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The Second Vatican Council's ''Decree on Ecumenism'' stated thay "all who have been baptized and justified by faith 'are members of Christ’s body, and have a right to be called Christian' and 'brothers' by the Catholic Church." <ref name="VaticanII" /> Thus, traditional Protestant groups are included within the Roman Catholic Church's definition of separated brethren.<ref name="VaticanII">{{cite journal|url=http://www.christianodyssey.com/history/vatican2.htm | work=Christian Odyssey |title=Church History Corner: Vatican II and the Future of Church Unity |author=Kroll, Paul|page=18-19|volume=3|number=5|month=October/November|year=2007 | location=Glendora, CA| publisher=[[Worldwide Church of God]]|accessdate=2010-06-21|}}</ref> Likewise, the Roman Catholic Church considers members of Eastern Orthodox churches to be "separated brethren".<ref name="VaticanII" /> The ''Decree on Ecumenism'' went even further in indicating that the Roman catholic Church considers the Eastern Orthodox churches to be "sister churches".<ref name="VaticanII" /> |
The Second Vatican Council's ''Decree on Ecumenism'' stated thay "all who have been baptized and justified by faith 'are members of Christ’s body, and have a right to be called Christian' and 'brothers' by the Catholic Church." <ref name="VaticanII" /> Thus, traditional Protestant groups are included within the Roman Catholic Church's definition of separated brethren.<ref name="VaticanII">{{cite journal|url=http://www.christianodyssey.com/history/vatican2.htm | work=Christian Odyssey |title=Church History Corner: Vatican II and the Future of Church Unity |author=Kroll, Paul|page=18-19|volume=3|number=5|month=October/November|year=2007 | location=Glendora, CA| publisher=[[Worldwide Church of God]]|accessdate=2010-06-21|}}</ref> Likewise, the Roman Catholic Church considers members of Eastern Orthodox churches to be "separated brethren".<ref name="VaticanII" /> The ''Decree on Ecumenism'' went even further in indicating that the Roman catholic Church considers the Eastern Orthodox churches to be "sister churches".<ref name="VaticanII" /> |
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The Roman Catholic Church does not consider Mormons and members of some other religious groups to be separated brethren. |
The Roman Catholic Church does not consider Mormons and members of some other religious groups to be separated brethren.<ref name="Whalen9">{{cite book |title=Revised: Separated Brethren: A Review of Protestant, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox & Other Religions in the United States|author=Whalen, William Joseph| publisher=[[Our Sunday Visitor]] |location=Huntington, Ind.| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sw9ILcqw2hsC | accessdate=2010-06-16| isbn=9781931709057|year=2002|page=9}}</ref> Among the groups not considered to be separated brethren are "[[Jews]], [[Mormon]]s, [[Christian Scientists]], [[Muslim]]s, [[Buddhist]]s, and other groups."<ref name="Whalen9" /> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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