Growth in Agreement II : Reports and Agreed Statements of Ecumenical Conversations on a World Level, 1982-1998

by Gros, Jeffrey; Meyer, Harding; Rusch, William G.

• ISBN13: 9780802849342
• ISBN10: 0802849342
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Summary

The last fifteen years or so have witnessed significant progress in the theological consensus of the world's Christian communities. Although still separated along denominational lines, the principal Christian churches have engaged in ongoing discussions in an effort to understand and reconcile their differences.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Gros is associate director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, USA Until his retirement, Harding Meyer was research professor at the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg, France William Rusch is director of Faith and Order at the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA

Table of Contents

General Introduction	xv
PART A
I. Anglican-Lutheran Dialogue
Report of the Working Group	2	(9)
Cold Ash, England, 3 December 1983
Episcope	11	(27)
Niagara Falls, USA, September 1987
The Diaconate as Ecumenical Opportunity	38	(17)
Hanover, Germany, October 1995
II. Anglican-Methodist Dialogue
Sharing in the Apostolic Communion	55	(26)
Kanuga, North Carolina, USA, January 1996
III. Anglican-Eastern Orthodox Dialogue
Historical Introduction	77	(4)
Agreed Statement, Anglican-Orthodox Dialogue 1976-1984	81	(24)
Dublin, Ireland, 19 August 1984
Joint Communique: Robert A.K. Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch	105	(5)
Lambeth Palace, London, England, 9 December 1987
IV. Anglican-Oriental Orthodox Dialogue
Historical Introduction	108	(2)
Common Declaration: Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark, and Robert A.K. Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury	110	(2)
Egypt, 1 October 1987
Joint Communique: George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Karekin I, Supreme Catholicos of All Armenians	112	(2)
Lambeth Palace, London, England, 10 November 1997
V. Anglican-Reformed Dialogue
Historical Introduction	113	(1)
God's Reign and Our Unity	114	(41)
Woking, England, January 1984
VI. Baptist-Lutheran Dialogue
A Message to Our Churches	155	(23)
Geneva, Switzerland, 1990
VII. Disciples of Christ-Reformed Dialogue
Historical Introduction	176	(2)
No Doctrinal Obstacles	178	(12)
Birmingham, England, 4-11 March 1987
VIII. Eastern Orthodox-Oriental Orthodox Dialogue
Historical Introduction	187	(3)
Communique	190	(1)
Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland, 15 December 1985
Communique	191	(3)
Anba Bishoy Monastery, Egypt, 24 June 1989
Second Agreed Statement and Recommendations to the Churches	194	(6)
Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland, 28 September 1990
IX. Lutheran-Methodist Dialogue
The Church: Community of Grace	200	(22)
Lutheran-Methodist Dialogue 1979-1984
Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, June 1984
X. Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue
Historical Introduction	219	(3)
Divine Revelation	222	(2)
Allentown, USA, 30 May 1985
Scripture and Tradition	224	(2)
Crete, Greece, 2 June 1987
The Canon and the Inspiration of the Holy Scripture	226	(7)
Bad Segeberg, Germany, 8 September 1989
XI. Lutheran-Reformed Dialogue
Historical Introduction	230	(3)
Towards Church Fellowship	233	(15)
Geneva, Switzerland, Easter 1989
XII. Old Catholic-Eastern Orthodox Dialogue
Ecclesiology	248	(2)
Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 October 1983
Soteriology	250	(4)
Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 October 1983
Sacramental Teaching	254	(10)
Amersfoort, Netherlands, 3 October 1985 and Kavala, Greece, 17 October 1987
Eschatology	264	(3)
Kavala, Greece, 17 October 1987
Church Community	267	(3)
Kavala, Greece, 17 October 1987
XIII. Reformed-Methodist Dialogue
Historical Introduction	269	(1)
Together in God's Grace	270	(7)
Cambridge, England, 27 June 1987
XIV. Reformed-Orthodox Dialogue
Historical Introduction	275	(2)
Memorandum	277	(3)
Leuenberg, Switzerland, 11 March 1988
Agreed Statement on the Holy Trinity	280	(5)
Kappel, Germany, March 1992
Significant Features: A Common Reflection on the Agreed Statement	285	(3)
Kappel, Germany, March 1992
Agreed Statement on Christology	288	(4)
Limassol, Cyprus, January 1994
XV. Reformed-Oriental Orthodox Dialogue
Historical Introduction	291	(1)
Agreed Statement on Christology	292	(3)
Driebergen, Netherlands, 13 September 1994
XVI. Adventists and Lutherans in Conversation
Report of the Bilateral Conversation 1994-1998	295	(18)
Cartigny, Switzerland, 15 May 1998
PART B
XVII. Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Historical Introduction	312	(1)
Common Declaration: Pope John Paul II and Robert A.K. Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury	313	(2)
Canterbury, England, 29 May 1982
Salvation and the Church	315	(11)
Llandaff, Wales, 3 September 1986
Common Declaration: Pope John Paul II and Robert A.K. Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury	326	(2)
Vatican, 2 October 1989
Church as Communion	328	(16)
Dublin, Ireland, 6 September 1990
Life in Christ: Morals, Communion and the Church	344	(27)
Venice, Italy, 5 September 1993
Common Declaration: George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Pope John Paul II	371	(2)
Vatican, 5 December 1996
XVIII. Baptist-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Summons to Witness to Christ in Today's World: A Report on Conversations 1984-1988	373	(13)
Atlanta, USA, 23 July 1988
XIX. Disciples of Christ-Roman Catholic Dialogue
The Church as Communion in Christ	386	(13)
St Louis, Missouri, USA, 7 December 1992
XX. Evangelical-Roman Catholic Dialogue
The Evangelical-Roman Catholic Dialogue on Mission 1977-1984	399	(39)
XXI. Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Martin Luther - Witness to Jesus Christ	438	(5)
Kloster Kirchberg, Germany, 6 May 1983
Facing Unity	443	(42)
Rome, Italy, 3 March 1984
Church and Justification	485	(81)
Wurzburg, Germany, 11 September 1993
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification	566	(17)
Augsburg, Germany, 31 October 1999
XXII. Methodist-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Towards a Statement on the Church - Fourth Series 1982-1986	583	(14)
Nairobi, Kenya, 1986
The Apostolic Tradition - Fifth Series 1986-1991	597	(21)
Paris, France, 15 April 1991
The Word of Life: A Statement on Revelation and Faith - Sixth Series 1991-1996	618	(34)
Baar, Switzerland, 15 November 1995
XXIII. Eastern Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Historical Introduction	647	(5)
The Mystery of the Church and of the Eucharist in the Light of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity	652	(8)
Munich, Germany, 30 June-6 July 1982
Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church	660	(9)
Bari, Italy, June 1987
Common Declaration: Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Dimitrios I	669	(2)
Vatican, 7 December 1987
The Sacrament of Order in the Sacramental Structure of the Church	671	(9)
New Valamo, Finland, 26 June 1988
Uniatism: Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion	680	(6)
Balamand, Lebanon, 23 June 1993
Common Declaration: Pope John Paul II and Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch	686	(5)
Vatican, 29 June 1995
XXIV. Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Historical Introduction	688	(3)
Common Declaration: Pope John Paul II and Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas	691	(3)
Vatican, 23 June 1984
The Continuation of the Dialogue	694	(1)
Cairo, Egypt, 12 February 1988
Report of the International Commission for Dialogue between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church	695	(1)
Monastery of St Bishoy, Egypt, 27 April 1990
Statement of the Joint Commission between the Roman Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	696	(2)
Kottayam, India, 3 June 1990
Report of the Second Meeting of the Joint International Commission between the Roman Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church	698	(5)
Manganam, Kottayam, India, 9-12 December 1990
Pastoral Guidelines on Marriages between Members of the Catholic Church and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church	703	(4)
Ernakulam, India, November 1993
Common Declaration: Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I	707	(4)
Vatican, 13 December 1996
XXV. Assyrian Church of the East-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Historical Introduction	709	(2)
Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East	711	(2)
Rome, Italy, 11 November 1994
XXVI. Pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Final Report	713	(8)
Dialogue between the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity and Leaders of the Some Pentecostal Churches and Participants in the Charismatic Movement within Protestant and Anglican Churches 1972-1976
Final Report	721	(14)
Dialogue between the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity Some and Classical Pentecostals 1977-1982
Perspectives on Koinonia	735	(18)
Report from the Third Quinquennium of the Dialogue between the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Some Classical Pentecostal Churches and Leaders 1985-1989
Evangelization, Proselytism and Common Witness	753	(27)
1990-1997
XXVII. Reformed-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Towards a Common Understanding of the Church	780	(41)
Second Phase, 1984-1990
PART C
XXVIII. World Council of Churches and Roman Catholic Church
Historical Introduction	820	(1)
Fifth Report of the Joint Working Group	821	(21)
June 1982
Sixth Report of the Joint Working Group	842	(20)
1990
The Church: Local and Universal	862	(14)
A Study Document Commissioned and Received by the Joint Working Group 1990
The Notion of ``Hierarchy of Truths'': An Ecumenical Interpretation	876	(8)
1990
Ecumenical Formation: Ecumenical Reflections and Suggestions	884	(7)
20 May 1993
The Challenge of Proselytism and the Calling to Common Witness	891	(9)
25 September 1995
The Ecumenical Dialogue on Moral Issues: Potential Sources of Common Witness or of Divisions	900	(11)
25 September 1995
Seventh Report of the Joint Working Group	911	(26)
1998
PART D
XXIX. World Council of Churches
Historical Introduction	936	(1)
The Unity of the Church as Koinonia: Gift and Calling	937	(2)
Canberra, Australia, February 1991
Message to the Churches	939
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, August 1993