In 1999, the Vatican (Papal Council for Promoting Christian Unity) and the Lutheran World Federation signed an Accord on Justification. Opposing theological views had been the principal cause of division of the Western church for the past 500 years, and had also led to doctrinal condemnations. The Accord was an attempt to show that there is a true basis for agreement in the oldest formulations of our theologies and common understanding of the gospel. The Lutheran Church believes that the Salvation of mankind is made possible through the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but does not repudiate the value of good deeds done by human. The Catholic Church, on the other hand, respects Jesus’ work of salvation, but also emphasizes that faith without actions is ineffective. Action and faith are complementary to each other. When we are unwilling to forgive and accept others, we must try to recall Jesus’ saying, “'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.” But when we hear the message “you must love one other” and choose not to act, our faith is dead.