like most historical anniversaries, choosing which events to count as the “start” of this complex history is a little difficult, but Martin Luther’s 95 Theses on Indulgences makes a pretty good choice. It’s made even better…
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The Complexities of Worshiping a Simple God
I’ve heard a surprising amount about the “divine simplicity” these last weeks. At its most basic, this doctrine teaches that God is “without parts” which seems easy enough to hold onto: we all know that God doesn’t have a face, or a beard, or an arm. But divine simplicity also means that God is without…