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The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is a document created by and agreed to by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation in 1999, as a result of extensive ecumenical dialogue, ostensibly resolving the conflict over the nature of justification which was at the root of the Protestant Reformation.

The Churches acknowledged that the excommunications relating to the doctrine of justification set forth by the Council of Trent do not apply to the teachings of the Lutheran churches set forth in the text; likewise, the churches acknowledged that the condemnations set forth in the Lutheran Confessions do not apply to the Catholic teachings on justification set forth in the document. Confessional Lutherans, such as the International Lutheran Council and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, reject the Declaration.

On July 18, 2006, members of the World Methodist Council, meeting in Seoul, South Korea, voted unanimously to adopt this document as well.^[1][2]

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• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification - The Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church
• Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
• Response of the Catholic Church to the Joint Declaration of the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation on the Doctrine of Justification
• Official Common Statement by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church
• LCMS - The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification in Confessional Lutheran Perspective
• Methodist Statement on Adoption of the Declaration