The Hope of Eternal Life: Lutherans and Catholics in Dialogue XI: 11 (Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialog)

This common statement of Round XI offers fresh insights into some issues that proved contentious in the debates of the sixteenth century. Among the issues explored in this dialogue were continuity in the communion of saints prayers for or about the dead the meaning of death purgation an interim state between death and the final general judgment and the promise of resurrection. Agreements are affirmed on the basis of new insights as readers will discover in this statement of Round XI.