Anglican-Roman Catholic Joint Preparatory Commission – ARCJPC (1967-1968)

ARCJPC Catalogue

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Status of agreed statements

Agreed statements have been agreed by the dialogue members and submitted to the sponsoring churches for study. These texts express the careful considerations of the members of the dialogue but are not official statements of either of the churches.

Copyright

Copyright in minutes, statements and other core papers is owned by the Commission and requests for extensive quotation or use should be directed to the co–Chairs. However, copyright in papers by named authors remains with the author.

ARCJPC 1: “Why is Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue Possible Today?” by the Bishop of Ripon (John Moorman).

ARCJPC 2: “Why is Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue Possible Today?” by Bishop Jan Willebrands, reprinted in Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue: The Work of the Preparatory Commission, ed. Alan C. Clark and Colin Davey, London: Oxford University Press, 1974, pp.26–36.

ARCJPC 3: “Where Should Dialogue Begin?” by Professor Eugene Fairweather.

ARCJPC 4: “Where Should Dialogue Begin?” by Fr. Michael Richards.

ARCJPC 5: “What is the Word?” by Fr. Georges Tavard.

ARCJPC 6: “How is the Word Received by Man?” by Canon J. Atkinson.

ARCJPC 7: “How the Word of God Creates and Sustains the Church” by Professor Eugene Fairweather.

ARCJPC 8: “How does the Church Proclaim the Word?” by Fr. Michael Richards.

ARCJPC 9: “What Should be the Minimum Structure and Essential Life of Local Church?” by Canon Eric Kemp.

ARCJPC 10: “The Papal Supremacy in Relation with the Unity and Unicity of the Church” by Fr. Louis Bouyer.

ARCJPC 11: “To what extent can or should there be Diversity in a United Church – Freedom and Authority” by Bishop Jan Willebrands.

ARCJPC 12: “Unity and Comprehensiveness” by the Bishop of Ripon (John Moorman) and Professor Howard Root.

ARCJPC 12.5: “Practical Proposals” by Professor Howard Root and Canon William Purdy.

ARCJPC 13: “Unity: An approach by Stages?” by the Bishop of Ossory (Henry McAdoo).

ARCJPC 14: “Unity: An approach by Stages?” by Bishop Christopher Butler.

ARCJPC 15: “The Malta Report” as distributed for the Lambeth Conference, 1968: “Documents on Anglican–Roman Catholic Relations“.

ARCJPC supplementary files:

ARCJPC sf–1: List of names and addresses of ARCJPC commission members, 1st meeting.

ARCJPC sf–2: List of papers requested for the second meeting of the ARCJPC.

ARCJPC sf–3: Practical issues – recommendations agreed for submission to the authorities of both Churches.

ARCJPC sf–4: Press release of 12th January, 1967, following 1st meeting of the ARCJPC.

ARCJPC sf–5: Outline of discussions, 1st meeting of ARCJPC.

ARCJPC sf–6: Press release of 13th July, 1967, announcing the 2nd meeting of the ARCJPC.

ARCJPC sf–7: Press release of 3rd January, 1968, following the 3rd and final meeting of the ARCJPC.

ARCJPC sf–8: “Report on approaching the problem of Anglican Orders“, prepared at the request of the JPC for the Malta Meeting, Dec. 67–Jan 68.

ARCJPC sf–9: “Confidential Report on the Anglican/Roman Catholic Joint Preparatory Commission – Second Meeting, Huntercombe Manor – August 30th to September 4th, 1967“.

ARCJPC sf–10: “Second Meeting of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Joint Preparatory Commission – List of Members“.

ARCJPC sf–11: Press Release, 2nd Meeting of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Joint Preparatory Commission.

609: ARCJPC extra files. List of minutes, press clippings, etc.

I: First Meeting, GAZZADA, Jan. 9–13 1967:

    1. List of Roman Catholic members of the JPC (20/7/66)
    2. Letter, Satterthwaite to Willebrands (26/7/66)
    3. Record of the preliminary meeting at the Secretariat (6/9/66)
    4. Findlow to Satterthwaite (12/9/66) and Satterthwaite to members of the Commission (7/9/66)
    5. List of Anglican delegates.
    6. Copy of Satterthwaite to Anglican members of the commission (including list of the JPC) (2/8/66)
    7. Satterthwaite to Findlow (9/9/66)
    8. Shepherd to Findlow (15/10/66)
    9. English version of Purdy‘s Press Release (10/11/66)
    10. Embassy to the Holy See to Satterthwaite (11/11/66)
    11. Article from the Tablet (5/11/66)
    12. Knapp Fisher to Findlow ( 24/11/66)
    13. Findlow to Knapp Fisher (1/12/66)
    14. Four lists of the Roman Catholic delegates.
    15. Three lists of the Anglican delegates
    16. Colombo to Findlow (16/12/66)
    17. Newspaper cutting Toronto Priests in Reunion Talks (nd).
    18. Original version of item 9.
    19. Satterthwaite to Findlow (13/12/66)
    Satterthwaite to Purdy (13/12/66)
    Satterthwaite to Findlow (19/12/66)
    20. Note to Findlow (originally with copies of Moorman‘s paper) (2/1/67)
    21. Two copies of Fairweather‘s paper (ie JPC 3)
    22. Rough notes on Fairweather‘s paper (10/1/67)
    23. Rough transcript of Willebrands‘ paper (10/1/67)
    24. Rough transcript of Richards‘ paper (11/1/67)
    25. Article from the Daily American (8–9/1/67)
    26. Brochure of L‘Instituto di Fonazione Cagnola in Gazzada.
    27. Article from L‘Osservatore Romano (14/1/67)
    28. Pictures of John Moorman and Jan Willebrands (Daily American, 12/1/67)
    29. Recommendations: 1) Theological issues – papers for next meeting, etc. 2) Practical issues – the ‘8 points‘.
    30. Postcard of Gazzada signed by members of the Commission.
    31. First draft of Press Release.
    32. Article from L‘Osservatore Romano (20/1/67)
    33. Press Release (12/1/67)
    34. Review/report of the Gazzada meeting for the Archbishop of Canterbury, by John Moorman.
    35. Article from the Daily American (13/1/67)
    36. Article from the Catholic Herald (13/1/67)
    37. ‘Anglicans and Roman Catholics at Gazzada‘ – article by William Gomes, from the (Bombay) Examiner (21/1/67)
    38. ‘The Anglican Communion prepares itself for dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church‘ – extracts from an article in the Figaro by M. Villain (6/12/66)
    39. Purdy to Findlow (21/1/67) – recording the telegram from Cardinal Cicognani in response to the JPC‘s telegram to Paul VI from Gazzada.
    40. ‘Time for Dialogue‘ – John Moorman.
    41. Satterthwaite to Findlow, including a brochure of Huntercombe Manor.
    42. Press release re Gazzada (12/1/67) and cutting from L‘Osservatore Romano (20/1/67)

II: Second Meeting, HUNTERCOMBE MANOR, August 30–September 4, 1967:

    1. (Satterthwaite) to members of the commission (12/9/67)
    2. Amended draft of the Brief Report of the Huntercombe meeting.
    3. Cutting from the Times (5/9/67)
    4. Leader from the Times (5/9/67)
    5. Draft of the Brief Report, etc.
    6. Personal report on the Huntercombe meeting by Rev. Dr. Massey H. Shepherd (submitted to the Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations of PECUSA).
    7. Notes, Satterthwaite to Findlow, re meeting (23/11/67), including correspondence Satterthwaite to the Bishop of Cariboo.
    8. Satterthwaite to Findlow: copy of confidential note about Huntercombe to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1/3/67)
    9. Instituto del Sacro Cuore to Findlow (26/11/67)
    10. Satterthwaite to Willebrands (31/5/67)
    11. Press Release following Huntercombe (4/9/67)

III: Third Meeting, Mt. St. Joseph, Mosta, MALTA, Dec. 31, 1967–Jan. 4, 1968:

    1. The Malta Report.
    2. Purdy to Findlqw (30/10/67)
    3. Satterthwaite to Anglican delegates (31/10/67)
    4. An up–to–date Modus Agendi on the question of Anglican Orders (5 copies)
    5. Draft (5/11/67)
    6. Paper on Anglican Orders, following Fr. Bouyer‘s paper, by McAdoo and Root (Dec. 1967)
    7. Shepherd to Findlow, enclosing a copy of an article by Daniel J. O‘Hanlon on recognition of orders.
    8. Satterthwaite to the Bishop of Gibraltar (29/11/67)
    9. McAdoo to Findlow (6/12/67) and Findlow‘s secretary‘s response (12/12)
    10. List of guests for the New Year‘s dinner.
    11. Developmental draft of the Malta Report.
    12. List of delegates at Malta.
    13. Suggested outline for joint draft document.
    14. Programme for Malta.
    15. Information for Malta.
    16. Practical Information for Malta (20/11/67)
    17. Il Berga (1/1/68) (2 copies)
    18. Cutting from the Times of Malta (1/1/68)
    19. I–orizzont (2/1/68)
    20. Press Release (3/1/68)
    21. Times of Malta (4/1/68)
    22. Malta News (4/1/68)
    23. Archbishop of Canterbury to Cardinal Bea (25/4/68)
    24. Press Release (10/10/69) (announcing the formation of the Permanent Joint Commission – later re–named ARCIC).