Theological dialogue and the necessary conditions for communion in ecumenical research
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This article by Father Milan Žust, S.J., representative of Cardinal Walter Kasper at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, offers a theological reflection on the conditions necessary for ecumenical dialogue. Taking both a speculative and pastoral approach, the author examines the relationships between theological inquiry, spiritual life, and interpersonal relations. The central idea is that the notion of *communio*, rooted in Trinitarian theology and the ecclesiology of Vatican II, constitutes the indispensable foundation of all ecumenical engagement. Žust shows that the obstacles to dialogue — lack of trust, prejudices, historical divisions — are not only doctrinal but relational, and that theological language, understood as symbolic and antinomic, must be reclaimed in this spirit. The contribution of the article lies in the articulation between "spiritual ecumenism," inner conversion, and theological dialogue, drawing extensively on the thought of Cardinal Kasper.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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