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USCC News Release: Statement on Eucharist Hailed by U.S. Roman Catholic, Anglican Representatives (1972)
USCC News Release: Statement on Eucharist Hailed by U.S. Roman Catholic, Anglican Representatives by William Ryan, January 31, 1972
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation has issued a statement which "rejoices" in the "substantial agreement on the doctrine of the Eucharist" made public last month by an international Anglican and Roman Catholic commission.
The U.S. group, headed by Roman Catholic Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, and Episcopal Bishop Edward R. Welles of West Missouri, consists of representatives officially appointed by authorities of the two churches in the United States. Commonly known as ARC, it has been meeting since 1965. ARC concluded its 11th meeting, in New York, last week.
The international Anglican-Catholic commission, which was established by Pope Paul VI and Anglican Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury, began discussions on the Eucharist in January of 1970. On December 31, 1971, the international commission released a statement which had been approved at a meeting in Windsor, England, saying, "We believe that we have reached substantial agreement on the doctrine of the Eucharist."