Evangelical Roman Catholic Dialogue (2) (original) (raw)

Evangelical – Roman Catholic Dialogue

World of Theology Series, 2023

The official documents of the dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Evangelical Alliance – The Evangelical-Roman Catholic Dialogue on Mission (1977–1984) – Church, Evangelisation, and the Bonds of Koinonia (1993–2002) – Christian Witness in a Multi Religious World (2011) – ‘Scripture and Tradition’ and ‘the Church in Salvation’ – Catholics and Evangelicals Explore Challenges and Opportunities (2009– 2016)

Précis: Roman Catholics and Evangelicals - Agreements and Differences by Norman Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie

2019

In Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Disagreements, Norman Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie (G&M) have engaged in the concerted effort “to examine some of our common spiritual roots and see if we have any theological or moral bridges upon which we both can travel.” With many inconsistencies surrounding the topic, it is difficult to separate truth from fiction leading to confusing mischaracterizations such that Protestants indict Catholics as idolatrous Pope-worshippers, and Catholics presume Protestants to be no more than antagonistic pagans. Though both sides have misrepresented the other over their dissimilarities, not all of the controversies are misconceptions, there are some “real and fundamental-sounding differences in interpretation and application, where each side thinks itself right.” It is here, in the gap between these similar, yet estranged faith traditions that G&M stand, and this book is a product of their labors.

Ryan A. Brandt and Matthew Y. Emerson, “An Introduction to Catholicity: An Editorial Preface to this Special Issue,” in “The Catholicity of the Church: An Interdenominational Exploration,” Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies 5.2 (January 2021).

Introduction to Catholicit y to read Scripture and do theology in the context of the history of the church, or the Great Tradition as it is often called. 8 Part and parcel with this development, second, is the increasing number of volumes on ressourcement and (or) retrieval of the early and medieval church from an evangelical standpoint, 9 often connecting catholicity to questions of ethics, morality, and worship. 10 Third, and finally, there are a number of different attempts at constructive dialogue between major Christian denominations, including between Roman Catholics and Reformed, 11 Roman Catholics and Baptists, 12 and different Protestant denominations among themselves. 13 In short, within Christianity today, and evangelicalism in particular, there is a more explicit awareness of the importance of church tradition, on the one hand, and the catholicity of the church, on the other.