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Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches

Index Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches

The Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (JWG) is an ecumenical organization working to improve ties between the Catholic Church and its separate brethren, mainly consisting of Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Christians. [1]

9 relations: Aram I, Catholic Church, Dominus Iesus, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Johannes Willebrands, Protestantism, Unitatis redintegratio.

Aram I

Aram I Keshishian (Արամ Ա. Քեշիշեան;; born March 8, 1947 in Beirut, Lebanon), has been the head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church since 1994 and he resides in Antelias, Lebanon.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Dominus Iesus

Dominus Iesus (The Lord Jesus) is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (known as the "Holy Office"), approved in a Plenary meeting of the Congregation and signed by its then Prefect, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, and of its then Secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, later Cardinal Secretary of State.

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Eastern Catholic Churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-rite Catholic Churches, and in some historical cases Uniate Churches, are twenty-three Eastern Christian particular churches sui iuris in full communion with the Pope in Rome, as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church, or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian Church, with over 250 million members.

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Ecclesia de Eucharistia

Ecclesia de Eucharistia is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II published on April 17, 2003.

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Johannes Willebrands

Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands (4 September 1909 in Bovenkarspel, North Holland – 1 August 2006) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Unitatis redintegratio

Unitatis redintegratio (Latin for "Restoration of unity") is the Second Vatican Council's decree on ecumenism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Working_Group_between_the_Roman_Catholic_Church_and_the_World_Council_of_Churches

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