Dialogue Document
Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission and Recent Papal Teachings (1995)
Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission and Recent Papal Teachings, June 22, 1995
Our Churches have long recognized the need for serious engagement with Christian ethics as an important component of our endeavor to restore full ecclesial communion. The Second Vatican Council had suggested that 'on the common basis of the Gospel, dialogue can lead to a more profound understanding on both sides' (Decree on Ecumenism, no. 23). Although ecclesiological and other doctrinal issues too priority in the various bilateral dialogues initiated after the Council, including the international and national Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogues, it became increasingly clear that ecumenical dialogue on ethics could not be long postponed.