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PAULUS USKUP HAMBA PARA HAMBA ALLAH BERSAMA BAPA-BAPA KONSILI SUCI DEMI KENANGAN ABADI DEKRIT TENTANG EKUMENISME PENDAHULUAN Mendukung PEMULIHAN KESATUAN antara segenap umat kristen merupakan salah satu maksud utama Konsili Ekumenis Vatikan II. Sebab yang didirikan oleh Kristus Tuhan ialah Gereja yang satu dan tunggal. Sedangkan banyak persekutuan kristen membawakan diri sebagai pusaka warisan Yesus Kristus yang sejati bagi umat manusia. Mereka semua mengaku sebagai murid-murid Tuhan, tetapi berbeda-beda pandangan dan menempuh jalan yang berlain-lainan pula, seolah-olah Kristus sendiri terbagi-bagi[ ]. Jelaslah perpecahan itu terang-terangan berlawanan dengan kehendak Kristus, dan menjadi batu sandungan bagi dunia, serta merugikan perutusan suci, yakni mewartakan Injil kepada semua makhluk. Adapun Tuhan segala zaman, yang penuh kebijaksanaan serta kesabaran melaksanakan rencana rahmat-Nya terhadap kita para pendosa, masa terakhir ini telah mulai makin m...

CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH RESPONSES TO SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE DOCTRINE ON THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION The Second Vatican Council, with its Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, and its Decrees on Ecumenism (Unitatis redintegratio) and the Oriental Churches (Orientalium Ecclesiarum), has contributed in a decisive way to the renewal of Catholic ecclesiology. The Supreme Pontiffs have also contributed to this renewal by offering their own insights and orientations for praxis: Paul VI in his Encyclical Letter Ecclesiam suam (1964) and John Paul II in his Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint (1995). The consequent duty of theologians to expound with greater clarity the diverse aspects of ecclesiology has resulted in a flowering of writing in this field. In fact it has become evident that this theme is a most fruitful one which, however, has also at times required clarification by way of precise definition and correction, for instance in t...