Ecumenical : The Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission : Communique September 2003
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article30616
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2003 Michaelmas
- Issue
- 111
- Page
- 46-47
- Notes
- The Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission, under the chairmanship of the Rt. Rev. Stephen Sykes, met 4-9 September 2003 at the Virginia Theological Seminary. The commission is "now two years into its study of the meaning and maintenance of `Communion'." "The circumstances of our meetings have demonstrated how urgent it is, within the church as much as throughout the wider human community, to encourage good argument on disputed matters so as to nurture the unity promised by the gospel in an increasingly polarised global context. We have been made aware by our correspondents of the variety of threats to koinonia which they face, and also the high value which is placed on membership of a world-wide Communion of Anglican Churches, especially in a situation where Christian discipleship can be a lonely, challenging and dangerous calling". The meeting "began to explore ways in which theological education resources might be shared throughout the Communion, perhaps in concert with the Theological Education Initiative being commissioned by the Primates Meeting. The next phase of the Commission's work will be to integrate the three lines of its discussion -- continuing reflection on the responses to the Six Propositions which have been received, developing a response to the document `To Mend the Net', and working on the processes by which the Communion can sustain its life". Article lists members of the Commission.
- Subjects
- Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission (IATDC)
- Anglican Communion - Structure
- Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission
- Anglicans and Communion : Six Propositions
- To Mend the Net
- Conflict management - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Location
- General Synod Archives