April 22, 2014
WASHINGTON—The Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States (ARC-USA) has concluded a six-year round of dialogue with the release of “Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness,” approved at the most recent meeting February 24-25, 2014, at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting was chaired by Bishop John Bauerschmidt of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee; the Roman Catholic co-chairman, Bishop Ronald Herzog of Alexandria, Louisiana, was unable to attend for health reasons.
In 2008 the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, asked the ARC-USA to address questions of ethics and the Christian life in the context of ecclesiology, in an effort to achieve greater clarity regarding areas of agreement and disagreement. They were aware that dialogue on these issues was also taking place between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion at the international level, and also in other bilateral dialogues between churches of various traditions.
The statement reflects on the way the two churches pursue the work of teaching and learning within the Christian moral life. It examines the extent to which their respective church structures influence the way they teach and what they teach on moral questions. Inquiries and discussions about moral formation and the teaching charism of the churches guided them in addressing this topic.
With a focus on two case studies concerning migration/immigration and same sex relations, the dialogue concluded that even if the moral teachings of Anglicans and Catholics diverge on some questions, they also share important common features. The statement delves into these differences and similarities and represents progress toward a more unified Gospel witness capable of addressing contemporary concerns in ways that are useful and attractive to all Christians, as well as larger society. As Bishop Bauerschmidt said, "ARC-USA has produced some important statements in the past. This statement represents the latest landmark in our journey together as churches, and is a valuable contribution to an important topic." The full text is available online here: www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/ecumenical-and-interreligious/ecumenical/anglican/upload/arcusa-2014-statement.pdf...
Read the rest of the releast at: http://www.usccb.org/news/2014/14-066.cfm
Hat tip to Chris Buckley.
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"Whatever its final effect, it must strike many as a venture in triviality coming at this particular time in history" - National Review (29 July 1961)
ReplyDeleteWhat a vain waste of clergy and church resources in such self indulgent navel gazing! I love the Anglican Patrimony but have no time--no time--for the joke that modern Anglicanism has become. Especially the "we should celebrate demonic possession" Episcopalians.
ReplyDeleteThere are souls out there in need of saving and this is what they do?
No doubt this is with the blessings of pope frankie. I still do not trust him. just waiting for the other shoe to drop. As for the Anglican patrimony and the Ordinariates - especially the (non-Anglican) Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, I see no growth in any of the congregations or groups except Saint John the Evangelist in Calgary. WHY? There isn't even a blog or website or newsletter available with updates about anything going on, again I ask: WHY? A number of the groups to theft don't even function anymore. WHY are they still listed? That's the question isn't "WHY"???
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