ACC Resolution 16.17: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
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These are not official minutes, but rather, an attempt on behalf of the co-secretaries to take note of the key points being made in the course of discussions. Members did not have the opportunity to make corrections. There is no guarantee that the quotations recorded here are accurate. This should clearly be noted when they are being drawn upon for research purposes. The minutes did provide members with a basic overview of what was being discussed and what points were raised; and they can provide researchers with a window into the nature and tone of the dialogue which characterizes these meetings, as well as a sense of the parameters of the discussion on particular points.
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Creation: 19 Apr. 2016
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ACC-16, Lusaka, Zambia, 8-19 April 2016
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Anglican Consultative Council.
ACC Resolution 16.17: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (19 Apr. 2016). https://iarccum.org/doc/?d=578.
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Resolution 16.17: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
The Anglican Consultative Council
- welcomes and affirms the substance of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ), signed by Lutherans and Roman Catholics in 1999; and
- recognizes that Anglicans have explored the doctrine of justification with both Lutherans and Roman Catholics; and
- recognizes that Anglicans and Lutherans share a common understanding of God?s justifying grace, as the Helsinki Report stated that we are accounted righteous and are made righteous before God only by grace through faith because of the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and not on account of our works or merits; and
- recognizes that in 1986 the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) produced a statement Salvation and the Church, which observed that our two Communions are agreed on the essential aspects of the doctrine of salvation and on the Church?s role within it.