Pope Francis Recognizes Dialogue with Pentecostals is Important
The first three reports of the International Roman Catholic – Pentecostal Dialogue of this Dialogue were published in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 12:2 (Fall, 1990), 85-142.
See also William G. Rusch and Jeffrey Gros, Eds. Deepening Communion: International Ecumenical Documents with Roman Catholic Participation(Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1998), 367-422.
The reports from the first four rounds of discussion may be found in Jeffrey Gros, FSC, Harding Meyers, and William G. Rusch, Eds. Growth in Agreement II: Reports and Agreed Statements of Ecumenical Conversations on a World Level, 1982-1998 (Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches / Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), 713-779.
They may also be found in Wolfgang Vondey, Pentecostalism and Christian Unity: Ecumenical Documents and Critical Assessments (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2010), 101-198.
“Evangelization, Proselytism and Common Witness: The Report from the Fourth Phase of the International Dialogue 1990-1997 between the Roman Catholic Church and Some Classical Pentecostal Churches and Leaders,” Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 2:1 (January 1999), 105-151
See also the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’s Information Service No. 97 (1998/I-II), 38-56.
Pneuma: The Journal of The Society for Pentecostal Studies 21:1 (Spring 1999), 11-51.
It has been published in French in the Service d’information No. 97 (1998/I-II), 38-57.
It was published as a Portuguese language booklet under the title Diálogo Católico-Pentecostal: Evangelizaçâo, Proselitismo e Testemunho Comum (Sâo Paulo, Brazil: Paulinas, 1999), 77 pp;
in Spanish in “Evangelización, Proselitismo y Testimonio Común,” Diólogo Ecuménico XXXIV, n. 108 (1999), 103-152,
and in German with all previous reports in Norbert Baumert und Gerhard Bially, Eds. Pfingstler und Katholiken im Dialog: Die vier Abschlussberichte einer internationalen Kommission aus 25 Jahren (Düsseldorf, Germany: Charisma, 1999), 59-95.
“On Becoming A Christian: Insights from Scripture and the Patristic Writings with Some Contemporary Reflections,” The Report from the Fifth Phase of the International Dialogue between Some Classical Pentecostal Churches and Leaders and the Catholic Church (1998-2006)
This document was published in The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’s Information Service N. 129 (2008/III), 162-215; in French in Service d’information N. 129 (2008/III), 163-219;
The English version is available at: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/eccl-comm-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20060101_becoming-a-christian_en.html, at the following site: http://www.prounione.urbe.it/dia-int/pe-rc/doc/e_pe-rc_5-contents.html, and at: http://www.pctii.org/cyberj/cyberj18/2007RC_Pent_Dialogue.pdf;
See also, Wolfgang Vondey, Ed. Pentecostalism and Christian Unity: Continuing and Building Relationships (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013), 95-216.
It has recently appeared in Thomas F. Best, Lorelei F. Fuchs, SA, John Gibaut, Jeffrey Gros, FSC, and Despina Prassas, Eds, Growth in Agreement IV: International Dialogue Texts and Agreed Statements, 2004-2014 Faith and Order Paper 219 (Geneva, Switzerland: WCC Press, 2017), I: 401-470.
“‘Do Not Quench the Spirit’: Charisms in the Life and Mission of the Church”: Report of the Sixth Phase of the International Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue (2011-2015).”
See the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’s Information Service N. 147 (2016/I), 47-62.
The document is available in English at the following site: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/pentecostals/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_2011-2015_do-not-quench-the-spirit_en.html
and in French at the following website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/pentecostals/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_2011-2015_do-not-quench-the-spirit_fr.html.
Cecil M. Robeck, Jr.
Pentecostal Co-Chairman, International Catholic – Pentecostal Dialogue
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
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