Published: 2019-12-23

Selected theological aspects of the document of Catholic-Anglican dialogue "Walking Together on the Way" in the context of current challenges of postconciliar ecumenism

Paweł Beyga
Studia Oecumenica
Section: Dialogi ekumeniczne i międzyreligijne
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/so.737

Abstract

Ecumenical activity is a very important aspect of life in the Catholic Church. The main reception of this activity are works of special groups and commission between Catholic Church and another Christian communities and churches. The Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) is an group created in 1969 which seeks to make ecumenical progress between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church. The Third Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission has issued its first agreed statement with the title Walking Together on the Way: Learning to be the Church – Local, Regional, Universal. The ecclesiological document showed relation between local Churches and universal Church, role of archbishop of Canterbury and bishop of Rome, condition of Anglican Communion in universal world. The author of the article looked at this new ecumenical document in the perspective of situation of ecumenical dialogue and teaching of the Second Vatican Council and pope emeritus Benedict XVI.

Keywords:

ARCIC, ecumenism, Church, dialogue

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Beyga, P. (2019). Selected theological aspects of the document of Catholic-Anglican dialogue "Walking Together on the Way" in the context of current challenges of postconciliar ecumenism. Studia Oecumenica, 19, 275–290. https://doi.org/10.25167/so.737

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