An overview of Pope John Paul II's seminal document on ecumenism and the history and teachings on unity in the Church.

1. Ut Unum Sint
On Commitment to Ecumenism

2. Order of the Encyclical
Catholic Commitment
Fruits to Date
Future Hopes

3. I THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
COMMITMENT TO ECUMENISM
Introduction 1 - 4
Way of Ecumenism:
Way of the Church 7-14
Renewal and Conversion 15-17
Importance of Doctrine 18 -20
Primacy of Prayer 21 - 27
Ecumenical Dialogue 28 - 30

7. Introduction
Martyrs
 Conversion or Heart
 Purification of Memories
 Conversion of Peter / Duty of
Bishop of Rome

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10. Way of the Church
Remorse and Responsibility for
Division
Christ / Unity / Church
“subsists in”
the Catholic Church
elements / more effective
Conversion / renewal / results

12. DIRECTORY FOR THE APPLICATION
OF PRINCIPLES AND NORMS
ON ECUMENISM
Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity
1993

14. Catholic Identity
 catholic faith
 faith of the church through the ages
 the faith we share
 with Protestants and Orthodox
 Divisions vs differences
 VS sectarianism
 indifferentism

18. Role of Doctrine
Religious Liberty
 Integrity of the Faith
 Inculturation
 All Faithful / All Disciplines
 Not Appendix / Organic to
Life

20. Vatican II Sacraments in
Other Churches
All of these [sacred elements], which come from
Christ and lead back to him, belong by right to
the one church of Christ. The separated brethren
also carry out many of the sacred actions of the
Christian religion. Undoubtedly, in many ways
that vary according to the conditions of each
church or community, these actions can truly
engender a life of grace and can be rightly
described as capable of providing access to the
community of salvation. (Vatican II 1965)

21. •Ecumenical Dialogue 28 - 30
• Local Dialogue 31 - 32
• Dialogue as Examination of Conscience
• Dialogue as Means of Resolving
Disagreements 36 -39
• Practical Cooperation 40

24. Nature of Dialogue # 28 -38
 Personal Dignity
 Exchange of Gifts
 Reciprocity / Truth : Hierarchy of Truths
 Local Structures
 Examination of Conscience / Confidence
 Sinful Structures

25. World Council of Churches

26. Dialogue Goals
 Full Communion
 Mutual Understanding
 Pastoral Ethical Issues

27. Dialogues
Goal: full visible unity
 Polish National Catholic
 Eastern Orthodox
 Oriental Orthodox
 (Assyrian Church of the East)

28. Dialogues
Goal: full visible unity
 Episcopal (ARCUSA)
 Lutheran (ELCA, LC-MS observing)
 United Methodist
 Presbyterian/Reformed
 Reformed Church in America,
 Presbyterian, Christian Reformed
 United Church of Christ
 Faith and Order, NCC
 (Pentecostal Churches, Peace
Churches, Black Churches +)

31. Dialogues
Goal: Mutual Understanding
 United States
 Southern Baptist Convention
 Holy See
 Baptist World Alliance
 Mennonites
 Pentecostals
 World Evangelical Alliance

32. Order of the Encyclical
Catholic Commitment
Fruits to Date
Future Hopes

33. II THE FRUITS OF DIALOGUE
•Brotherhood Rediscovered 41 -42
• Solidarity in Service 43
• Together in Worship and Word 44 -46
• Appreciating Other Christians’ Gifts 47 - 48
• Growth of Communion 49

35. Solidarity
Christian Churches
Together USA
Separated Brethren
Fellow Christians

37. Contribution of Worship
Biblical Renewal
 Liturgical Convergence
 Sacramental Convergence
 Sacramental Sharing

38. Worship Forms
ROMAN MISSAL 1969
LUTHERAN BOOK OF WORSHIP 1978
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1979
(Anglican/Episcopal)
THE U METHODIST BOOK OF
WORSHIP 1992
BOOK OF COMMON WORSHIP 1993
(Presbyterian)

40.  Churches of the East 59 - 51
 Resuming Contacts 52 - 54
 Sister Churches 55 - 58
 Progress in Dialogue 59 - 61
 Ancient Churches of the East 62 - 63

47. Mary the Mother of God

48. Churches and Ecclesial Communities
of the West 64 -70
 Ecclesial Relations 71 – 73
Achievements of Cooperation 74 -
76

49. Reformation Churches
 Common Baptism & Western Heritage
 Defectus and Fullness of
. Eucharistic Mystery
 Ecumenical Movement
& Peace with
Catholic Church… not taken root
. everywhere

54. Pentecostal Dialogue
in Latin America

55. Order of the Encyclical
Catholic Commitment
Fruits to Date
Future Hopes

56. III WHAT IS THE FUTURE
DIRECTION ?
Continuing and Deepening
Dialogue 77 -79
Reception of Results 80 -81
Spiritual Ecumenism 82 -85
Catholic Contribution
to Unity 86 -87

57. Lutheran Catholic Declaratio

58. Canterbury Pilgrimage

59. RECEPTION (80)
 Results Achieved
 Common Heritage
 Whole People of God
 Critical Process
 Magisterium Definitive Judgment

60. Lutheran Catholic Declaration

62. Spiritual Ecumenism
Conversion
Repentance
Bonds of Communion
Constant Reform
Common Martyrs
Holiness
Work of the Holy Spirit

63. Ministry of the Pope 88 - 96
Communion with Rome 97
Unity and Evangelization 98 - 99
EXORTATION 100 - 103

65. “Patient and
Fraternal Dialogue”

69. National Council of Churche
Pilgrimage

77. Principles
1) Celebration of full
communion achieved
2) Means of building
up the communion of
the Church

78.  “Grave and pressing need” …
means a condition in which
being deprived of the Eucharist
would, in the judgment of a
reasonable person, cause
someone to experience a
significant sense of
deprivation…
 more than casual…

79. When other Christians
request communion…
efforts should be
made to determine
that their beliefs are
substantially the same
as Catholic beliefs…

80.  Communion should not to
be withheld at the time of
distribution…
 this circumstance should
be dealt with on another
occasion in an
appropriately pastoral way.

81. Manifesting Catholic faith
in the sacrament means
that approximately the
same knowledge and
faith should be required
of a Catholic in similar
circumstances.

82. Being properly disposed
means being in a good
relationship with God or,
if not, taking whatever
steps are necessary to
return to a good
relationship with God.

83. invitations to receive the
Eucharist at their table may
not be accepted by Catholics,
we should try to make it clear
that our actions flow from a
different perspective on the
Eucharist and do not represent
disdain on our part for their
service.

84. In like manner, it should
be made clear that our
inability to extend an
invitation to receive
communion at our table
does not intend to imply
an attitude of superiority
on our part.

85. Mutual Help
Necessary
and Sufficient
Basis

89. KEY EVENTS
 1948 World Council, Amsterdam
 1954 Father George Tavard attends WCC
 1957 Fathers John Sheerin and Gustav
Weigle attend Faith and Order
 1960 Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher visits
Pope John XIII

90.  1961 Vatican sends official observers to World
Council in New Delhi, Second Vatican Council
receives ecumenical observers
 1963 Catholics participate in Faith and Order
meeting
 1964 Pope Paul VI meets Patriarch
Athenagoras in Jerusalem
 Conciliar Decrees on NonChristian Religions,
Ecumenism and Religious Liberty
 1965 Pope Paul and Patriarch Athenagoras lift
condemnations of 1054

91.  1966 Common Declaration of a Pope with
Archbishop of Canterbury beginning the
Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue,
 other dialogues Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed,
began.
 1967 Pope Paul visits the Patriarch in Istanbul
 1968 Catholic Church joins World Council
Faith and Order Commission
 (NCCB joins National Council Faith and Order)
 1969 Pope Paul VI visits the offices of the
World Council, Geneva

92.  1975 The World Council publishes its Conciliar
Fellowship discription of the unity of the Chruch
 1982 The Anglican Roman Catholic
International Commission publishes a Final
Report
 Pope John Paul II visits Canterbury Cathedral
with Archbishop Robert Runcie
 1987 Holy See responds to the World Council
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry
 1991 Holy See responds to the Anglican
Roman Catholic Final Report

93.  1993 Papacy introduced into the World Council
of Churches’ Faith and Order discussions.
 Holy See publishes Directory for the Application
of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism
 1994 Cardinal Cassidy announces “no further
work necessasry” on Anglican Roman Catholic
agreements on Eucharist and ordained
ministsry
 1995 Pope John Paul, Ut Unum Sint

94. 1998 Holy See publishes The Ecumenical
Dimension in the Formation of Pastoral
Workers
1999 Joint Declaration on Justification by
Faith signed by the Holy See and the
Lutheran World Federation

96. Two Mistakes
Differences not important. . .
Differences too difficult to be
overcome . . .
All Catholics must be involved if this
effort is to have a significant impact.

97. • I count among the most important
results of the ecumenical dialogues the
insight that the issue of the eucharist
cannot be narrowed to the problem of
'validity.' Even a theology oriented to the
concept of succession, such as that
which holds in the Catholic and in the
Orthodox church, need not in any way
deny the salvation-granting presence of
the Lord in a Lutheran Lord's Supper.
• (Ratzinger 1993)