I. Stumbling blocks for ecumenism
1. Bradford Hinze (Fordham University, USA), “Triumphalistic Temptations and the Sinfulness of the Church.”
2. Sandra Arenas (University of Temuco, Chile), “Roman Catholic Recognition of Ecclesiality Outside its Boundaries: What Does It Mean?”
3. Peter De Mey (KU Leuven, Belgium), “More than an Issue of Translation: The ‘defectus ordinis’ in Unitatis Redintegratio 22.”
4. Response: Miriam Haar (Konfessionskundliches Institut Bensheim, Germany)
II. Stumbling blocks for interfaith dialogue
5. Ralph Martin (Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI, USA), “Salvation Optimism and Its Limits: A Reading of Lumen Gentium 16.”
6. Marianne Moyaert (Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands), “Nostra Aetate 2: Between Dialogue and Proclamation.”
7. Response: Darren Dias (University of Toronto, Canada), “Hard Sayings: New Questions for a Pilgrim Church.”
III. Stumbling blocks for Church-world relations
8. Paul Lakeland (Fairfield University, CT, USA), “Opening to the World: The ‘Special Character’ of the Laity.”
9. Jan Jans (Tilburg University, The Netherlands), “Downright Pelagian? Gaudium et Spes 17 and the Discussion on Who is ‘in Possession’ of Conscience.”
10. Judith Gruber (KU Leuven, Belgium), “Concealing … more than revealing”: Gaudium et Spes 19 and the Sinfulness of the Church.”
11. Response: Scott MacDougall (Church Divinity School of the Pacific, USA), “A Pilgrim Church in and for the World: Eschatological Ecclesiology and the Legacy of Vatican II.”
