Common Witness to the Gospel

by Gros, Jeffrey; Elder, Rozanne; Wondra, Ellen K.; Griswold, Frank; Snyder, John; Baycroft, John

• ISBN13: 9781574550603
• ISBN10: 1574550608
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: United States Catholic Conference

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
I. THE CHURCH	1	(62)
Church as Communion
Church as Communion	4	(19)
Reconciling Unity and Plurality	23	(3)
A Call to Perseverance in Ecumenism	26	(2)
A Recommitment to Full Communion	28	(2)
Salvation and the Church
Salvation and the Church	30	(13)
Observations on Salvation and the Church	43	(9)
Comments of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada on the Observations of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on Salvation and the Church	52	(11)
II. SACRAMENTS AND MINISTRY	63	(122)
The Final Report
The 1988 Lambeth Conference: Resolution 8 and Explanatory Note Regarding ARCIC I	66	(3)
The Official Roman Catholic Response to the Final Report of ARCIC I	69	(9)
Reply to the Vatican Response to the Final Report of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission	78	(27)
How Can We Recognize `Substantial Agreement'?	105	(9)
Requested Clarifications on Eucharist and Ministry	114	(9)
Eucharist
Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice	123	(2)
Ministry
Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context of Their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church	125	(24)
Reflections on the Experience of Women's Ministries	149	(28)
Pastoral Guidelines for Churches in the Case of Clergy Moving from One Communion to the Other	177	(7)
Agreed Statement on Infallibility	184	(1)
III. THE PEOPLE OF GOD AND PASTORAL CARE	185	(66)
Life in Christ: Morals, Communion, and the Church	186	(31)
Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue	217	(4)
Pastoral Guidelines for Interchurch Marriages	221	(11)
A Message from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops' Dialogue to the Clergy and People of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches in Canada, 1994	232	(19)
APPENDICES
I. Publications and Major Events	235	(4)
II. Dialogue Participants	239	(8)
III. Bibliography	247	(4)
Index	251