The interpretation timeline
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
A Catholic–Lutheran declaration of a consensus on basic truths of justification.
1999
Augsburg
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after 19531999
Event
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
The Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church signed a Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, declaring a consensus on basic truths of justification while noting that differences remained.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.