Communique from Lisa's Desk: March 19, 2007

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:48:49 -0600
From: "Augustine Institute"
Subject: Augustine Institute Dialogue with Denver Seminary Students

Hi everybody!
I want to invite you to the first ever Catholic-Protestant dialogue
involving the Augustine Institute. On Thursday, March 29th,
7:00-9:00pm at the House of Ss. Peter and Paul (2590 S. Race St.
Denver, CO 80210) students of the Augustine Institute and Denver
Seminary (an evangelical insititution) will meet to discuss
theological questions surrounding our understanding of the Bible.

Topics to be discussed include: What is the relationship of Scripture
and Theology? What does it mean for the biblical text to be
authoritative? How do you know the books in the Bible are biblical,
i.e. canonical? etc.

A little background: Dr. Don Payne of Den Sem, Dr. Tim Gray, Mike
Hemenway (a Denver Sem student) and myself met about 6 weeks ago to
plan this event. Our hope is to share thoughts on issues of theology,
biblical hermeneutics and evangelism in order that our parallel
theological communities at Den Sem and AI can benefit one another
through our dialogue. As Vatican II stated in "Unitatis
Redintegratio," one of the intiatives of the ecumenical movement is
"'dialogue' between competent experts from different Churches and
Communities. At these meetings, which are organized in a religious
spirit, each explains the teaching of his Communion in greater depth
and brings out clearly its distinctive features. In such dialogue,
everyone gains a truer knowledge and more just appreciation of the
teaching and religious life of both Communions." (sec. 4)

Please come and bring a mind and heart ready to listen and share. I
think this is an exciting opportunity for us to engage what we are
learning in a concrete situation. Any questions, email me.

Yours in Christ,
Mark