"BAPTIST - ROMAN CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATIONS"

SPONSORS:

Commission on Baptist Doctrine and
Interchurch Cooperation of the Baptist World Alliance
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and
 
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity formerly
Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
« www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni »

1. July 18-21, 1984 - West Berlin, Germany
   "Evangelism/Evangelization: The Mission of the Church"
2. June 24-30, 1985 - Los Angeles, California, USA
   "Christology and Conversion; Discipleship: Aspects of Witness to Christ"
3. June 2-7, 1986 - New York City, New York, USA
   "The Church as Koinonia of the Spirit"
4. July 13-18, 1987 - Rome, Italy
   "Ways of Improving Common Christian Witness; Proselytism and Restrictions on Religious Freedom"
   
5. July 18-23, 1988 - Norcross (Atlanta), Georgia, USA
   "Work on the Final Report" - FINAL REPORT: Summons to Witness to Christ in Today's World
    

"The Word of God in the Life of the Church:
Scripture, Tradition and Koinonia"

PRELIMINARY CONSULTATIONS

1. December 3-4, 2000 - Rome, Italy
   "Historical and Contemporary Issues Confronting Us"
   

2. December 6-7, 2001 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
   "Theological Issues between Baptists and Catholics in Latin America; Notion of ‘Communio' as a Framework for Conversations on Controversial Issues"

1. December 10-15, 2006 - Birmingham, Alabama, USA
   “The Authority of Christ in Scripture and Tradition; The Word of God: God’s Self-communication in the Koinonia of the Trinity and the Church; Scripture and Tradition: An Evangelical Baptist Perspective; Relation of Scripture and Tradition: Catholic Discernment of the Authentic Tradition; Scripture in the Life of the Baptist Churches: Opportunities for a Differentiated Catholic-Baptist Consensus; The Use of Sacred Scripture in the Church”
2. December 3-7, 2007 - Rome, Italy
   “Baptism and the Lord’s Supper/Eucharist as Visible Word of God in the Koinonia of the Church; ‘With Equal Feelings of Devotion and Reverence’: Trent and Vatican II on Catholic Attitudes towards Scripture and Tradition; Dei Verbum §9 in Baptist Perspective; Sacraments of Initiation in the Catholic Tradition; Sacraments-Sacramentality: The ‘Crux’ of Doctrinal Disagreement in the Ecumenical Dialogue; Baptism and Initiation: A Baptist Contribution”