"Submitted to the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity".
"December 1986".
"[W]e offer to the world-wide Church a positive and hopeful outlook on The Final Report. The task of bringing together two different but related ecclesial traditions such as those of the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church while respecting their identities is a delicate one. We believe it can be achieved. The theological and human issues raised by The Final Report are complex, but together, in openness to the Lord's gift of koinonia,we can build a unity which fosters rather than stifles diversity. We can because we must: 'Give what you command, and command what you will'. (Augustine, Confessions, 10, 29)" -- Intro., p. 2.
Contents divided into five main sections: Introduction -- On the Eucharist -- On Ministry and Ordination -- On Authority in the Church -- Conclusion.
On the Eucharist section divided into sub-sections: 1. Eucharistic Sacrifice -- 2. The Presence of Christ -- 3. Reservation.
On Ministry and Ordination section divided into sub-sections: 1. The Divine Origin of the Ordained Ministry -- 2. The Emergence of the Threefold Ordering of the Ordained Ministry -- 3. The Relationship of the Ordained Ministry to Other Ministries in the Church -- 4. The Functions and Priestly Character of the Ordained Ministry -- 5. Ordination: An Unrepeatable Sacrament -- 6. Apostolic Succession -- 7. Recognition of Anglican Ordinations -- 8. Ordination of Women.
On Authority in the Church section divided into sub-sections: 1. Universal Primacy -- 2. Jurisdiction -- 3. Scripture and Tradition -- 4. Infallibility -- 5. Marian Definitions.
The Roman Catholic response to the Final Report of the joint Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC I) "could make future progress towards full communion `hazardous,' says Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey". "After 10 years of study, [the Catholic Church] concluded that in several crucial areas, the report either does not conform to Roman Catholic faith, or needs elaboration". The Catholic response notes that Anglicans do not accept the dogma of papal infallibility. There is also no consensus on Marian dogmas of the immaculate conception and the assumption. Disagreement also remains on the issue of the ordination of women.
"Edited by Jeffrey Gros, E. Rozanne Elder, and Ellen K. Wondra".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
"The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs recommended this publication, prepared in collaboration with the Episcopal Church and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops." -- verso of t.-p.
"This series of groundbreaking texts [from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, ARC USA and ARC Canada] is published in one volume to provide resources for preaching, study, catechetical instruction, prayer, and reflection. The documents should encourage those who work to heal divisions. This series is also a reference work to aid leaders and scholars in giving authentic witness to the common ground these two Churches share in Christ. The documents here bring up to 1995 documentation previously collected and published (Wright/Witmer, 1985) that covers the period from 1966 to 1983. Some of these texts are available in the context of other ecumenical documents (Vischer, 1984; Burgess, 1989, 1995)." -- Intro. p. x.
Contents divided into four main sections: Preface / Frank Griswold and John Snyder, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA [and] John Baycroft and Terrence Pendergast, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada -- Introduction -- I. The Church -- II. Sacraments and Ministry -- III. The People of God and Pastoral Care -- IV. Appendices -- Index.
Section I. The Church divided into sub-sections: Church as Communion -- 1. Church as Communion: An Agreed Statement / Second Anglican Roman Catholic International Communion, 1991 -- 2. Reconciling Unity and Plurality / Episcopal Chairs of the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, 1993 -- 3. A Call to Perseverance in Ecumenism : Observations of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in Canada on the Meeting of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope John Paul II / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990 -- 4. A Recommitment to Full Communion / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States, 1992 -- 5. Salvation and the Church / Anglican-Roman International Commission, 1986 -- 6. Observations on 'Salvation and the Church' / The [Vatican] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1987 -- 7. 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' / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990.
Section II. Sacraments and Ministry divided into sub-sections: The Final Report -- 8. The 1988 Lambeth Conference: Resolution 8 and Explanatory Note regarding ARCIC I -- 9. The Official Roman Catholic Response to the Final Report of ARCIC I / Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, 1991 -- 10. Reply to the Vatican Response to the Final Report of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1993 -- 11. How Can We Recognize `Substantial Agreement' ? / Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation-USA, 1993 -- 12. Requested Clarifications on Eucharist and Ministry / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1993 -- Eucharist -- 13. Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1994 -- Ministry -- 14. Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context of their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1990 -- 15. Reflections on the Experience of Women's Ministries / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 16. Pastoral Guidelines for Churches in the Case of Clergy Moving from One Communion to the Other / Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 17. Agreed Statement on Infallibly / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1992.
Section III. The People of God and Pastoral Care sub-divided into sub-sections: 18. Life in Christ: Morals, Communion, and the Church / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1994 -- 19. Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission II and Recent Papal Teaching / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1995 -- 20. Pastoral Guidelines for Interchurch Marriage / Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops, 1987 -- 21. A Message from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops' Dialogue to the Clergy and People of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches in Canada, 1994.
Appendices contain: I: Publications and Major Events -- II: Dialogue Participants -- III: Bibliography.
"Edited by Jeffrey Gros, E. Rozanne Elder, and Ellen K. Wondra".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
"The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs recommended this publication, prepared in collaboration with the Episcopal Church and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops." -- verso of t.-p.
"This series of groundbreaking texts [from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, ARC USA and ARC Canada] is published in one volume to provide resources for preaching, study, catechetical instruction, prayer, and reflection. The documents should encourage those who work to heal divisions. This series is also a reference work to aid leaders and scholars in giving authentic witness to the common ground these two Churches share in Christ. The documents here bring up to 1995 documentation previously collected and published (Wright/Witmer, 1985) that covers the period from 1966 to 1983. Some of these texts are available in the context of other ecumenical documents (Vischer, 1984; Burgess, 1989, 1995)." -- Intro. p. x.
Contents divided into four main sections: Preface / Frank Griswold and John Snyder, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA [and] John Baycroft and Terrence Pendergast, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada -- Introduction -- I. The Church -- II. Sacraments and Ministry -- III. The People of God and Pastoral Care -- IV. Appendices -- Index.
Section I. The Church divided into sub-sections: Church as Communion -- 1. Church as Communion: An Agreed Statement / Second Anglican Roman Catholic International Communion, 1991 -- 2. Reconciling Unity and Plurality / Episcopal Chairs of the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, 1993 -- 3. A Call to Perseverance in Ecumenism : Observations of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in Canada on the Meeting of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope John Paul II / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990 -- 4. A Recommitment to Full Communion / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States, 1992 -- 5. Salvation and the Church / Anglican-Roman International Commission, 1986 -- 6. Observations on 'Salvation and the Church' / The [Vatican] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1987 -- 7. 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' / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990.
Section II. Sacraments and Ministry divided into sub-sections: The Final Report -- 8. The 1988 Lambeth Conference: Resolution 8 and Explanatory Note regarding ARCIC I -- 9. The Official Roman Catholic Response to the Final Report of ARCIC I / Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, 1991 -- 10. Reply to the Vatican Response to the Final Report of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1993 -- 11. How Can We Recognize `Substantial Agreement' ? / Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation-USA, 1993 -- 12. Requested Clarifications on Eucharist and Ministry / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1993 -- Eucharist -- 13. Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1994 -- Ministry -- 14. Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context of their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1990 -- 15. Reflections on the Experience of Women's Ministries / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 16. Pastoral Guidelines for Churches in the Case of Clergy Moving from One Communion to the Other / Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 17. Agreed Statement on Infallibly / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1992.
Section III. The People of God and Pastoral Care sub-divided into sub-sections: 18. Life in Christ: Morals, Communion, and the Church / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1994 -- 19. Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission II and Recent Papal Teaching / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1995 -- 20. Pastoral Guidelines for Interchurch Marriage / Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops, 1987 -- 21. A Message from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops' Dialogue to the Clergy and People of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches in Canada, 1994.
Appendices contain: I: Publications and Major Events -- II: Dialogue Participants -- III: Bibliography.
"A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Regis College and the Theology Department of the Toronto School of Theology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology awarded by the University of St. Michael's College".
Includes bibliographical references (ll. 220-250).
"Central to ARCIC-I's understanding of conciliarity is that conciliarity and primacy are complementary elements of 'episcope'. .... ARCIC-I develops its understanding of conciliarity within an ecclesiology of communion. The introduction to `The Final Report' claims that "fundamental to all our Statements is the concept of `koinonia' (communion)". `Koinonia' has emerged as an important ecclesiological concept in many bilateral statements. This dissertation, with its emphasis upon conciliarity in an ecclesiology of communion, is situated within the broader context of these ecumenical discussions on authority and ecclesiology. I will argue that ARCIC-I's understanding of conciliarity in an ecclesiology of communion has implications for Roman Catholic ecclesiology because it redresses a tendency in Roman Catholicism to emphasize papal primacy at the expense of conciliarity and the responsible participation of the whole people of God. I will also demonstrate that the Anglican synodical tradition is a gift that the Anglican Communion brings to the dialogue on authority with the Roman Catholic Church. My thesis is situated within the wider ecumenical discussion on authority, I will also identify some contributions that `The Final Report' makes to an understanding of conciliarity in an ecclesiology of communion and to the ongoing ecumenical dialogue on the nature and exercise of authority in the Church". -- Intro, ll. 3, 4
Includes bibliography, ll. .220-252.
Contents: Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 'The Final Report': Koinonia, Authority and Conciliarity -- The Provinces of the Anglican Communion and the 1988 Lambeth Conference Respond to the 'The Final Report' -- The Roman Catholic Church Responds to 'The Final Report': Phase I -- The Roman Catholic Church Responds to 'The Final Report': Phase II: The Vatican Response -- Other Responses to 'The Final Report' -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Section of Archbishop[ Pangrazio's Speech to Vatican II -- Appendix 2. Solemn Declaration of the 1893 General Synod (Canada) -- Appendix 3. Lambeth Conference 1988: Resolution 8 -- Appendix 4. Lambeth Conference 1988: Explanatory Note to Resolution 8 -- Appendix 5. Cardinal Willebrand's Letter to the Episcopal Conferences -- Appendix 6. Cardinal Ratzinger's Letter to the Episcopal Conferences -- Appendix 7. Ordinary General Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops 1967-1994 -- Appendix 8. Extraordinary and Special Synods 1967-2000 -- Appendix 9. 'The Final Report' and 'The Official Response': A Brief Comparison -- Bibliography.
"A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Regis College and the Theology Department of the Toronto School of Theology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology awarded by the University of St. Michael's College".
Includes bibliographical references (ll. 220-250).
"Central to ARCIC-I's understanding of conciliarity is that conciliarity and primacy are complementary elements of 'episcope'. .... ARCIC-I develops its understanding of conciliarity within an ecclesiology of communion. The introduction to `The Final Report' claims that "fundamental to all our Statements is the concept of `koinonia' (communion)". `Koinonia' has emerged as an important ecclesiological concept in many bilateral statements. This dissertation, with its emphasis upon conciliarity in an ecclesiology of communion, is situated within the broader context of these ecumenical discussions on authority and ecclesiology. I will argue that ARCIC-I's understanding of conciliarity in an ecclesiology of communion has implications for Roman Catholic ecclesiology because it redresses a tendency in Roman Catholicism to emphasize papal primacy at the expense of conciliarity and the responsible participation of the whole people of God. I will also demonstrate that the Anglican synodical tradition is a gift that the Anglican Communion brings to the dialogue on authority with the Roman Catholic Church. My thesis is situated within the wider ecumenical discussion on authority, I will also identify some contributions that `The Final Report' makes to an understanding of conciliarity in an ecclesiology of communion and to the ongoing ecumenical dialogue on the nature and exercise of authority in the Church". -- Intro, ll. 3, 4
Includes bibliography, ll. .220-252.
Contents: Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 'The Final Report': Koinonia, Authority and Conciliarity -- The Provinces of the Anglican Communion and the 1988 Lambeth Conference Respond to the 'The Final Report' -- The Roman Catholic Church Responds to 'The Final Report': Phase I -- The Roman Catholic Church Responds to 'The Final Report': Phase II: The Vatican Response -- Other Responses to 'The Final Report' -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Section of Archbishop[ Pangrazio's Speech to Vatican II -- Appendix 2. Solemn Declaration of the 1893 General Synod (Canada) -- Appendix 3. Lambeth Conference 1988: Resolution 8 -- Appendix 4. Lambeth Conference 1988: Explanatory Note to Resolution 8 -- Appendix 5. Cardinal Willebrand's Letter to the Episcopal Conferences -- Appendix 6. Cardinal Ratzinger's Letter to the Episcopal Conferences -- Appendix 7. Ordinary General Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops 1967-1994 -- Appendix 8. Extraordinary and Special Synods 1967-2000 -- Appendix 9. 'The Final Report' and 'The Official Response': A Brief Comparison -- Bibliography.
Bibliography of "Selected References" pp. 247-248.
"This is a controversial book both by nature and by design. It could not be otherwise, for it is in part an attempt to answer the question most often put to me after twelve years as religion editor of the largest newspaper in the country [the Toronto Star]. That is: 'As a former Anglican priest and professor of theology, with more than a decade's experience reporting on and discussing religious issues in the mass media, what do you yourself believe' ?" -- Intro., p.[1].
Contents: Introduction -- The Uncomfortable Christian -- Searching for Christmas and Easter -- Speaking Out -- After the Virgin Mary -- The Electronic Pew -- People -- Travels in the Holy Land -- On Death and Dying -- Conclusion -- Selected References.
Colophon: Printed in Canada by John Deyell Company Limited.
Author is a former Anglican priest, writer and journalist.
"From the first centuries A.D. and throughout the history of the Christian church, one fundamental question has continually arisen: What is the proper relationship between the 'magistri', or theological teachers, and the 'magisterium', the authority which decides what is the teaching of the church ? .... This book is published in celebration of Visser 't Hooft's birth one hundred years ago. Although it emerges from an unfinished manuscript written in the mid-1980s, the book makes an important and timely contribution to an ongoing debate within the churches". -- back cover.
Contents: Foreword / Alan D. Falconer, Director, Commission on Faith and Order -- Introduction -- Teachers in the New Testament -- Teachers Decrease, Bishops Increase -- Teachers at Carthage and Alexandria -- Episcopal Teachers -- A 'Magisterium' of the 'Magistri' ? -- 'Magistri' as Reformers -- The 'Magisterium' in the Context of Papal Infallibility -- The Threat of Divorce between the 'Magistri' and the 'Magisterium' -- Theologians Rediscover the Church -- The 'Magistri' Participate in the 'Magisterium' -- Once More the Parting of the Ways ? -- Authority and Freedom in Eastern Orthodoxy -- 'Magistri' and 'Magisterium' in the Ecumenical Dialogue -- 'Magistri' as the Fourth Office ? -- Conclusion.
"Published Privately by George F. Lewis. Distributed by The Anglican Book Centre, 600 Jarvis Street., Toronto 5, Ont. 3000-1962". -- verso of t.-p.
"[By] George F. Lewis".
Includes bibliographical references.
"While it is unsafe to generalize too freely in the area of Anglican-Roman Catholic relations, nonetheless there is a growing body of evidence to indicate that members of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches are beginning to view each other with quite a new perspective. ..... If this encouraging trend continues, and accelerates in keeping with the times, there is every reason to believe that before this century has ended Anglicans and Roman Catholics may find themselves quietly and naturally reunited in a Church which is both fully Catholic and truly Reformed." -- Preface.
"It is my special intention here to focus ... squarely upon some of the main problems to be faced and resolved before we Anglicans can once again enjoy full communion with Roman Catholics, and they with us. .... The major conflict between the Anglican and they Roman Catholic Churches has always centred on the vexing question of Papal authority". -- p. 10.
Contents: Foreword / Henry R. Hunt, Suffragan Bishop of Toronto -- Preface -- Bibliography -- Introduction -- [Text subdivided into 12 sections].
"George F. Lewis, Assistant Professor of Anatomy at the University of Toronto, is an Anglican layman, actively engaged in the work of his parish church and a member of the General Synod Committee on Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations. It is Mr. Lewis' conviction that every Christian, as a member of the laity or 'primary order' of the Church's ministry, has both the right and the duty to be a theologian -- that is, to study things divine. He believes, furthermore, that today every Christian should be well prepared to assist in the work of the Ecumenical Movement." -- back cover.