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"We will resist..." - Page 2© Position Statement
7.The doctrinal condemnations that the Council of Trent directed against central tenets of our faith - whether as a result of misunderstanding or a correct interpretation - have no relevance before the judgement seat of God. Therefore even their "correction" would be of no spiritual consequence for us and our congregations.
Their true correction regarding the relations between the churches is not to be achieved through conciling formulae. It could only be achieved through a fresh understanding that accords with the Gospel. This requires from all churches, which now de facto exist in particularity, the renunciation of all preemptive and monopolistic claims to mediate salvation in Christ. The paper that was signed on October 31, 1999 just as JDDJ itself bears no trace of such a renunciation. 8."Moreover it be required in stewards that one be found faithful" (1 Cor 4:2). Hic iam quaeritur inter dispensatores ut fidelis quis inveniatur. Prof. Dr. Erik Aurelius, Lund, Universität Göttingen, Theologische Fakultät Go To Page: 1 2
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