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The adoption and reception process of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification -- Who is Gerhard Ebeling? -- Biographical overview of Gerhard Ebeling -- An overview of Ebeling's theology -- Ebeling's ecumenical theology -- Statement of the problem and thesis -- Method of this study -- Ecumenism, church, and doctrine : the broader context of Ebeling's hermeneutical theology -- The task of ecumenism, according to the foreword of Ebeling's the word of God and tradition -- The Church and its functions, according to Ebeling's dogmatik des Christlichen glaubens -- Ebeling'sunderstanding of the nature and foundation of the church -- Ebeling's understanding of the life and function of the Church -- The basis for the unity of the church, according to Ebeling -- Proclamation as interpretation, according to Ebeling's the problem of historicity in the Church and its proclamation -- The Church and the role of doctrine, according to word of God and tradition and word and faith -- The word of God and Church doctrine, according to word of God and Church doctrine in word of God and tradition, pp. 160-180 -- The relationship between the church and church doctrine, according to the significance of doctrinal differences for the division of the Church, in word and faith ; pp. 162-190 -- Ecumenism, church doctrine, and hermeneutics : a summary -- The doctrine of justification, according to Gerhard Ebeling: a study in the hermeneutical anthropology of Martin Luther -- Ebeling's rejection of scholastic theology and anthropology -- Luther's identification of nature and sin, as found in ebeling's Lutherstudien ii.3, ch. 51, die grunddifferenz zur scholastik (th. 31) -- Luther's rejection of the scholastic categories of nature and grace, and their replacement with law and Gospel -- The effects of sin upon human language -- Luther's dispute with scholasticism over the doctrine of original sin, as found in Ebeling's Lutherstudien ii.3, ch. 46, die menschliche natur nach dem fall (th. 26) -- Summary -- Ebeling's hermeneutical, anthropological method, according to lutherstudien -- Luther's hermeneutical turn and the corresponding problem of the natural, as found in Ebeling's Lutherstudien i, die rolle der hermeneutik in Luthers theologie, and das problem des natürlichen bei Luther -- The ascendancy of person and word over nature and work, according to Ebeling's Luthers wirklichkeitsverständnis -- The relationship of christology and anthropology, as found in Ebeling's Lutherstudien ii.3, chapter 41, das verhältnis von christologie und anthropologie -- Summary of Luther's anthropology, according to Gerhard Ebeling -- Ebeling's understanding of the doctrine of justification, according to his Lutherstudien -- The relationship of justification and anthropology, according to Ebeling's Lutherstudien, ii.3, chapter 55, rechtfertigungslehre und anthropologie, and chapter 56.2, der homo iustificandus nach den vier causae -- The relationship of divine faith and human action, according to Ebeling's Lutherstudien, ii.3, chapter 62, cooperatores dei -- Summary of Luther's understanding of the relationship between anthropology and justification, according to Gerhard Ebeling -- The hermeneutical justification for Gerhard Ebeling's rejection of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification -- Paragraph 1: the expectations for the joint declaration -- The essence of christian reality -- The life and function of the Church -- Paragraphs 2 and 3: justification by faith, through grace -- Analysis of the texts -- The theological justification for Ebeling's rejection of the joint declaration's teaching on justification by faith and through grace -- Paragraph 5: the life of the church and ecumenism -- Analysis of the texts -- The theological justification for Ebeling's rejection of the joint declaration's call for continuing talks on the nature and function of the Church -- Conclusion -- The legacy of Gerhard Ebeling's hermeneutical theology upon the reception of the joint declaration and the future of Lutheran/Roman Catholic dialogue -- The continuing objections of Mark Menacher -- Ebeling's influence upon Menacher -- Textual examination -- The objections of Gerhard Forde -- Ebeling's influence upon Forde -- Textual examination -- Summary of the continuing objections -- Concluding remarks
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