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Official Dialogues
Date established: 1965
Frequency of meetings: twice each year.
SCOBA Chairman: Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh
Catholic Chairman: Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati
Sponsored jointly on the Catholic side by the USCCB and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Orthodox side is sponsored by the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of America (SCOBA).
SEIA Staff: Rev. Ronald G. Roberson, CSP
Reports:
"An Agreed Statement on the Holy Eucharist" (December 13, 1969).
"An Agreed Statement on Mixed Marriage" (Nov. 4, 1971). Note: An earlier version of this paper was approved at the sixth meeting, May 20, 1970; however, certain revisions were introduced and approved at the eighth meeting of the consultation on Nov. 4, 1971).
"An Agreed Statement on Respect for Life" (May 24, 1974).
"An Agreed Statement on the Church" (December 10, 1974).
"The Pastoral Office: A Joint Statement" (May 19, 1976).
"The Principle of Economy: A Joint Statement" (May 19, 1976).
"Reaction of Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue to the Agenda of the Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church" (September 29, 1977).
"An Agreed Statement on the Sanctity of Marriage" (December 8, 1978).
"Joint Recommendations on the Spiritual Formation of Children of Marriages between Orthodox and Roman Catholics" (October 11, 1980).
"A Response to the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church regarding the Munich Document: `The Mystery of the Church and of the Eucharist in the Light of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity'" (May 25, 1983).
"An Agreed Statement on the Lima Document Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry by the Eastern Orthodox/Roman Catholic Consultation, USA" (October 27, 1984).
"Apostolicity as God's Gift in the Life of the Church" (November 1, 1986).
"A Response to the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church regarding the Bari Document: `Faith, Sacraments, and the Unity of the Church'" (June 2, 1988).
"A Joint Reaction by the Orthodox/Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S.A. to the International Orthodox/Roman Catholic Commission's Text: `The Sacrament of Order in the Sacramental Structure of the Church with particular reference to the importance of Apostolic Succession for the Sanctification and Unity of the People of God'" (October 28, 1989).
"An Agreed Statement on Conciliarity and Primacy in the Church" (October 28, 1989).
"A Joint Communique of the Orthodox/Roman Catholic Consultation in the United States on Current Tensions between our Churches in Eastern Europe" (October 20, 1990).
"Joint Statement of the United States Orthodox/Roman Catholic Consultation on Tensions in Eastern Europe Related to 'Uniatism'" (May 28, 1992).
"A Response of the Orthodox/Roman Catholic Consultation in the United States to the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church regarding the Balamand Document (dated June 23, 1993): 'Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion'" (October 15, 1994).
"Common Response to the Aleppo Statement on the Date of Easter/Pascha" (October 31, 1998) For the Aleppo Document, go to: [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/faith/easter.html]
"Baptism and 'Sacramental Economy'" (June 3, 1999)
French Translation/Version francaise
"Sharing the Ministry of Reconciliation" (June 10, 2000)
"The Filioque: A Church-Dividing Issue?" (October 25, 2003)
Romanian Translation/Traducerea româna
French Translation/Version française
Greek Translation
Ukrainian Translation
Spanish Translation
Special Statements:
"A Statement by the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Bilateral Consultation on Persecution of the Greek Orthodox Community in Turkey" (January 25, 1978).
"Reaction to the Anthimos/Medeiros Agreement" (May 29, 1982).
Statement on the Upcoming Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Ecumenical Patriarchate (October 28, 2006).
Meeting Press Releases:
June 2-4, 1998
October 29-31, 1998
June 1-3, 1999
October 28-31, 1999
May 30-June 1, 2000
October 26-28, 2000
May 29-31, 2001
October 11-13, 2001
June 3-5, 2002
October 31-November 2, 2002
May 27-29, 2003
October 23-25, 2003
June 1-3, 2004
October 21-23, 2004
June 6-8, 2005
October 20-22, 2005
June 5-7, 2006
October 26-28, 2006
Date established: 1981
Frequency of meetings: once each year
Orthodox Co-Chairman: Bishop Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada
Catholic Co-Chairman: Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of Mobile
SEIA staff: Rev. Ronald G. Roberson, CSP
Reports:
"Ordination" (October 1, 1988).
"A Pastoral Statement on Orthodox/Roman Catholic Marriages" (October 5, 1990).
"Statement" of support for the historical Christianity in Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union (September 19, 1991).
"Communiqué on Eastern Europe," (October 2, 1992).
Statement on the Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue at the Dawn of a New Millennium, (October 4, 2000)
Meeting Press Releases:
March 31-April 2, 1998
March 9-11, 1999
October 2-4, 2000
October 2-4, 2001
October 8-10, 2002
October 7-9, 2003
October 5-7, 2004
June 21-23, 2006
Date established: 1978
Frequency of meetings: once each year.
Oriental Orthodox Chairman: Rev. Chor-Episcopos John Meno.
The Oriental Orthodox side is sponsored by the Standing Committee of Oriental Orthodox Churches of America, and includes representatives from the Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholic Chairman: Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany
SEIA staff: Rev. Ronald G. Roberson, CSP
Reports:
"Purpose, Scope and Method of the Dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches" (November 1980).
"Agreed Statement on the Eucharist" (June 9, 1983).
Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Interchurch Marriages and Other Pastoral Relationships was published with the authorization of the Consultation in 1995. It contains useful studies, guidelines, and documentation pertaining to our relationship. (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference Publications, 1995). [Publication No. 097-4]
"Guidelines Concerning the Pastoral Care of Oriental Orthodox Students in Catholic Schools" (June 7, 1999)
Meeting Press Releases:
June 7-8, 1999
June 5-6, 2000
June 4-5, 2001
June 10-11, 2002
June 9-10, 2003
June 7-8, 2004
June 9, 2005
May 30-31, 2006
Date established: 1984
Frequency of meetings: twice each year
Polish National Catholic Chairman: The Most Rev. John. F. Swantek, Prime Bishop Emeritus
Roman Catholic Chairman: Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo
SEIA staff: Rev. Ronald G. Roberson, CSP
Reports:
Journeying Together in Christ: The Report of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue (1984-1989). Edited by Stanislaus J. Brzana and Anthony M. Rysz. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 1990.
Journeying Together in Christ: The Journey Continues. The Report of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue 1989-2002. Edited by Most Rev. Robert M. Nemkovich and Most Rev. James C. Timlin. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2003.
Joint Declaration on Unity (May 17, 2006)
Meeting Press Releases:
May 6-7, 1997
October 28-29, 1997
April 20-21, 1998
November 4-5, 1998
April 14-15, 1999
May 10-11, 2000
October 24-25, 2000
May 16-17, 2001
October 24-25, 2001
May 15-16, 2002
October 23-24, 2002
March 26-27, 2003
October 29-30, 2003
September 16-17, 2004
May 10-11, 2005
September 19-20, 2005
May 16-17, 2006
November 9-10, 2006
Date established: 1965
Frequency of meetings: twice a year
Catholic Chairman: Bishop Edward Clark
Episcopalian Chairman: Bishop Edwin F. Gulick, Jr.
SEIA staff: Reverend Ronald G. Roberson, CSP
Reports:
"ARC IV Statement on the Eucharist" (May 29, 1967).
"ARC VII Statement" (December 8-11, 1969).
"Doctrinal Agreement and Christian Unity: Methodological Considerations" (January 23, 1972).
"Agreed Statement on the Purpose of the Church" (October 31, 1975).
"Statement on the Ordination of Women" (November 7, 1975).
"Where We Are: A Challenge for the Future. A Twelve-Year Report" (August 12, 1977).
"Images of God: Reflections on Christian Anthropology" (July 1983).
"Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context for their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church" (May 8, 1990).
"A Recommitment to Full Communion" (June 17, 1992).
"How Can We Recognize ‘Substantial Agreement'?" (April 5, 1993).
"Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice" (January 6, 1994).
"Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission II and Recent Papal Teachings" (June 22, 1995).
Agreed Report on the Local/Universal Church, (November 15, 1999)
Response of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission's "The Gift of Authority", (March 29, 2003)
Meeting Press Releases
June 13, 1997
January 22-25, 1998
June 25-28, 1998
March 11-14, 1999
January 20-23, 2000
September 21-24, 2000
March 22-25, 2001
March 14-17, 2002
September 12-15, 2002
March 27-30, 2003
October 2-5, 2003
March 25-28, 2004
September 16-19, 2004
March 3-6, 2005
October 13-16, 2005
March 30-April 2, 2006
September 14-17, 2006
Date established: 1965.
Frequency of meetings: twice each year
Catholic Chairman: Bishop Richard Sklba
Lutheran Chairman: The Rev. Lowell G. Almen
SEIA staff: Rev. James Massa, Ph.D.
Reports:
"The Status of the Nicene Creed as Dogma of the Church" 1965
"One Baptism for the Remission of Sins" 1966
"The Eucharist" 1967
"Eucharist and Ministry" 1970
"Differing Attitudes Toward Papal Primacy" 1973
"Teaching Authority and Infallibility in the Church" 1978
"Justification by Faith" 1983
"The One Mediator, The Saints, and Mary" 1990
"Scripture and Tradition" 1995
"The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: Its Structures and Ministries", 2004
Meeting Press Releases:
September 3-5, 1998
April 15-18, 1999
December 2-5, 1999
May 4-7, 2000
November 30-December 3, 2000
March 29-April 1, 2001
December 6-9, 2001
May 2-5, 2002
December 5-8, 2002
June 25-29, 2003
December 4-7, 2003
April 22-25, 2004
December 1-4, 2005
April 20-23, 2006
October 12-15, 2006
Date Established: July 27, 1965
Frequency of Meetings: Twice each year
Reformed Co-Chair: Rev. Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary
Catholic Co-Chair: Bishop Patrick Cooney of Galord, MI
SEIA Staff: Rev. Francis V. Tiso, Ph.D.
Reports:
“Statement on Revelation, Scripture and Tradition” (1966)
“The Ministry of the Church” (1968)
“Ministry in the Church” (May 14, 1970)
“Women in Church and Society” (May 14, 1970)
“Ministry in the Church” (October 30, 1971)
"Women in the Church" (1971)
"The Unity We Seek" (1976)
"Ethics and the Search for Christian Unity" (1980)
"Partners in Peace and Education" (1985)
Laity in the Church and in the World: Resources for Ecumenical Dialogue (Washington, DC: U.S. Catholic Conference, 1998).
InterChurch Families: Resources for Ecumenical Hope (Washington, DC: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2002).
Summary:
"Journey in Faith: Forty Years of Reformed-Catholic Dialogue: 1965-2005"
Meeting Press Releases:
October 8-10, 2006
Date established: 1966
Frequency of meetings: twice each year
United Methodist Chairman: Bishop Walter Klaiber
Catholic Chairman: Bishop Frederick F. Campbell of Columbus
SEIA staff: Rev. James Massa, Ph.D.
Reports:
"Shared Convictions about Education," 1970
"Holiness and Spirituality of the Ordained Ministry," 1976
"Eucharistic Celebration: Converging Theology-Divergent Practice," 1981
"Holy Living and Holy Dying," 1989.
"Yearning to Be One: Spiritual Dialogue Between Catholics and United Methodists" (2000)
"Methodist-Catholic Dialogues: Thirty Years of Mission and Witness" (2001)
(Also available in .pdf format)
"Through Divine Love: The Church in Each Place and All Places" (2005) (in .pdf format)
Meeting Press Releases:
February 27-March 1, 1997
October 16-18, 1997
February 12-14, 1998
October 1-3, 1998
February 11-13, 1999
October 26-28, 2000
March 26-28, 2001
November 9-12, 2001
May 5-8, 2002
December 9-11, 2002
April 23-27, 2003
October 2-5, 2003
March 22-24, 2004
October 15-17, 2004
April 29-May 1, 2005
Date established: 1978
Date concluded: 2001
Reports:
"To Understand Each Other," 1989
"Report on Sacred Scripture" (September 10, 1999)
Congregational Study Guides
“Environment: A Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic Perspective,” 1994
“Poverty: A Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic Perspective,” 1995
“Racism: A Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic Perspective,” 1995
“Life: A Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic Perspective,” 1995
“Sickness, Disability and Healing: A Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic Perspective,” 1995
Press Releases
September 10-12, 1998
September 9-11, 1999
September 6-8, 2001
Statement Concluding the Conversations (October 22, 2001)
Date established: 2003
Frequency of meetings: Will meet twice each year beginning in 2007
Evangelical Chairman: Mr. Bonn Clayton of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Catholic Chairman: Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus
SEIA Staff: Rev. Arthur Kennedy, Ph.D.
Meeting Press Releases:
October 6-8, 2006
Since 1968 the NCCB has been a full member of this Commission, providing five theologians who represent the Conference at the meetings twice a year. The purpose of the Commission is "To call the churches to the goal of visible unity in one faith and in one eucharistic fellowship expressed in worship and common life in Christ, and to advance toward that unity that the world may believe." During the 1996-1999 quadrennium the Commission peruses studies on Ecclesiology, Formation of Christian Identity, and Mission in this Pluralistic World. It is also sponsoring a conference on Full Communion. Dr. Christopher Ruddy is the staff liaison.
Date established: October 1987
Frequency of meetings: twice yearly
NCS Co-Chairman: Rabbi Joel Zaiman, Baltimore
Catholic Co-Chairman: William Cardinal Keeler,
Episcopal Moderator for Catholic-Jewish Relations, BCEIA
SEIA staff: Dr. Eugene J. Fisher
Reports:
"A Lesson of Value: A Joint Statement on Moral Education in the Public Schools," 1990
"Joint Statement on Pornography," December 7, 1993
"Joint Statement on Dealing with Holocaust Revisionism," March 14, 1994
"Reflections on the Millennium," May 5, 1998
"To End the Death Penalty," November 9, 1999
"Reconciliation And Hope: A Reflection on the Occasion of Pope John Paul II's Historic Pilgrimage to Israel," March 13, 2000
"Joint Statement Condemning Acts of Religious Hatred," November 20, 2000
"Children and the Environment," November 20, 2000
"Filled with Sadness, Charged with Hope: A Joint Reflection on the Events of September 11," November, 28, 2001
"Reflections on Covenant and Mission," August 12, 2002
Meeting Press Releases:
April 15, 1997
October 21, 1997
May 4-5, 1998
October 28, 1998
March 23, 1999
November 9, 1999
March 13, 2000
November 20, 2000
April 17, 2001
November 28, 2001
March 13, 2002
December 2, 2002
April 7, 2003
December 11, 2003
April 20, 2004
November 3, 2004
May 11, 2005
November 2, 2005
May 22, 2006
Date established: 1987
Frequency of meetings: once each year
NCS Co-Chairman: Bishop William F. Murphy
Jewish Co-Chairman: Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld
SEIA Staff: Dr Eugene J. Fisher
Reports:
"Joint Statement on School Choice" (October 25, 2006)
Meeting Press Releases:
March 18, 2002
January 29, 2004
September 9, 2004
February 10, 2005
June 14, 2006
October 25, 2006
U.S. Catholic Officials Issue Statement Concerning Shoah Document (March 17, 1998)
Rabbis, Bishops Give Reflections on Pilgrimage to Israel and Rome (March 20, 1998)
NCCB Issues Collection of Documents on the Holocaust (September 14, 1998)
Cardinal Keeler Says Canonization of Edith Stein Can Be Catalyst for Significant Dialogue Between Christians and Jews (October 2, 1998)
Leaders Mourn Passing of Father Edward Flannery, A Pioneer in Catholic-Jewish Relations (October 20, 1998)
Dr. Eugene Fisher Honored by St. Mary's Seminary and University (May 21, 1999)
Cardinal Keeler Deplores Shooting at Jewish Community Center (August 10, 1999)
Commission Studying Vatican Archival Material on Holy See's Role in World War II and the Holocaust Issues Second Statement (May 8, 2000)
Catholic Leaders Express Appreciation for Dabru Emet, a Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity (October 31, 2000)
Cardinal Keeler Issues Statement on Holocaust Scholars Group (July 27, 2001)
Cardinals Keeler and Kasper Pay Tribute to Jewish Official Who First Told the World of Hitler's Plan for the Holocaust (December 5, 2001)
Cardinal Keeler Pays Tribute to the Life of Msgr. Bryan Walsh (December 28, 2001)
Cardinal Keeler Mourns Passing of Jewish Leader Mordecai Waxman (August 12, 2002)
Dr Eugene Fisher Named by Pope as Consultor to Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (April 11, 2003)
Chairman of BCEIA Pays Tribute to the Life of Sister Rose Thering (June 1, 2006)
Cardinal Condemns "Revisionist" History of the Holocaust, Says Remembering This Event is Central to Catholic Teaching (December 14, 2006)
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