On Becoming a Christian An Important Theme in the International Roman Catholic - Pentecostal Dialogue

This paper reviews the fifth round of discussions in the International Roman Catholic - Pentecostal Dialogue by closely following and analyzing the final report "On Becoming a Christian: Insights from Scripture and the Patristic Writings". Beginning with an introduction about the dialogue as a whole and some remarks regarding the selection of the subject for the fifth round, the analysis focuses on the five main sections on the report. After laying out the difficulties and differences as well as the agreements and similarities that were discovered in the fifth round, the hope is expressed that the International Roman Catholic - Pentecostal Dialogue has laid a strong foundation on which another generation of ecumenists will be able to build.