Recently, voices were raised in the worldwide Christian ecumenical movement that it was high time the Protestant-Catholic fundamental topic «Holy Scripture and Tradition» was approached and ecumenically reviewed. In Germany, this has already been achieved by the «Ökumenischer Arbeitskreis evangelischer und katholischer Theologen» (Ecumenical Study Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians; founded in 1946). The results of this study group were published in the 1990s under the title «Verbindliches Zeugnis» by Theodor Schneider and Wolfhart Pannenberg. This edition provides the essence of the three volume work for the first time in English. The treatment of this age-long dispute in Protestant and Catholic theology, but first of all its fundamental settlement can thus be recognised and discussed in the international ecumenical dialogue.

Theodor Schneider is Professor emeritus Dr. of Dogmatism and Ecumenical Theology, Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Mainz.
Wolfhart Pannenberg is Professor emeritus Dr. of Fundamental Theology and Ecumenics, Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Munich.

Contents: Holy Scripture as the Word of God ¿ The Canon of Holy Scripture: Historical Observations - Fundamental Considerations ¿ The Understanding and Use of Scripture ¿ Holy Scripture as the Word of God ¿ Worship as the Location Where God¿s Gospel Is Proclaimed ¿ The Unity and Totality of Holy Scripture ¿ The Two Testaments in the One Holy Scripture ¿ The Center of Holy Scripture and the Diversity of Its Theologies ¿ Law and Gospel ¿ The Interpretation of Scripture in the Life of the Church ¿ The Interpretation of Scripture and the Binding Teaching of the Church ¿ God¿s Spirit in God¿s Word.