Catholic–Lutheran dialogue

The Catholic–Lutheran dialogue is a series of discussions that began during July 1964 as an outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council.

These gatherings reflect the new openness of the Catholic Church to dialogue with other Christian denominations as well as other religions.

[3] After the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic–Lutheran dialogue culminated in the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) and the Statement on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with Pope Francis and Bishop Munib Younan in a special Catholic-Lutheran dialogue (2016), which essentially resolved the core theological conflict of Martin Luther and subsequent adversaries.

[6][7] Starting in July 1964, over 50 sessions have been held taking up eleven rounds of topics as of 2015[update]:[8] Significant events following these dialogues included a joint statement on the doctrine of Justification by Faith issued in 1983 and the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification issued on 31 October 1999.

This was a shared Catholic–Lutheran commemoration of the 499th anniversary of the posting by Martin Luther of the Ninety-five Theses at All Saint's Church in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517.