Foreword / Johannes Willebrands -- Foreword / David Preus -- Recognition of the Augsburg Confession by the Catholic Church? / Vinzenz Pfnür -- The Confessio Augustana as a Catholic confession and a basis for the unity of the Church / Wolfhart Pannenberg -- On the possibility of a Catholic recognition of the Confessio Augustana as a legitimate expression of Christian truth / Heinz Schütte -- The Augustana accepted by Rome? What Lutheran and Catholic theologians can contribute to this goal / Harding Meyer The Augsburg Confession in light of contemporary Catholic-Lutheran dialogue / George Lindbeck, Vilmos Vajta -- Lutheran difficulties which stand in the way of a Catholic recognition of the Augsburg Confession / Hermann Dietzfelbinger -- Does the teaching of the Confessio Augustana about repentance stand in the way of its recognition by the Catholic Church? / Hans Jorissen -- What would Catholic recognition of the Confessio Augustana mean? / Walter Kasper -- The Augsburg Confession and contemporary Catholicism / Avery Dulles -- Catholic recognition of the Confessio Augustana : precedents, problems, and probabilities / Harry McSorley -- On recognizing the Augsburg Confession / Robert Jenson.