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<h2 id="criticism-of-the-label">Criticism of the label</h2> <p>After <a href="/facts/Cardinal_Joseph_Ratzinger/Kwqu9TB5">Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger</a> promulgated the document <i><a href="/facts/Dominus_Iesus/ma3CpJRX">Dominus Iesus</a></i> in 2000, several leaders from the <a href="/facts/Church_of_Denmark/8XxuESVF">Church of Denmark</a> replied in a public statement, saying in part: </p> <blockquote><p>However, it has a destructive effect on ecumenical relations if one church deprives another church of the right to be called a church. It is just as destructive as if one Christian denies another Christian the right to be called a Christian.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></p></blockquote> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Responses to Some Questions regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, Fourth Question Archived August 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html" target="_blank">https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Responses to Some Questions regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, Fourth Question Archived August 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html" target="_blank">https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Unitatis redintegratio". www.vatican.va. Archived from the original on March 6, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130306113628/https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130306113628/https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Responses to Some Questions regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church, Fifth Question Archived August 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html" target="_blank">https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Doctrinal Commentary on concluding formula of 'Professio fidei' | EWTN". EWTN Global Catholic Television Network. <a href="https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/doctrinal-commentary-on-concluding-formula-of-professio-fidei-2038" target="_blank">https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/doctrinal-commentary-on-concluding-formula-of-professio-fidei-2038</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"To the Roman Catholic Church in Denmark". February 28, 2005. Archived from the original on 28 February 2005. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050228041133/http://www.interchurch.dk/dok/703dom-iesus-eng.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20050228041133/http://www.interchurch.dk/dok/703dom-iesus-eng.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>