Od konfliktu do komunii. W kontekście luterańsko-katolickich obchodów 500-lecia Reformacji
From Conflict to Communion. In the Context of the Lutheran-Catholic Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Summary/Abstract: On June 17th 2013 in Geneva and Vatican City a common declaration from Roman-Catholic and Protestant theologians was issued. The document is entitled: From Conflict to Communion. Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017. Its main aim was a through and direct preparation of both the Lutherans and Catholics to the common commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation. The message of the declaration became an inspiration of this study. We do not want to focus on its detailed discussion but to formulate – based on this message – some essential paradigms determining the goal, circumstances, tasks and perspectives linked with the common commemoration of the Anniversary. Among those we should acknowledge: the critical evaluation of the past, based on respect and deprived of mutual prejudices; opening for the mutual exchange of spiritual gifts; the “cleaning of memory” and “healing of wounds”; readiness for taking up the mutual tasks. The authors of the document, based on those paradigms, elaborated five ecumenical imperatives determining the character of the commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation and the ecumenical obligations of both sides of the dialogue.

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