Sentences with phrase «ut unum»

Paul VI in his first sermon as Pope spoke to those «who without belonging to the Catholic Church are united to us by the powerful bond of faith and love of Jesus Christ and marked with the unique seal of baptism — one Lord, one faith, one baptism», seeking to «hasten the blessed day which will see, after so many centuries of deadly separation, the realisation of Christ's prayer on the eve of his death — ut unum sint, that they may be one...» 6

There is ground for optimism, however, in Pope John Paul II's invitation in his recent Encyclical Ut unum sint to «church leaders and their theologians to engage with me in a patient a fraternal dialogue on this subject in which, leaving useless controversies behind, we could listen to one another, keeping before us only the will of Christ for his church» (96).

Several of the writers make particular reference to John Paul II's Ut unum sint - notably the Anglican John Webster and Susan Frank Parsons.

«Thus an analysis of the Encyclical Ut unum sint shows an extensive convergence with the proposals of the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches as to how the challenge raised by the task of reception can be met by a more complete and rounded understanding of what reception is.

Three criteria for the differentiation and evaluation of remaining disagreements can be found in the Encyclical Ut unum sint.

The Encyclical Ut unum sint lists among the five still controversial areas: «I) the relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matter of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God,» and «4) the Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the Pope and the Bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith.»

The Encyclical Ut unum sint refers to norms of truth developed at that time when it says that matters of faith «require universal consent, extending from the Bishops to the lay faithful, all of whom have received the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Before going on to speak of the convergence that exists on this point between the present General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and the Encyclical Ut unum sint, I must first take the further step of showing that the suggestion about dialogue and reception as phases of a conciliar process has not come out of the blue.

In the Encyclical Ut unum sint we read: «For a whole millennium Christians were united in a «brotherly fraternal communion of faith and sacramental life.