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Living the Faith Together THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH IN GERMANY Living the Faith Together One World Theology (Volume 6) One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 1 5/25/15 8:37 AM One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 2 5/25/15 8:37 AM THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH IN GERMANY Living the Faith Together 6 Edited by Klaus Krämer and Klaus Vellguth CLARETIAN COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION, INC. One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 3 5/25/15 8:37 AM THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH IN GERMANY Living the Faith Together (One World Theology, Volume 6) Copyright © 2015 by Verlag Herder GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau Published by Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. U.P. P.O. Box 4, Diliman 1101 Quezon City, Philippines Tel.: (02) 921-3984 • Fax: (02) 921-6205 [email protected] www.claretianpublications.com Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. (CCFI) is a pastoral endeavor of the Claretian Missionaries in the Philippines that brings the Word of God to people from all walks of life. It aims to promote integral evangelization and renewed spirituality that is geared towards empowerment and total liberation in response to the needs and challenges of the Church today. CCFI is a member of Claret Publishing Group, a consortium of the publishing houses of the Claretian Missionaries all over the world: Bangalore, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Chennai, Macau, Madrid, Manila and São Paolo. Cover design by Jayson Elvin E. Guevara Layout design by Ma. Myreen Q. Gayos All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without written permission from the publisher. ISBN: 978-621-8009-28-8 One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 4 5/25/15 8:37 AM Contents Preface ......................................................................................... ix Foreword ..................................................................................... xvii Ludwig Schick The Universal Church as Partnership The Church “Which Goes Forth” and the ............................ 3 Rediscovery of Partnership – Partnership as a Basic Manifestation of the Universal Church Margit Eckholt Partnership as a Paradigm for Working within the .............. 17 Universal Church Klaus Krämer Stimuli for Partnership in the Universal Church .................. 29 Ludwig Schick “Watching the Workings of the Holy Spirit” ......................... 41 Winfried Montz The Universal Church as a Community of Faith Intercultural Translation as a “Law of Evangelisation” ........ 53 Michael Sievernich Religious Missionaries and the Universal Church in Germany ............................................................................. 65 Martin Üffing On the Wholeness of Faith ................................................. 83 Vera Krause v One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 5 5/25/15 8:37 AM vi The Universal Church in Germany Evangelising Ministry in a Secular Context ......................... 95 Paul B. Steffen The Universal Church as a Community of Learning Connections Alone are Not Enough ................................... 107 The universal Church as a learning community Hildegard Wustmans Teachers and Learners, Learning Venues and ................... 119 Eagerness to Learn, Curriculum and Teaching Theory within the Universal Church as a Learning Community Michael Huhn Learning Laboratories of the Universal Church – ............... 131 an Invitation and a Challenge Stephan Ackermann The German Institute of Missiology (missio) and its Place ... 141 as a Learning Community within the Universal Church Harald Suermann The Universal Church as a Community of Solidarity How Do We Want To Lead Our Lives? ............................... 155 Development policy guidelines for Christians and the Church in a worldwide solidarity network Pirmin Spiegel Universal Church Development Cooperation in Germany .... 167 In support of the globalisation of charity Werner Thissen Networks of Solidarity ......................................................... 177 A broader concept than the provision of assistance Klaus Vellguth Solidarity and Support during Crises and Disasters ........... 189 On the role of ecclesiastical humanitarian assistance Oliver Müller One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 6 5/25/15 8:37 AM Contents vii The Universal Church as a Community of Prayer The World Day of Prayer: Global Prayer – Global Player ... 201 Women move ecumenism – in regional churches and in the universal Church Petra Heilig Contemporary Forms of a Universal Community of Prayer ................................................................................. 215 Stefan Dartmann A Tangible and Effective Universal Church Community ...... 229 Claudius Gross The Miracle of the Universal Church .................................. 241 Simon Neubert Appendix Index of Authors ................................................................... 257 Index of Translators ............................................................. 261 One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 7 5/25/15 8:37 AM One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 8 5/25/15 8:37 AM Preface The Catholic Church in Germany is characterised by the abundance of the universal Church and a commendable open-mind- edness in universal Church matters. Evidence of this is provided not least by the work of the various Church aid organisations, the innu- merable universal Church activities in the parishes, the work of the Commission for International Church Affairs of the German Bishops’ Conference, the research and teaching carried out at chairs and institutes of missiology and the wide-ranging commitment of players active in the universal Church. Bearing witness to this universal Church abundance are the articles in the five chapters of this volume, which deal with the Universal Church as Partnership, the Universal Church as a Community of Faith, the Universal Church as a Learning Community, the Universal Church as a Community of Solidarity and the Universal Church as a Community of Prayer. In the opening chapter on “The Universal Church in Germany” the authors begin by examining the universal Church as partnership. In her contribution on “The Church Which ‘Goes Forth’ and the Rediscovery of Partnership” Margit Eckholt points out that a model of partnership emerged relatively soon in the early Christian churches as a result of the lively exchange that took place between the five Patriarchates in Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople and Rome. In the wake of the breach caused by the Reformation, Roman centralism left its mark on the structure of the Church, its ministries and the liturgy, culminating in the definition of papal supremacy at the First Vatican Council. The Second Vatican Council gave rise to a rediscovery of partnership between the regional churches which continues up to the present day. In Eckholt’s words, the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium “can be read as a stimulus to discover the universal Church in its manifestation of partnership.” The article by Klaus Krämer on “Partnership as a Paradigm for ix One World Theology (Living the Faith Togather-Vol.6) 5.25x8.5.indd 9 5/25/15 8:37 AM x The Universal Church in Germany Working with the Universal Church” shows that partnership work is an important and fundamental feature of Church activities enabling the communion of the universal Church to be experienced in a tangible manner. The author stresses that “the term partnership is now asso- ciated with the idea of communicating “on an equal footing” – a form of communication which is marked by supportive assistance for devel- opments within churches and also by an exchange of experience at all levels of Church life.” He underlines that respect for partners as inde- pendent protagonists and as responsible organisers of developments in regional churches as well as the self-determination of the partners are axiomatic in Church partnership work, in which the Church can manifest itself as a worldwide communion in an increasingly globalised world. Partnership of this kind requires the continuous support of theo- logical reflection in its work so that it can remain true to the Great Commission and to the character of the Church as a Spirit-led reality. In the following article on “Stimuli for Partnership in the Universal Church” Ludwig Schick says that the election of Pope Francis has overcome Eurocentrism in the Church and put the spotlight on the regional churches in the southern hemisphere. In learning through partnership the Church in Germany can take a fresh look at the option for the poor and experience anew the missionary power of the Gospel. Schick points out that in future we can expect the South to deliver important stimuli for a mutual international learning process within the universal Church. “We Europeans will increasingly play the role of learners, with other regional churches – of the South, in particular – as our teachers. Understanding and commitment will grow within the universal Church; we will be working together more as partners and, in this way, become more catholic.” In this universal Church as a community of learning, human fellowship can pave the way to a conciliatory encounter with the poor and care for them becomes an encounter with God. Looking at the diocese of Limburg’s experience of the universal Church as partnership, Winfried Montz says that the experience of partnership implies a community of prayer, a community
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