Rome and Canterbury

by Reath, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780742552784
• ISBN10: 0742552780
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-15
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Although the history of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches is a long and tumultuous one, Mary Reath believes that the 500-year-old split between these prominent faiths can be healed. Reath, who has worked closely with both the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome and His Eminence Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, offers her unique and positive perspective on the past, present, and future of these two churches. Particularly at a time of such discontent for both Episcopalians and Catholics, this book is timely and helpful.

Table of Contents

Foreword-Three Voices	p. vii
Author's Note	p. xii
Preface	p. xiv
The History
The Breach in the West	p. 1
A New Christian Landscape	p. 13
Rome and Canterbury Face Modernity	p. 18
The Ecumenical Era Gets Up and Running (1910-1970)	p. 31
Anglicans/Episcopalians and Roman Catholics Initiate Talks and the Anglican Centre in Rome Opens	p. 40
The Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission Begins Its Work	p. 49
Authority
Introduction to Authority: Early Leadership, Primacy, Infallibility, and the Current Situation	p. 53
Church Governance Today and ARCIC's Agreed Statements on Authority	p. 60
The Future
What's Next?	p. 75
My World and Christian Unity	p. 86
Epilogue	p. 91
A Common History: Christianity's Earliest Days	p. 98
Agreed ARCIC Documents: Eucharist (1971), Ministry and Ordination (1973), Salvation and the Church (1986), Church as Communion (1991)	p. 106
Morals: Agreed Statement on Teachings and Practices (1994)	p. 117
Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ (2005)	p. 131
Timeline	p. 136
A History of the Gregorian Calendar	p. 138
Population by Continent (400 BC to 1600 AD)	p. 140
Resources	p. 141
Bibliography	p. 142
Acknowledgments	p. 150
Index	p. 153
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