Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations
Season of Creation, September 1 – October 4, 2020 Devotions offered by four heads of Communion
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry and the leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have prepared a series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020, September 1–October 4. The season, which begins on September 1 with […]
Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Episcopal Church has signed a joint interfaith statement on the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This summer, along with our ecumenical and interreligious partners, we remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the 70thAnniversary of the Korean War, recognizing the work left to be done in the world for peace. Read the statement […]
From the Rev. Margaret Rose: Summer 2020
Good Trouble! “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something, do something. Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.” These words of Congressman John Lewis echoed through many of the tributes as he was memorialized in July. His was a call which, I believe, informs the very heart of […]
Anti-COVID World Prayer Thursday, May 14th
Rome (NEV), May 8 2020 – The interim General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (CEC), Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, has invited all member churches to observe a global prayer day on 14 May. The joint initiative with the members of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, of which the WCC is part, […]
1988 Episcopal Church Guidelines for Christian-Jewish Relations
Guidelines for Christian-Jewish Relations for Use in the Episcopal Church General Convention of the Episcopal Church, July, 1988 Introduction “All real living is meeting.” These words of the Jewish philosopher, Martin Buber, point to the essence of Jewish-Christian dialogue. The General Convention of the Episcopal Church meeting in Detroit in July, 1988, adopted these Guidelines […]
ARC IV Statement on the Eucharist (1967)
Since the time of the Reformation, the doctrine of Eucharistic sacrifice has been considered a major obstacle to the reconciliation of the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church. It is the conviction of our commission that this is no longer true. We have made a careful study of the Documents of the Second Vatican […]
Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice (1994)
At the forty-first meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States of America (ARC/USA), on January 6, 1994, having in mind the significant agreement on the eucharist represented by The Final Report of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission and responding to the request in the Vatican Response to the ARCIC I Final Report for clarification, we […]
A Recommitment to Full Communion (1992)
We the members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation, meeting in Baltimore June 14-17, 1992, as representatives of our two Churches, recommit ourselves to the restoration of the visible unity to and full ecclesial communion between our two Churches. In 1965 the first Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC I) came into being under the auspices […]
Doctrinal Agreement and Christian Unity: Methodological Considerations (1972)
“We are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the perfect Man, mature with the fullness of Christ himself” (Eph 4:13 BJ). With its call to unity in truth and to living the truth in love, the Epistle to the Ephesians depicts […]
A Covenant among the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Northwest Lower Michigan Synod, the Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord
It is the will of our Lord Jesus that all his disciples be one. Encouraged by the international, national and regional dialogues among Lutherans, Anglicans, and Roman Catholics, we celebrate the faithful initiative of our church leaders, past and present, in fostering church unity. Recognizing the desire for the eventual union of Lutheran, Anglican and […]
