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title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>. These gatherings reflect the new openness of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dialogue" title="Dialogue">dialogue</a> with other <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a> as well as other religions. These dialogues have been primarily between representatives of the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_World_Federation" title="Lutheran World Federation">Lutheran World Federation</a> and representatives of the <i><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity">Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Catholic–Lutheran dialogue within the United States have been conducted under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Bishops%27_Committee_for_Ecumenical_and_Interreligious_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs">U.S. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs</a> and the USA National Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_World_Federation" title="Lutheran World Federation">Lutheran World Federation</a>. The Catholic–Lutheran dialogue brought the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in America">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church%E2%80%93Missouri_Synod" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod">Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod</a> (LCMS) together to dialogue with the American Catholic community. The LCMS has not participated in all discussions. Unlike the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the LCMS has not come to an agreement with the Catholic Church due to differences in the understanding of various issues including <a href="/wiki/Faith" title="Faith">faith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">grace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic–Lutheran dialogue culminated in the <i><a href="/wiki/Joint_Declaration_on_the_Doctrine_of_Justification" title="Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification">Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification</a></i> (1999) and the <i><a href="/wiki/Statement_on_the_500th_anniversary_of_the_Protestant_Reformation_with_Pope_Francis_and_Bishop_Munib_Younan_in_a_special_Catholic-Lutheran_dialogue" title="Statement on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with Pope Francis and Bishop Munib Younan in a special Catholic-Lutheran dialogue">Statement on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with Pope Francis and Bishop Munib Younan in a special Catholic-Lutheran dialogue</a></i> (2016), which essentially resolved the core theological conflict of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a> and subsequent adversaries.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This conflict was further eased by the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a> doing the same.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rounds_of_discussion">Rounds of discussion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic%E2%80%93Lutheran_dialogue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Rounds of discussion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in July 1964, over 50 sessions have been held taking up eleven rounds of topics as of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catholic%E2%80%93Lutheran_dialogue&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>I. The Status of the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> as Dogma of the Church (1965)</li> <li>II. One Baptism for the Remission of Sins (1966)</li> <li>III. The Eucharist as Sacrifice (1968)</li> <li>IV. Eucharist and Ministry (1970)</li> <li>V. <a href="/wiki/Papal_Primacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal Primacy">Papal Primacy</a> and the Universal Church (1973)</li> <li>VI. Teaching Authority & Infallibility in the Church (1978)</li> <li>VII. Justification by Faith (1983)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>VIII. The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary (1990)</li> <li>IX. Scripture and Tradition (1995)</li> <li>X. The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: Its Structures and Ministries (2004)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>XI. The Hope for Eternal Life (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>XII. Ministries of Teaching (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_events">Subsequent events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic%E2%80%93Lutheran_dialogue&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Subsequent events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2bishopsReformation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2bishopsReformation.jpg/220px-2bishopsReformation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2bishopsReformation.jpg/330px-2bishopsReformation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/2bishopsReformation.jpg/440px-2bishopsReformation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4403" data-file-height="3251" /></a><figcaption>Bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Winona" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona">Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church in America">ELCA</a> bishop of Southeast Minnesota leading a common commemoration in 2017 of the Protestant Reformation</figcaption></figure> <p>Significant events following these dialogues included a joint statement on the doctrine of <i>Justification by Faith</i> issued in 1983 and the <i><a href="/wiki/Joint_Declaration_on_the_Doctrine_of_Justification" title="Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification">Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification</a></i> issued on 31 October 1999. In 2010, the Catholic–Lutheran dialogue completed a common statement entitled <i>The Hope of Eternal Life</i>. In 2015, Lutherans and Roman Catholics jointly issued the <i>Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry and Eucharist</i>, an ecumenical document marking greater visible unity between Catholics and Lutherans.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_World_Federation" title="Lutheran World Federation">Lutheran World Federation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity">Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity</a> hosted a joint Ecumenical Commemoration event at <a href="/wiki/Lund_Cathedral" title="Lund Cathedral">Lund Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lund,_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Lund, Sweden">Lund, Sweden</a>, on 31 October 2016. This was a shared Catholic–Lutheran commemoration of the 499th anniversary of the posting by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses" title="Ninety-five Theses">Ninety-five Theses</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/All_Saint%27s_Church,_Wittenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="All Saint's Church, Wittenberg">All Saint's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wittenberg" title="Wittenberg">Wittenberg</a>, Germany, in 1517.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Documents">Documents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic%E2%80%93Lutheran_dialogue&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Documents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Catholic–Lutheran Joint Commission<sup id="cite_ref-jointjust_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jointjust-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-L-RC_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L-RC-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ul><li>"First Official Report of the Joint Working Group" (1966)</li> <li>"The Gospel and the Church" (1972)</li> <li>The Eucharist (1978)</li> <li>"Statement on the Augsburg Confession" (1980)</li> <li>"Ways to Community" (1980)</li> <li>"The Ministry in the Church" (1981)</li> <li>"Martin Luther - Witness to Jesus Christ" (1983)</li> <li>"Facing Unity. Models, Forms and Phases of Catholic-Lutheran Church Fellowship" (1984)</li> <li>"Church and Justification" (1994)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Catholic–Lutheran dialogue in the USA<sup id="cite_ref-jointjust_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jointjust-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usccb_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usccb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ul><li>The Status of the Nicene Creed as Dogma of the Church (7 July 1965)</li> <li>One Baptism for the Remission of Sins (13 February 1966)</li> <li>The Eucharist (1 October 1967)</li> <li>Eucharist and Ministry (1970)</li> <li>Differing Attitudes Toward Papal Primacy (1973)</li> <li>Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church (1978)</li> <li>Justification by Faith (1983)</li> <li>The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary (1990)</li> <li>Scripture and Tradition (1995)</li> <li>The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: Its Structures and Ministries (2004)</li> <li>The Hope of Eternal Life (1 November 2010)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Ecumenical Working Group of Catholic and Lutheran theologians in Germany<sup id="cite_ref-jointjust_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jointjust-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <ul><li>"The Condemnations of the Reformation Era - Do They Still Divide?" (1986)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Catholic–Lutheran Commission on Unity</dt></dl> <ul><li>From Conflict to Communion: Catholic–Lutheran Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017 (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Joint Declarations</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Declaration_on_the_Doctrine_of_Justification" title="Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification">Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification</a> (1999)<sup id="cite_ref-jointjust_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jointjust-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic%E2%80%93Lutheran_dialogue&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic%E2%80%93Protestant_relations" title="Catholic–Protestant relations">Catholic–Protestant relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_meetings_and_documents_on_Mary" title="Ecumenical meetings and documents on Mary">Ecumenical meetings and documents on Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porvoo_Communion" title="Porvoo Communion">Porvoo Communion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catholic%E2%80%93Lutheran_dialogue&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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