Ecumenism (Relations with other Christians)


Orthodox
  • Borelli, John and John Erickson. The Quest for Unity: Orthodox and Catholic in Dialogue. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir Seminary Press/Washington, DC, US Catholic Conference, 1995. Contains all the documents produced by international and North American Catholic-Orthodox dialogues up to 1995.
  • A Guide for Catholics Considering Marriage with an Orthodox Christian. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998.
  • A Guide on Catholic-Orthodox Marriages for Catholic Clergy and Other Pastoral Ministers. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998.
  • Kilmartin, Edward J. Toward Reunion: The Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1979.
  • Roberson, Ronald. "The Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue Today," Origins, January 14, 1999, 28:30, 526-530.
  • Stormon, E. J., SJ. Towards the Healing of Schism: Public Statements and Correspondence between the Holy See and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 1958-1984. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1987.
Oriental Orthodox
  • Kochakian, Garabed, John Meno, and Ronald Roberson, eds. Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Interchurch Marriages and Other Pastoral Relationships, Washington, United States Catholic Conference, 1995. Published jointly by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Standing Committee of Oriental Orthodox Churches in America. [Publication n. 097-4]
Polish National Catholic
  • 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.
Anglican
  • Gift of Authority. An Agreed Statement by the Second Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (May 12, 1999)
  • Gros, Jeffrey, E. Rozanne Elder, and Ellen K. Wondra, eds. Common Witness to the Gospel: Documents on Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations, 1983-1995. Washington, DC: US Catholic Conference, 1997.
  • Hill, Christopher, and Edward Yarnold, eds. Anglicans and Roman Catholics: The Search for Unity, The ARCIC Documents and their Reception. London: SPCK/CTS, 1994.
  • Witmer, Joseph W. and J. Robert Wright, eds. Called to Full Unity: Documents on Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations 1966-1983. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1986.
  • Wright, Robert, and Joseph Witmer, eds., Called to Full Unity: Documents on Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations, 1966-1983. Cincinnati, OH: Forward Movement Publications, 1985. [Publication No. 937-8]
Lutheran
  • Brown, Raymond, Karl P. Donfried, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, and John Reumann, eds. Mary in the New Testament. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press/New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1978. Sponsored by the United States Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue.
  • Brown, Raymond, Karl P. Donfried and John Reumann, eds. Peter in the New Testament. New York, NY: Paulist Press/Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1973. Sponsored by the United States Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue.
  • Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification: The Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. See also Cardinal Edward Cassidy's Press Conference Statement of June 25, 1998 in Origins 28/8 (July 16, 1998) pp. 128-130, and the Official Catholic Response to the draft of the Joint Declaration in the same issue of Origins, pp. 130-132. On the web:
  • Lutheran-Roman Catholic Coordinating Committee. The Lutheran-Catholic Quest for Visible Unity: Harvesting Thirty Years of Dialogue. Chicago, IL: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America/ Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998.
Reformed
  • Roman Catholic-Presbyterian/Reformed Consultation. Laity in the Church and the World: Resources for Ecumenical Dialogue. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998.
  • Vischer, Lukas, ed. A Documentary History of the Faith & Order Movement: 1927-1963. St Louis, MO: The Bethany Press, 1963.
Methodist Faith and Order/World Council of Churches (International)
  • Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry. Faith and Order Paper n. 111. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1990.
  • Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry: Report 1982-1990. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1990.
  • Gassmann, Gunther, ed. Documentary History of Faith and Order: 1963-1993. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1993.
  • Visher, Lukas, and Andreas Karrer, ed., Reformed and Roman Catholic in Dialogue, Geneva: World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1988.
Resources on Ecumenism
  • Burgess, Joseph, and Jeffrey Gros, eds. Growing Consensus. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1995. (US Dialogues)
  • "The Catholic Church in Ecumenical Dialogue 2002"
  • Fahey, Michael, SJ. Ecumenism: A Bibliographical Overview. Westport, CT, 1992.
  • Gros, Jeffrey and Joseph Burgess, eds. Building Unity. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1989. Documents produced by US dialogues with Catholic participation.
  • Hotchkin, John. "The Ecumenical Movement's Third Stage," Origins 25/21 (November 9, 1995) pp. 353 -361.
  • John Paul II. Addresses and Homilies on Ecumenism, 1978-1980. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1981. [Publication n. 720-0]
  • John Paul II. Ut Unum Sint. Vatican City, 1995. Encyclical On the Commitment to Ecumenism.
  • Kinnamon, Michael, and Biran Cope eds. The Ecumenical Movement: An Anthology of Basic Texts and Voices. Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans, 1997. Selected texts on the full range of ecumenical issues.
  • Riggs, Ann, Eamon McManus, Jeffrey Gros. Introduction to Ecumenism. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1998.
  • Vischer, Lukas and Harding Meyer eds. Growth in Agreement Reports and Agreed Statements of Ecumenical Conversations on a World Level. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1984.
  • Rusch, William G. and Jeffrey Gros. Deepening Communion. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998. Statements at the international level with Catholic participation. [Publication n. 5-164]
  • Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The Ecumenical Dimension in the Formation of Pastoral Workers. Vatican City, 1998.
Further Reading
  • Gros, Jeffrey. "Reception and Roman Catholicism for the 1990's," One in Christ, 31:4, 1995, 295-328.
  • Burgess, Joseph, ed. The One Mediator, Mary and the Saints. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1992.
  • Lehmann, Karl, and Wolfhart Pannenberg, eds. The Condemnations of the Reformation Era, Do they Still Divide? Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1990.
  • Lehmann, Karl, Michael Root, and William Rusch, eds. Justification by Faith: Do the Sixteenth-Century Condemnations Still Apply? New York, NY: Continuum, 1997.
  • National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Statement on the Implementation of the Apostolic Letter on Mixed Marriages. October 1, 1970. Boston: St. Paul Books & Media.
  • National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Toward Peace in the Middle East: Perspectives, Principles and Hopes. November 9, 1989. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1989.
  • Roberson, Ronald. The Eastern Christian Churches, 6th edition, Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 1998.

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