Cardinal Walter Kaspar, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, will speak at Emory University on March 2nd. The lecture will be part of the Major Catholic Speaker Series coordinated by the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University. Cardinal's Kaspar's speech will be the first speech in the series presented by the Aquinas Center.
Kaspar's two major interfaith accomplishments include forming the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification with the Lutheran church and serving as president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews. His participation with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has lead to ecumenical discussions with Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, and the Orthodox church. Kaspar was placed in this position by the late pontiff Pope John Paul II in 2001.
Kaspar's lecture will be titled "The Timeliness of Speaking of God." The lecture will take place March 2nd at 7:30 pm in Glenn Memorial Church on the campus of Emory University. Tickets have already are sold out and those wanting to attend are encouraged to sign onto the wait list. Please visit the links below for more information on speaker and to be placed on the wait list.
Kaspar's biography and publications
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