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Do Whatever He Tells You: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Christian Faith and Life
In 1994, after intense study, discussion, and prayer, we issued a statement titled “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium.” In 1997, we bore common...
The Call to Holiness
Over more than ten years, this group of Evangelicals and Catholics, speaking as individuals committed to their respective communities but without any official mandate, has explored important areas of...
The Communion of Saints
This statement on the communion of saints (communio sanctorum) is part of the ongoing project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together, commonly called ECT. The project began in 1992...
On Human Rights
Fifty years ago, on December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration marked a decisive moment in the...
We Hold These Truths
Following upon the intense public discussion occasioned by our November 1996 symposium on judicial usurpation, Charles Colson of Prison Fellowship and Father Richard John Neuhaus convened a meeting of...
That They May Have Life
The following statement was issued early this year by the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, office of the President’s Commission on the Sanctity of Life.—The Editors Human life is not an...
The Inhuman Use of Human Beings
A panel of nineteen experts appointed by the National Institutes of Health has recommended government funding for conceiving human embryos in the laboratory for the sole purpose of using...
