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History of Catholic Ecumenism in Melbourne
Ecumenical Theology
Dialogues with Specific Christian Communities

History of Catholic Ecumenism in Melbourne

Journey begun destination unsighted : the ecumenical movement in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne 1960-1990

We are delighted to be able to publish Sr Mary Leonora Moorhead's important work on the history of Catholic ecumenism in Melbourne. Sr Mary Lou died in 2005, and we publish this work as a tribute to her contribution to ecumenism.

Introduction and Chapter One [PDF file; 3.7M]
Chapter 2 [PDF file; 1.3M]
Chapter 3 [PDF file; 2.1M]
Chapter 4 [PDF file; 1.7M]
Chapter 5 [PDF file; 1.3M]
Conclusion [PDF file; 0.9M]

Ecumenical Theology

Unitatis Redintegratio - 40th Anniversary

Cardinal Edward Cassidy: "Unitatis Redintegratio Revisited" [Word Document]
Archbishop Emeritus Frank Little: A Salutation to the Decree on Ecumenism [Word Document]
Fr Peter Cross: "The Decree on Ecumenism - 40 years on" [Word Document]
Prof. Norman Young: "The Decree on Ecumenism - A response" [Word Document]
Cardinal Walter Kasper: The Ecumenism Decree – read anew after 40 years
Cardinal Walter Kasper: Council clearly makes ecumenism binding as the work of the Spirit
David Schutz: How did Vatican II develop the teaching “No Salvation outside the Church”?

Future of Ecumenism

- Cardinal Walter Kasper: "A vision of Christian Unity for the Next Generation" (Tablet, 24/05/2003)
- Cardinal Walter Kasper: "Future of the Christianity: A Meditation on the Church and Contemporary Pluralism in the Post Modern Era" [Word document]
  Cardinal Walter Kapser: "The Current Situation in Ecumenical Theology" [Word Document]
- Cardinal Edward Cassidy: "Authority at the Service of Unity"
- David Schütz: "Seeking an alternative ecumenism: Thomas Oden and JPII" [Word Document]
- Bishop Kevin McDonald "Christains in a Multi-Faith Society" (Briefing, August 2002)
- David Schütz: "Grassroots Ecumenism in the Bigger Picture" (Homily for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, St Patrick's Church, Murrumbeena, Thursday 8 th May, 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

Ecclesia de Eucharistia

- Thomas P. Looney: "Ecumenical Lights and Shadows in Ecclesia de Eucharistia" [PDF]
- Clint De Bruyns: "Ecclesia de Eucharistia : on its ecumenical import" (reproduced with permission from Ecumenical Trends (September 2003) [PDF]

 

 

Various aspects of Ecumenical Theology

- "Apologetics Is Where the Action Is But Ecumenism is Equally Important" by Ray Rylan
- Ecumenism and Conversion : A Powerpoint presentation by David Schutz presented to the Chelsea Interchurch Council
- D'Arcy Wood: "Ecumenical Services: A Way Forward?" [PDF]

 

 

 

Dialogues with Specific Christian Communities

Orthodoxy

Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in the Phanar on the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle - November 30, 2006 (MP3 Audio file)
Robert Taft: "Anamnesis not Amnesia : the 'Healing of Memories' and the problem of 'Unitatism''" [PDF]
Aidan Nichols: "A Catholic View of Orthodoxy"
Adam A.J. DeVille: "Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Primacy: A Plea for a New Common Approach" [PDF] (Originally published in Ecumenical Trends, Volume 37, No. 4, April 2008 - Reprinted with permission)

Lutheranism

Joseph Ratzinger: "Luther and the unity of the churches"
Cardinal Avery Dulles: "Two Languages of Salvation: The Lutheran-Catholic Joint Declaration"

Anglicanism

- Aidan Nichols "A personal view of Anglican Uniatism" [PDF]