Some of our readers have expressed interest in
where they can find more information on documents referred to in our
latest RADEN Report.
"Dominus Iesus" ...is
an official Vatican document issued from Rome in August 2000. It may be
found on the Vatican website at:
"Evangelicals and Catholics Together:
The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium" ...is the
foundational document of the ecumenical ECT Alliance, published in 1994, and
is often referred to as "ECT-I."
"Evangelicals and Catholics Together:
The Gift of Salvation" ...is the second ECT document (ECT-II) published
in 1997.
The third ECT document "Evangelicals
and Catholics Together: Your Word is Truth" has been announced
by ECT participants Richard Neuhaus and Timothy George, but has not yet been
published. In light of the current public news media coverage of the sex-scandal
within the RCC, it would seem quite likely that ecumenical leaders of the
ECT Alliance may postpone publication of this document.
Typically, official Roman Catholic statements
of theological positions are long, laborious reads, so few folks bother to try
to read and understand such documents. "Dominus Iesus," at a mere 17
pages of text, is short by comparison, and is not difficult to understand.
It's heresy should be obvious to any student of the Bible.
Jerry Moser, RADEN
Editor