<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-10-02T06:24:38Z</responseDate><request verb="GetRecord" metadataPrefix="oai_dc" identifier="oai:iarccum.org:doc/162">https://iarccum.org/oai/</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:iarccum.org:doc/162</identifier><datestamp>2026-09-13T21:22:31Z</datestamp><setSpec>documents</setSpec></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>ARC XV Statement on the Purpose of the Church</dc:title><dc:creator>Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A.</dc:creator><dc:description>ARC XV Statement on the Purpose of the Church 31 October, 1975 Introduction (paras. 1-3) Where Does the Church Come From and Why Does It Exist? (para. 4) Where Is the Church Going and What Should It Be Doing Here and Now? (paras. 5-9) Proclamation of the Gospel (paras. 10-11) Worship (paras. 12-13) Service (paras. 14-16) What Is the Purpose of the Church? (paras. 17-19) I. INTRODUCTION As Roman Catholics and Episcopalians living in the United States today, we have been charged by our churches to explore the possibility that there is a fundamental unity between us on the deepest…</dc:description><dc:publisher>United States Catholic Conference</dc:publisher><dc:date>1975-10-31</dc:date><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://iarccum.org/doc/162</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>ARC XV/1</dc:identifier><dc:source>https://iarccum.org/doc/162</dc:source><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:relation>OCLC 14377718</dc:relation><dc:relation>OCLC 2218453</dc:relation><dc:relation>ARCUSA : Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A. : Dialogue reports &amp; agreed statements</dc:relation><dc:relation>https://iarccum.org/doc/185</dc:relation><dc:rights>© 1975, Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A.</dc:rights></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>