Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A. (ARCUSA)
1965-
Members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation at their meeting in Chicago ~ 17 Dec. 2019
The ARC-USA meeting in Alexandria, Virginia released the new statement "Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness" ~ 25 Feb. 2014
The ARC-USA meeting in Berkeley, California ~ Oct. 2013
The ARC-USA meeting in Berkeley, California ~ Oct. 2013
Members of the Anglican Roman Catholic Theological Dialogue at the Episcopal Church Center in New York in 2012. ~ 2012
Since 1965, the Episcopal Church and the Roman Catholic Church have been engaged in an official bilateral dialogue sponsored by the two churches, the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States of America, sometimes known as ARCUSA. As a part of this dialogue, ARCUSA has produced a number of statements and reports on important theological subjects of concern to the two churches, often building on and responding to the work of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) established in 1967.
Website: arcusa.church
NOTE: The following list includes all documents in our ARCUSA fonds, sorted by category and date. Documents may belong to several fonds, in differing categories depending on their place within that collection.
In addition to documents held in the current fonds, there are also documents specifically authored by ARCUSA.
Declarations & instructions
Dialogue reports & agreed statements
- ARC IV Statement on the Eucharist
ARCUSA ~ Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 29 May 1967 ~ ARC-IV
- ARC VII Statement
ARCUSA ~ Boynton Beach, Florida, 11 Dec. 1969 ~ ARC-VII
- Doctrinal Agreement and Christian Unity: Methodological Considerations
ARCUSA ~ New York, 23 Jan. 1972 ~ ARCIC 45B
- Comment on the Agreed Statement on Eucharistic Doctrine
ARCUSA ~ New York, 24 Jan. 1972 ~ ARCIC 45A
- ARCUSA Response to ARCIC Canterbury Statement
ARCUSA ~ Canterbury, 9 Jan. 1974 ~ ARCIC SF/13E
- ARC XV Statement on the Purpose of the Church
ARCUSA ~ Erlanger, Kentucky, 31 Oct. 1975 ~ ARC XV/1
- ARC XV Statement on the Ordination of Women
ARCUSA ~ Erlanger, Kentucky, 7 Nov. 1975 ~ ARCIC-II 58-1J/86
- First ARCUSA Response to ARCIC’s Venice Statement
ARCUSA ~ New Orleans, Louisiana, 24 Jan. 1977
- Where We Are: A Challenge for the Future. A Twelve-Year Report
ARCUSA ~ 12 Aug. 1977
- Second ARCUSA Response to ARCIC’s Venice Statement
ARCUSA ~ Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 1978
- Final Recommendations from the Anglican/Roman Catholic Leaders Conference
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 12 June 1981
- Images of God: Reflections on Christian Anthropology
ARCUSA ~ July 1983 ~ ARCUSA 1983
- Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context for their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church
ARCUSA ~ Long Branch, New Jersey, 8 May 1990
- A Recommitment to Full Communion
ARCUSA ~ 17 June 1992
- Agreed Statement on the Lambeth and Vatican Responses to ARCIC-I
ARCUSA ~ 5 Apr. 1993
- Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice
ARCUSA ~ Delray Beach, Florida, 6 Jan. 1994
- Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: ARCIC-II and Recent Papal Teachings
ARCUSA ~ 22 June 1995
- Agreed Report on the Local/Universal Church
ARCUSA ~ 15 Nov. 1999
- Imperfect Reality: Our Urgent Hunger for Eucharistic Sharing
ARCUSA ~ Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 2000 ~ ARCIC-II 463/00
- Response to ‘The Gift of Authority’
ARCUSA ~ 29 Mar. 2003
- A Pastoral Guide for Understanding Our Two Churches
ARCUSA ~ 2007
- Response to ‘Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ’
ARCUSA ~ 20 Oct. 2007
- Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 22 Apr. 2014 ~ ARCUSA-2014
- A Call to Reconciliation: A Joint Document from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue
ARCUSA ~ 2025 ~ ARCUSA-2025
Communiqués & Press Releases
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Retreat
ARCUSA ~ Liberty, Missouri, 28 May 1970
- Substantial Agreement on the Eucharist
ARCUSA ~ 31 Jan. 1972
- Bishops’ Committee Responds to Eucharistic Doctrine Statement
USCC ~ 2 Oct. 1972
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Documents Published
USCC ~ 16 Mar. 1973
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Agreed Statement on Ministry
ARCUSA ~ 5 Dec. 1973
- ARCUSA Consultation on Ordination of Women
ARCUSA ~ Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 June 1975 ~ ARCCOW 5D
- Press release: Anglican/Roman Catholic Commission issues Statement on Purpose of the Church
ARCUSA ~ Erlanger, Kentucky, 29 Oct. 1975
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Statement on Ordination of Women
ARCUSA ~ 5 Nov. 1975 ~ ARCUSA 1975/2
- Anglican-Catholic Statement on the Theology of Marriage
ARCUSA ~ 3 June 1976 ~ ARCUSA 1976
- Anglican-Catholic Statement on Authority in the Church
ARCUSA ~ 13 Jan. 1977 ~ ARCUSA 1977
- Press release: Initial Response Given to Authority Statement
ARCUSA ~ New Orleans, Louisiana, 24 Jan. 1977
- Request for Specific Directives in ARC dialogue
USCC ~ 28 Dec. 1977
- ARCUSA Response to ARCIC’s Statement on Authority
ARCUSA ~ 30 Dec. 1977
- Anglicans admitted into Catholic Church on ‘Common Identity’
USCC ~ 20 Aug. 1980
- Bishops can begin processing Episcopal Priests’ Petitions
USCC ~ 3 Apr. 1981
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Broad Based Conference
USCC ~ Washington, DC, 16 June 1981
- Bishop Law issues statement on former Episcopal priests
USCC ~ 12 Jan. 1982
- Bishops hail Final Report of ARCIC
USCC ~ 29 Mar. 1982
- ARCIC Meets in Venice
USCC ~ 15 Sept. 1983
- US Catholic, Anglican Dialogue Held
USCC ~ 10 Jan. 1985
- Women Anglican Bishops Called Hindrance to Reconciliation
USCC ~ 14 Sept. 1988
- Appreciation Noted for Catholic-Anglican ‘Common Declaration’
USCC ~ 23 Oct. 1989
- Joint Statement Marks Beginning of Prayer for Unity
USCC ~ 19 Jan. 1993
- Eucharist not an Issue Dividing Churches, Dialogue Says
USCC ~ Delray Beach, Florida, 14 Jan. 1994
- Catholic, Episcopal Bishops Plan Pilgrimage to Canterbury and Rome
USCC ~ Canterbury & Rome, 1 Feb. 1994
- Anglican, Catholic Dialogue Takes up Directory for Ecumenism, Life in Christ, Veritatis Splendor
USCC ~ Washington, DC, 13 Jan. 1995
- U.S. Anglican-Catholic Dialogue on Track to Study Exercise of Authority Within Church
USCC ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 13 June 1997
- ARCUSA Meeting Discusses Local-Universal Church Relationships
USCC ~ Baltimore, 14 Mar. 1999
- Special Relationship Between Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Reaffirmed at 50th Meeting Here
USCC ~ Washington, DC, 24 Sept. 2000
- US Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Continues Discussion of ‘The Gift of Authority,’ Other Projects
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 15 Sept. 2002
- US Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Agrees To a Response to ‘The Gift Of Authority’
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 30 Mar. 2003
- Meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S. Is Held; On-Going Projects and Studies Discussed
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 28 Mar. 2004
- Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue Meets
USCCB ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 6 Mar. 2005
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Meets
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 16 Oct. 2005
- ARCUSA Holds 60th Meeting, Reflects on Seattle Document, ‘Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ’
USCCB ~ Belleville, Illinois, 2 Apr. 2006
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Holds 61st Meeting, in Louisville
USCCB ~ Louisville, 17 Sept. 2006
- Developments in Anglican-Catholic Relations, Trends Within the Anglican Communion, and Upcoming Statements Highlight ARCUSA Meeting
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 10 Mar. 2007
- Anglicans, Catholics Meet On Mary, Ecumenical Relations
USCCB ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 20 Oct. 2007
- Catholics, Anglicans Start New Round of Dialogues
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 30 Sept. 2008
- Catholics, Anglicans Meet on Debt Relief, Contraception
USCCB ~ Cincinnati, 26 May 2009
- Anglican-Catholic Theological Consultation Looks at Immigration, New Vatican Statement
USCCB ~ Washington, DC, 27 Oct. 2009
- Catholic, Episcopalian Leaders Hear Anglican Views on Blessing Same-Sex Unions, Catholic Principles on Health Care Decisions
USCCB ~ Delray Beach, Florida, 16 Mar. 2010
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Commission plans statement on Approaches to Moral Issues
USCCB ~ Alexandria, Louisiana, 17 Sept. 2010
- Anglican-Catholic Dialogue Looks at Moral Discernment, Homosexuality
USCCB ~ Berkeley, California, 11 Mar. 2011
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Releases Joint Statement: Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness.
USCCB ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 22 Apr. 2014
- ARCUSA releases joint ecclesiology document
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 22 Apr. 2014
- ARCUSA issues communiqué
ARCUSA ~ Chicago, 14 Jan. 2020
- ARCUSA issues communiqué
ARCUSA ~ Online, 23 Apr. 2020
- ARCUSA meets in Baltimore
ARCUSA ~ Baltimore, Maryland, 20 Oct. 2022
- Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Meets
ARCUSA ~ Marriotsville, Maryland, 6 Dec. 2023
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