The Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) is an organization which seeks to make ecumenical progress between the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion. The Catholic Church, known also as the Roman Catholic Church, is the Christian Church whose visible head is the Pope, currently Benedict XVI. It teaches that it is the one holy catholic and apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ, and that the sole Church of Christ which in the Creed... The Anglican Communion uses the compass rose as its symbol, signifying its worldwide reach and decentralized nature. ...

ARCIC seeks to identify common ground between the two. Neither Church expects it to lead to a merger, but there is a slight possibility of the two Churches recognising each other's orders and sacraments; however, this has become more unlikely with the greater acceptance of the ordination of women and the controversy over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion. Template:Down with Christianity Holy Orders in the modern Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Assyrian, Old Catholic, and Independent Catholic Churches, includes three degrees: bishop, priest, and deacon. ... A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine grace. ... There are a variety of positions on the ordination of women among different religions, sects and denominations within each religion. ... Since its inception, the term homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

List of Meetings and Agreed Statements

Sponsors

• Anglican Consultative Council
• Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (formerly Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity)

Joint Preparatory Commission -- 1967-68

January 9-13, 1967 - Villa Cagnola, Gazzada, Italy - "First Steps Toward Restoring Full Unity; identifying themes for dialogue"

August 30 - September 3, 1967 - Huntercombe Manor, Buckinghamshire, England - "The Authority of the Word of God and its Relationship to the Church"

December 31, 1967 - January 3, 1968 - Mount St. Joseph, Malta - "A Vision for Unity" - The Malta Report

Co-Chairs

• Rt. Rev. J.R.H. Moorman, (Anglican) Bishop of Ripon, England
• Most Revd. Charles Helmsing, (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, USA

Co-Secretaries

• Revd. Canon John Findlow (Anglican)
• Revd. Canon John R. Satterthwaite (Anglican)
• Very Revd. Canon William A. Purdy (Roman Catholic)

ARCIC I, First Phase: 1970-1981

January 9-15, 1970 - Windsor, England - "Fundamentals of the Faith; Authority; Church; Intercommunion and Ministry; Eucharist"

September 21-28, 1970 - Venice, Italy - "Church and Ministry; Church and Authority; Church and Eucharist; the Relation of Men and Women; Making of Moral Judgements"

September 1-8, 1971 - Windsor, England - "Eucharistic Doctrine" - Agreed statement

August 30 - September 7,1972 - Gazzada, Italy - "Ministry and Ordination"

August 28 - September 6, 1973 - Canterbury, England - "Ministry and Ordination" - Agreed statement

August 27 - September 5, 1974 - Grottaferrata, Italy - "Authority"

August 27 - September 5, 1975 - Oxford, England - "Authority in the Church, Primacy, Infallibility"

August 24 - September 2, 1976 - Venice, Italy - "Authority in the Church I" - Agreed statement

August 30 - September 8, 1977 - Chichester, England - "How to treat the reaction to the Statement"

January 12-20, 1979 - Salisbury, England - "Elucidations on Eucharist and Ministry"

August 28 - September 6, 1979 - Venice, Italy further discussion of `Authority' statement

August 26 - September 4, 1980 - Venice, Italy Authority and universal jurisdiction

August 25 - September 3, 1981 - Windsor, England - "Authority in the Church II" - Agreed statement - "Elucidations on Authority in the Church" - ARCIC I Final Report

Co-Chairs

• Rt. Revd. Henry McAdoo, (Anglican) Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland
• Rt. Revd. Alan Clark, (Catholic) Bishop of East Anglia, England

Co-Secretaries

• Revd. Colin Davey, (Anglican), until July 1974
• Rev. Christopher Hill, (Anglican), from August 1974
• Rt. Rev. Mgr. W.A. Purdy, (Roman Catholic)

ARCIC II, Second Phase: 1983-

August 30 - September 6, 1983 - Venice, Italy - "The Church, Grace and Salvation"

August 22-31, 1984 - Durham, England - "The Church, Salvation and the Doctrine of Justification"

August 26 - September 4, 1985 - Graymoor, NY, USA - "Salvation and the Church"

August 26 - September 4, 1986 - Llandaff, Wales - "Salvation and the Church" - Agreed statement

September 1-10, 1987 - Palazzola, Italy - "Growth in Communion"

August 24 - September 2, 1988 - Edinburgh, Scotland* - "Communion: Commonalities and Differences"

August 28 - September 6, 1989 - Venice, Italy - "The Theology of Communion; Moral Issues"

August 28 - September 6, 1990 - Dublin, Ireland - "The Church as Communion" - Agreed statement

August 27 - September 5, 1991 - Paris, France** - "Morals and Ecclesial Communion"

August 28 - September 6, 1992 - Windsor, England - "Common Witness to Moral Values; Morals, Communion and the Church"

August 28 - September 6, 1993 - Venice, Italy*** - "Life in Christ, Morals, Communion and the Church" - Agreed statement

August 31 - September 9, 1994 - Jerusalem, Israel - "Authority in the Church"

August 28 - September 6, 1995 - Venice, Italy - "Teaching Authority in the Church and its Relation to Scripture and Tradition"

August 26 - September 4, 1996 - Mechelen, Malines, Belgium - "Scripture, Tradition and the Exercise of Authority" (substitute Anglican co-chairman: Rt Revd John Baycroft)

August 26 - September 4, 1997 - Alexandria, Virginia, USA - "Scripture, Tradition and the Gift of Authority in the Church"

August 25 - September 3, 1998 - Palazzola, Italy - "The Gift of Authority: Authority in the Church III" - Agreed statement

August 26 - September 2, 1999 - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - "Review of Reactions to The Gift of Authority. Preliminary Discussion of Marian Issues"

August 26 - September 4, 2000 - Paris, France - "Marian issues"

August 27 - September 4, 2001 - Dublin, Ireland - "Marian Issues"

July 10-18, 2002 - Vienna, Austria - "The Place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life and Doctrine of the Church"

July 10-18, 2003 - West Palm Beach, Florida, USA - "Marian Issues"

January 28-February 3, 2004 - Seattle, Washington, USA - "Marian Issues and Final Document"; "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ" - Agreed statement

Co-Chairs

• Rt Revd Mark Santer (Anglican) Bishop of Birmingham, England (1982-1999)
• Rt Revd Frank Griswold (Anglican) Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (1999-2003)
• Most Revd Peter Carnley (Anglican) Archbishop of Perth and Primate of the Anglican Church in Australia (2003- )
• Rt Revd Cormac Murphy O'Connor (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England (1982-1999)
• Most Revd Alexander J. Brunett (Roman Catholic) Archbishop of Seattle, USA (1999-)

The Most Reverend Frank Tracy Griswold III is the Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. ... Cormac Murphy-OConnor (born 24 August 1932 in Reading, Berkshire) is a bishop of the Catholic Church. ...

Co-Secretaries:

• Canon Christopher Hill (Anglican) 1967-1990
• Canon Stephen Platten (Anglican) 1990-1994
• Rev. Dr. Donald Anderson (Anglican) 1994-1996
• Canon David Hamid (Anglican) 1996-2002
• Canon Gregory Cameron (Anglican) 2003-
• Msgr Richard L. Stewart (Roman Catholic) 1983-1985
• Msgr Kevin McDonald (Roman Catholic) 1985-1993
• Msgr Timothy Galligan (Roman Catholic) 1993-2001
• Rev. Donald Bolen (Roman Catholic) 2001-

Notes

• 1988 "The Lambeth Conference Response to ARCIC I" - Resolution
• December 6, 1991 "The Catholic Response to ARCIC I" - Document
• September 1993 "Clarifications...." - Document

External links

• Anglican-Catholic Commission Unites on Mary
• New ARCIC document on Papal authority