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Archbishop of Canterbury on the Vatican Response to the ARCIC 'Final Report'Archbishop George CareyThe Vatican's Dec. 5 response to the Final Report of the first Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission "is another significant step along the road toward visible unity of the church," said Anglican Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury in a statement on the response. He welcomed the "tone and warmth of the response" and said the Vatican's criticisms "may be seen as a constructive evaluation." He added, however, that in the Vatican's response to the question posed to it - Are the agreements contained in the Final Report consonant with the faith of the Roman Catholic Church/ Anglican Communion?- the question "appears to have been understood as asking, 'ls the Final Report identical with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church?'" Carey said that "if either communion requires that the other conform to its own theological formulations, further progress will be hazardous." His statement follows. [Editor's note: the copy of the text circulated to the members of ARCIC II was that published in Catholic International under the title "Identity or Consonance." This title was chosen by the editors of Catholic International.]1991-12-05Texttext/htmlapplication/pdfhttps://iarccum.org/doc/1061ARCIC-II 202/92https://iarccum.org/doc/1061enAnglican documents : Responses to Agreed StatementsARCIC-II : Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission II : Responses to Agreed Statementshttps://iarccum.org/doc/18