The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is the primary 1999 agreement between the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, stating a common understanding of justification sufficient to lift the mutual sixteenth century condemnations as they apply to each other's present-day teaching. As the two bodies' own jointly issued text it is the correct source for what was actually agreed, rather than a summary or a critic's characterization of it. Its limit is stated within the declaration itself and should not be overstated by a reader, it resolves the specific doctrinal condemnations of the Reformation era on justification, and does not by itself settle the separate questions of merit, the sacraments or church authority that still divide the two communions.
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Citation
AuthorLutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Publication Year1999
URLhttps://www.christianunity.va/content/unitacristiani/en/dialoghi/sezione-occidentale/luterani/dialogo/documenti-di-dialogo/1999-dichiarazione-congiunta-sulla-dottrina-della-giustificazion/en.html
Source TypePrimary document
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The Joint Declaration is the primary text jointly issued by the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, cited here as the primary document those two bodies themselves produced. NotesA stated common understanding sufficient to lift the sixteenth-century condemnations as applied to the present-day partner. Does not settle merit, sacraments or authority.
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyLutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Custodian BasisA joint declaration issued in the name of two communions about their own doctrine. Authoritative for what those two bodies jointly say they hold.
Claims Backed By This Source (39 claims)
This source backs 39 claims across the atlas. As facts: 25 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 10 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 10 claims: 10 well-attested.
- Spread Events, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Articles, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Religious Legal Instruments, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Organizations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Well-attested
25Religious Legal Instruments
General References
10Religious Legal Instruments
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