The Commission for Anglican ― Oriental Orthodox International Commission
A – OO
- Anglican Consultative Council
- www.anglicancommunion.org
- Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Egypt
- www.coptic.org
- Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East – Damascus
- www.syrian-orthodox.com
- Armenian Apostolic Church: See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia – Catholicosate of Antelias, Lebanon
- www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org
- Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East – Damascus
- www.syrian-orthodox.com
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- www.ethiopianorthodoxchurch.org
- Orthodox Church of Eritrea, Malankara Orthodox Church in India
- www.malankaraorthodoxchurch.in
- Latest Update
- April 2023
Chapters
Meetings and Documents
ANGLICAN – ORIENTAL ORTHODOX FORUM (1985-1993)
- October 7-11, 1985 – St. Albans, England
“Discussion on the concrete procedure to be followed; possibilities were theological collaboration through exchange of scholarships; collaboration at the pastoral level; a theological dialogue to investigate differences”- RECOMMENDATIONS
- October 1, 1987- Cairo Egypt
COMMON DECLARATION - August , 1988 – Canterbury, England
“Recommendation of the Lambeth conference number 5; up-grading the forum to a dialogue commission” – RECOMMENDATION - November 10, 1997 – London, England
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ - June 5-8, 1998 – Canterbury, England
“Recommendation of the Lambeth Conference that the Forum be upgraded to a Commission” – COMMON DECLARATION
- March 12-16, 1990 – Monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadi el Natroun, Egypt
“Christology, authority in the Church” - May 15-21, 1993 – Wimbledon, England
“Holy Scriptures, christology, regional meetings and future perspectives of the dialogue” - July 27-30, 2001 – Dunford House, Midhurst, England
“Preparatory Meeting for the Anglican Oriental Orthodox International Commission” – COMMUNIQUÉ
ANGLICAN – ORIENTAL ORTHODOX INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
MEETINGS
- November 5-10, 2002 – Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia
“It was agreed to make it the first task of the Commission to establish an agreed statement on Christology between the family of Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion” – COMMUNIQUÉand Draft CHRISTOLOGICAL STATEMENT
Link:
www.prounione.it/dia/a-oo/dia-A-OO-05-communique-2002-eng.pdf
- October 17-18, 2003 – Antelias, Lebanon
“Meeting of the Heads of the Coptic Orthodox Church (His Holiness Pope Shenouda III), the Syrian Orthodox Church (His Holiness Patriarch Zakka I) and the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia (His Holiness Catholicos Aram I) suggest the postponement of the meeting due to internal issues of the Anglican Communion” - October 28-November 2, 2003 – Walsingham, England
POSTPONED – COMMUNIQUÉ
- October 3-7, 2013 – Woking, England
“Themes taken up: the Procession of the Holy Spirit: the Filioque in the Anglican Tradition; the Filioque and Anglican Action; the Filioque and the Armenian Orthodox Tradition; the Draft Agreed Statement on Christology (2002) and its reception” – COMMUNIQUÉ - October 13-17, 2014 – Cairo, Egypt
“Completed its work revising the text of the 2002 Holy Etchmiadzin Agreed Statement on Christology in the light of comments received from member Churches; shared the urgent concerns of members from the Middle East, especially in the critical situations in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and other regions” – COMMUNIQUÉand REVISED CHRISTOLOGICAL STATEMENT
Link:
www.prounione.it/dia/a-oo/dia-A-OO-09-communique-2014-eng.pdf
- October 5-10, 2015 – Hawarden, Wales
“Completion of work on the Procession of the Holy Spirit, agreeing on the omission of the Filioque clause that had been appended to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in the Latin Western tradition; a detailed discussion of the action of the Holy Spirit in the Church; discussion of the four marks of the Church, namely: oneness, holiness, catholicity and apostolicity” – COMMUNIQUÉ - October 24-29, 2016 – Antelias, Lebanon
“Completion of work on the Procession of the Holy Spirit at its 2015 meeting, the Commission continued its reflection on the second part of its Agreed Statement on pneumatology, The Sending of the Holy Spirit in Time (Economia)’; consideration of the action of the Holy Spirit in the life and mission of the Church making it one, holy, catholic and apostolic” – COMMUNIQUÉ - October 23-28, 2017 – Dublin, Ireland
“Finalized work of the procession of the Holy Spirit and began new themes on authority in the Church; the Number of Ecumenical Councils, the Interpretation of the Council of Chalcedon, the Meaning of the Anathemas of Ecumenical Councils, and the Authority of Scripture and Tradition” – COMMUNIQUÉand AGREED STATEMENT
Link:
www.prounione.it/dia/a-oo/dia-A-OO-13-communique-2017-eng.pdf
- October 22-26, 2018 – Atchaneh, Lebanon
“Continuation of its work on Authority in the Church, on bishops and synods (councils), and the Ecumenical Councils” – COMMUNIQUÉ - October 28-November 1, 2019 – Cairo, Egypt
“Continuation of its work on Authority in the Church, on bishops and synods (councils), and the Ecumenical Councils; a draft agreed statement on ‘The Inheritance of Ecumenical Councils’ was reviewed and amended; they looked at new procedures on the reception of ecumenical texts adopted by the Anglican Communion” – COMMUNIQUÉ - October 27, 2020 – Online
“Continuation of its work on Authority in the Church”- COMMUNIQUÉ
CO-CHAIRS
HE Metropolitan Bishoy (Oriental Orthodox) (2002-2017)
HE Archbishop Angaelos (Oriental Orthodox) (2018- )
Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell (Anglican) (2002-2014)
Rt Revd Dr Gregory Cameron (Anglican) (2015- )
CO-SECRETARIES
CO-SECRETARIES:Very Revd Nareg Alemezian (Oriental Orthodox) (2002-2014)
His Grace Bishop Angaelos (Oriental Orthodox) (2013)
Very Revd Fr Housig Mardirossian (Oriental Orthodox) (2014-2016)
Very Revd Fr Dr Roger Akhrass (Oriental Orthodox) (2017- )
Rt Revd John Baycroft (Anglican) (2002)
Revd Canon Gregory K Cameron (Anglican) (2003)
Revd Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan (Anglican) (2013-2014)
Revd Canon Dr John Gibaut (Anglican) (2015-2018)
Revd Neil Vigers (Anglican) (2019-)
Revd Dr Will Adam (Anglican) (2019-)
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A-OO
Anglican ― Oriental Orthodox International Commission
A-R
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AC-RC
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AIC-R
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ARC-Marriage
Anglican ― Roman Catholic Commission on the Theology of Marriage and its Application to Mixed Marriages
ARCIC
Anglican ― Roman Catholic International Commission
B-L
Baptist ― Lutheran Joint Commission
B-M
International Dialogue Between the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the World Methodist Council (WMC)
B-Mn
Baptist and Mennonite Theological Conversations
B-R
Baptist and Reformed Theological Conversations
B-RC
Baptist ― Roman Catholic International Conversations
D-R
International Disciples of Christ ― Reformed Dialogue Disciples of Christ
D-RC
Disciples of Christ ― Roman Catholic International Commission for Dialogue
CPCE-RC
Communion of Protestant Churches In Europe [Cpce] ― Roman Catholic
CPCE-RC-Prague
Communion of Protestant Churches In Europe [Cpce] ― Roman Catholic
E-RC
Evangelical ― Roman Catholic Dialogue on Mission
Iarccum
International Anglican ― Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission
JWG
The Joint Working Group Between the World Council of Churches and the Catholic Church
L-M
The Lutheran ― Methodist Dialogue
R-M
The Reformed ― Methodist International Consultation
L-Mn
Lutheran ― Mennonite International Dialogue
L-Mn-RC
Lutheran ― Mennonite ― Catholic International Dialogue
L-O
The Lutheran ― Orthodox Dialogue
L-Pe
Lutheran ― Pentecostal Study Group
L-R
The Lutheran ― Reformed Joint Commission
L-R-RC
Joint Lutheran ― Reformed ― Roman Catholic Study Commission on ‘The Theology of Marriage and the Problem of Mixed Marriages’
L-RC
International Catholic ― Lutheran Theological Dialogue
L-SDA
Seventh Day Adventist and Lutheran Bilateral Conversation
M-RC
Joint Commission between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council
M-SA
Methodist ― Salvation Army Conversations
Mn-R
Mennonite ― Reformed Dialogue
Mn-RC
Mennonite ― Catholic International Dialogue
Mn-SDA
Mennonite ― Seventh Day Adventist Dialogue
NCC-C
New Charismatic Churches ― Catholic Informal Conversations
O-M
Orthodox ― Methodist Dialogue
O-R
Orthodox ― Reformed Bilateral Conversations
O-RC
The Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
OC-C
International Roman Catholic ― Old Catholic Dialogue Commission
OC-O
Mixed Old Catholic ― Orthodox Commission
OO-R
International Theological Dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox family of churches and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
OO-O
Eastern Orthodox ― Oriental Orthodox
OO-RC
International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
OC-RC
International Roman Catholic ― Old Catholic Dialogue Commission
OO-RC – Copt
International Joint Commission between the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church
OO-RC – India
Joint Commission between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Autocephalous since 1975 under Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II)
OO-RC – Syr-India
Joint Commission between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church (India)
Pe-R
International Pentecostal ― Reformed Dialogue
O-Pe
Orthodox ― Pentecostal Academic Dialogue
Pe-RC
Pentecostal ― Roman Catholic Dialogue
R-RC
International Reformed Catholic Dialogue
SA-C
Conversations Between the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Salvation Army
SDA-C
Seventh Day Adventist ― Catholic Informal Conversations
SDA-R
Seventh Day Adventist and Reformed Theological Dialogue
MT-RC – India
Joint Commission Between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church