Conseil œcuménique des Églises

Christians in fellowship at different tables? : The Eucharist : a crucial issue in the ecumenical discourse

Heller, Dagmar

This article gives en overview on the lines of separation between the major Christian traditions and how these are linked with the question of Eucharistic fellowship. It further explains the multilateral ecumenical discussion on the issue of the Eucharist as they have been going on in the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. The author shows, that it is the task of the...

Conseil œcuménique des Églises

Koinonia in bilateral and multilateral dialogues : Historical and theological perspectives

Bot,Lucian Zenoviu ; Mateus, Odair Pedroso (Dir.) ; Chalamet, Christophe (Codir.)

Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2015.

The present study gives an outline on how bilateral and multilateral dialogues have used the notion of koinonia in relation to ecclesiology with a view to full visible Eucharistic fellowship. It is not so much an inquiry on the relation between modern communion ecclesiology, on the one hand, and scriptural and patristic visions of ecclesial unity, on the other. However, this comparison remains an...

Conseil œcuménique des Églises

The Reformed-Roman Catholic dialogue on the eucharist with focus on the contribution of Thomas F. Torrance

Kovács, Gergö ; Mateus, Odair Pedroso (Dir.) ; Askani, Hans-Christoph (Codir.)

Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2012.

This thesis investigates the possibilities of theological agreement between the Reformed and the Roman Catholic churches on the Eucharist from the Reformed perspective. The first chapter is dedicated to the theology of Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin on the Lord’s Supper. It unveils two aspects: first it shows that although they have different perspectives on the Christ’s Eucharistic presence,...