JUSTIFICATION AND BAPTISM ON THE WORK OF WOLFHART PANNENBERG: PERSPECTIVES ON THE ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE / JUSTIFICAÇÃO E BATISMO NA OBRA DE WOLFHART PANNENBERG: PERSPECTIVAS PARA O DIÁLOGO ECUMÊNICO

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2007

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The doctrine of the justification represents one of the testimonies of the New Testament regarding the salvation which God has offered in Christ. Its importance for the ecclesiastical speech and practice was evidenced in the Lutheran Reformation. However, catholic theology and the protestant one have developed distinct conceptions concerning the theology of justification, something that caused reciprocal misunderstanding and condemnations. Wolfhart Pannenberg, XX century lutheran theologian, presents the doctrine of the justification from the dialogue between those Confessions. Without hiding the contrasts that exist between catholic and lutheran perspectives, he searches the comprehension of both positions through a deep biblical research and from the intention of the doctrinal statements. Thus, one perceives clearly the distinct unfoldings that this doctrine assumed within both theologies should not constitute a reason for condemnations or separation among the churches. The key element for the understanding of the doctrine of the justification in W. Pannenberg´s is the way he understands it in reference to the sacrament of the baptism. The goal of the present research is to evidence this relation as a corollary of Pannenberg´s systematic project, through his way of understanding the dynamics of the faith, as well as demonstrating its fruitful consequences to the ecumenical dialogue and the practice of the churches. We intend to convey the concept of faith in the author´s work as well as demonstrate what he means for the expression justice of the faith and the way it connects to the union of the faithful with Christ, sacramentally carried on through baptism. Finally, we are to evidence that the valuation of the sacramental element in the speech on the justification, on the part of this lutheran author, corrects those unilateral positions which had been settled in the protestant theological tradition and offer new perspectives to rethink some ecumenical and pastoral actions of the Catholic Church.

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