May They All Be One : A response of the House of Bishops of the Church of England to "Ut Unum Sint"

Notes: "GS Misc 495".; "House of Bishops Occasional Paper".; "Published 1997 for the General Synod of the Church of England by Church House Publishing. Second impression 1998". -- verso of t.-p.; Includes bibliographical endnotes.; "On 30 May 1995 the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity responded immediately and warmly to the publication of Pope John Paul II's Encyclical 'Ut Unum Sint' .... The present response has been formulated by the Faith and Order Advisory Group of the Council for Christian Unity at the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury". -- Intro., p. 1.; Contents: Foreword by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York dated June 1997 / George Cantuar i.e. George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury [and] David Ebor i.e. David Hope, Archbishop of York -- Introduction -- A welcome for the Encyclical -- The faith and its formulation -- The teaching office of the Church -- Decision making when churches are separated -- Full, visible unity -- Areas requiring special study -- The Magisterium -- The place of Mary -- Implications of our common baptism -- Apostolicty and succession -- The role of the Bishop of Rome -- 'Real but imperfect communion' -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Initial Response of the Church of England to 'Ut Unum Sint': Issued on behalf of Lambeth Palace and the Council for Christian Unity dated 30 May 1995.

Added Entry: Church of England. Faith and Order Advisory Group; Church of England. Council for Christian Unity

Subjects: Catholic Church. Pope, 1978-2005 (John Paul II) Ut unum sint (25 May 1995); Anglican Communion - Relations - Catholic Church; Catholic Church - Relations - Anglican Communion; Church of England - Relations - Catholic Church; Ecumenical movement - Anglican Communion; Ecumenical movement - Church of England; Ecumenical movement - Catholic Church; Christian union - Church of England; Christian union - Catholic Church; Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC); Authority - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion; Authority - Religious aspects - Catholic Church; Authority - Religious aspects - Church of England; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint and Christian union; Baptism and Christian union; Apostolic succession and Christian union; Papacy and Christian union