Joint Commission Between The Roman Catholic Church And The World Methodist Council
M – RC
- World Methodist Council
- worldmethodistcouncil.org
- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity formerly Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
- www.christianunity.va
- Ultimo aggiornamento
- Settembre 2023
Capitoli
Incontri e Documenti
FIRST SERIES (1967-1971)
MEETINGS
- October 15-19, 1967 – Ariccia, Italy
“Mutual Presentations; Sanctification; Practical Cooperation” - August 31 – September 4, 1968 – London, England
“Eucharist; Authority” - September 15-19, 1969 – Rabat, Malta
“Ministry; The Church in the Contemporary World” - August 24-28, 1970 – Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
“Christian Home and Family” – DENVER REPORT (1971) – REPORT
CO-CHAIRS
Bishop Odd Hagen, Stockholm, Sweden (1967-69) (M)
Bishop William R. Cannon, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (1970) ( M)
Most Rev. John Murphy, Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Lee F. Tuttle, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Canon William A. Purdy, Vatican (RC)
SECOND SERIES (1972-1976)
MEETINGS
- December 10-14, 1972 – Rome, Italy
“Reorganizing and Planning” - October 1-5, 1973 – Reuti-Hasliberg, Switzerland
“Common Witness and Salvation Today, with Special Reference to the Bangkok Conference” - September 30 – October 3, 1974 – Venice, Italy
“Evangelization, with Special Reference to the RC Episcopal Synod in Rome; Prevenient Grace, Conversion,
Salvation Today; Spirituality; Eucharist; Mixed Marriages; Methodist Involvement in Church Union Plans” - September 8-12 1975 – Bristol, England
“Common witness and salvation: Eucharist, ministry and spirituality”
DUBLIN REPORT (1976): “GROWTH IN UNDERSTANDING” – REPORT
CO-CHAIRS
Bishop William R. Cannon, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M)
Rt. Rev. Michael Bowen, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Lee F. Tuttle, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Canon William A. Purdy, Vatican (RC)
THIRD SERIES (1977-1981)
MEETINGS
- October 3-6, 1977 – Bad Soden, West Germany
“Reorganizing and Planning” - January 28 – February 1, 1979 – Rome, Italy
“Doctrine and Person of the Holy Spirit” - November 26-30, 1979 – St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, USA
“Holy Spirit” - December 2-7, 1980 Rome, Italy
“Authority, Moral Decisions, Marriage” – HONOLULU REPORT (1981) – REPORT
CO-CHAIRS
Bishop William R. Cannon, Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M)
Rt. Rev. J. Francis Stafford, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Joe Hale, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Canon William A. Purdy, Vatican (RC)
FOURTH SERIES (1982-1986)
MEETINGS
- October 17-22, 1982 – Reuti-Hasliberg, Switzerland
“Reorganization and Planning. Sign and Sacrament; Church and Sacrament; The Word and the Church; The Local Church” - October 28- November 4, 1983 – Milan, Italy
“The Nature and Structures of the Church” - October 26 – November 2, 1984 – Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
“Leadership in the Church; Quest for Christian Unity” - October 25 – November 1, 1985 – Venice, Italy
“Role of Leadership in the Church “- NAIROBI REPORT (1986): “TOWARDS A STATEMENT ON THE
CHURCH” – REPORT and COMMENTARY
CO-CHAIRS
Bishop William R. Cannon, Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M)
Most. Rev. J. Francis Stafford, Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Joe Hale, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Msgr. Richard Stewart, Vatican (1982-1984) (RC)
Rev. Kevin McDonald, Vatican (1985-1986) (RC)
FIFTH SERIES (1986-1991)
MEETINGS
- February 15-20, 1988 – Lisbon, Portugal
“Apostolic Teaching, Transmission and Reception” - February 6-11, 1989 – Venice, Italy
“Apostolic Tradition: Its Teaching, Transmission and Reception; Ministry and Ministries Serving within the
Apostolic Tradition” - February 7-13, 1990 – Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
“Apostolic Tradition: Its Teaching, Transmission and Reception; Ministry and Ministries Serving within the
Apostolic Tradition” - April 10-16, 1991 – Paris, France
“Apostolic Tradition: Its Teaching, Transmission and Reception; Ministry and Ministries Serving within the
Apostolic Tradition” – SINGAPORE REPORT (1991): “THE APOSTOLIC TRADITION” – REPORT and
COMMENTARY
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)
Most Rev. James W. Malone, Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Joe Hale, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Msgr. Kevin McDonald, Vatican (RC)
SIXTH SERIES (1992-1996)
- October 25-31, 1992 – Vienna, Austria
“Reorganization and Planning” - October 16-23, 1993 – Venice, Italy
“Revelation and Faith, Doctrine, Mission and Sacramental Life” - November 5-12, 1994 – Savannah, Georgia, USA
“Revelation and Faith, Doctrine, Mission and Sacramental Life” - October 20-27, 1995 – Baar, Switzerland
“Revelation and Faith, Doctrine, Mission and Sacramental Life” – RIO DE JANEIRO REPORT (1996): “THE WORD OF LIFE. A STATEMENT ON REVELATION AND FAITH” – REPORT and COMMENTARY
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)
Most Rev. James W. Malone, Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Joe Hale, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Msgr. Kevin McDonald, Vatican (1992-1993) (RC)
Rev. Timothy Galligan, Vatican (1993-1996 ) (RC)
SEVENTH SERIES (1997-2000)
- November 9-15, 1997 – Venice, Italy
“Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church” - October 23-30, 1998 – Paris, France
“Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church” - October 22-29, 1999 – Jerusalem, Israel
“Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church” - October 20-27, 2000 – St Simon’s Island, Georgia, USA
“Teaching Authority and Discernment in the Church. Completion of Report for presentation at 2001 World
Methodist Conference” – BRIGHTON REPORT (2001): “SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE: TEACHING
AUTHORITY AMONG CATHOLICS AND METHODISTS” – REPORT and COMMENTARY
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)
Rt. Rev. Michael E. Putney, Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Joe Hale, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Msgr Timothy Galligan, Vatican (RC)
EIGHTH SERIES (2002-2006)
- October 25 – November 1, 2002 – Klingenthal, France
“How Catholics and Methodists see and interpret each other ecclesially” - October 24-31, 2003 – York, England
“How Catholics and Methodists see and interpret each other ecclesially” - October 22-29, 2004 – Krakow, Poland
“To what extent can Methodists and Catholics have a common understanding of the Church; How can each
recognize in the other the Church of Jesus Christ; Signaling areas where each sees the other as lacking and potentially gaining from an ‘exchange of gifts’” - October 21-28, 2005 – Klosterneuburg (Vienna), Austria
“Work on report on the Nature of the Church” – SEOUL REPORT (2006): THE GRACE GIVEN YOU IN CHRIST: CATHOLICS AND METHODISTS REFLECT FURTHER ON THE CHURCH and COMMENTARY
* July 23, 2006 – Seoul, South Korea
Official Common Affirmation signed by Representatives of the Catholic Church, the Lutheran World Federation
and the World Methodist Council – OFFICIAL COMMON AFFIRMATION
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)
Rt. Rev. Michael E. Putney, Bishop of Townsville, Australia (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. George Freeman, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Msgr. Mark Langham, Vatican (RC)
NINTH SERIES (2007-2011)
- October 26 – November 2, 2007 – Bose, Italy
“Work begins of church and sacraments and synthesis report of the history of the dialogue” - October 31 – November 7, 2008 – Dublin, Ireland
“Work continued on the theme of sacramentality looking at Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry in the light of the
Paschal Mystery. The meeting also examined a draft of the synthesis document” - November 13-20, 2009 – Boston, Massachusetts
“Draft chapters for the proposed document: Encountering Christ the Saviour: Church and Sacraments, were
presented and revised. Work continued on the synthesis document”
** Easter 2010
SYNTHESIS. TOGETHER TO HOLINESS. 40 YEARS OF METHODIST AND ROMAN CATHOLIC DIALOGUE - October 29 – November 5, 2010 – Fulda, Germany
“Work continued to finalise the text of ‘Encountering Christ the Saviour: Church and Sacraments’ – DURBAN
REPORT (2014): ENCOUNTERING CHRIST THE SAVIOUR: CHURCH AND SACRAMENTS and COMMENT
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Durham, North Carolina, USA (M)
Rt. Rev. Michael E. Putney, Bishop of Townsville, Australia (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. George Freeman, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA (M)
Msgr. Mark Langham, Vatican (RC)
TENTH SERIES (2012-2017)
- October 12-19, 2012 – Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Work begins on the themes ‘Common Call to Holiness’; means of holiness; traditions of holiness; holy living and the communion of saints” - October 2013 – Norcross, Georgia
“Work continued on the theme of holiness in relation to Christian eschatology, anthropology, grace and social justice” - October 10-17, 2014 – Assisi, Italy
“Work continued on the theme of holiness and a schema was agreed for a document with the proposed title, ‘The Call to Holiness: Through Grace to Glory’” - March 16-20, 2015 – Boston, Massachusetts
“A drafting group met to collate and edit draft chapters received from members of the commission” - October 9-15, 2015 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
“The commission worked on the proposed draft of ‘The Call to Holiness: from Glory to Glory’” - February 7-11, 2016 – Rome, Italy
“Finalizing the Report, “HOUSTON REPORT (2017): “THE CALL TO HOLINESS: FROM GLORY TO GLORY” – REPORT and COMMENTARY
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Dr. David M. Chapman, UK (M)
Rt. Rev. Michael E. Putney, Bishop of Townsville, Australia (RC) (2012)
Rt. Rev. Donald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina, Canada (RC) (from 2013)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Karen Westerfield-Tucker, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (M)
Rev. Anthony Currer, Vatican (RC)
ELEVENTH SERIES (2017-2022)
- October 15-22, 2017 – Palazzola, Italy
“Work began on the theme of reconciliation as it relates to the unity of the Church” - October 12-19, 2018 – Hong Kong, China
“Reconciliation as this relates in particular to the unity of the Church” - October 11-18, 2019 – Nairobi, Kenya
“Draft chapters were read on Reconciliation as it relates to soteriology, church structures, Christian unity and the Church’s mission”
** October 26-28 March, 2019 – South Bend, Indiana (USA)
Consultation of the signers of the JDDJ – (The World Methodist Council affirmed JDDJ in 2006; the
Anglican Communion in 2016; and the World Communion of Reformed Churches in 2017)
March 3-7, 2020 – Durham, North Carolina (USA)
“Drafting committee meeting in preparation of the plenary commission meeting working on the theme of
reconciliation: reconciliation as a model of salvation; the structures of our respective churches as means of
reconciliation, holding the faithful in unity whilst allowing and reconciling legitimate diversity; the rites of reconciliation practised by both communions; the Church’s mission of reconciliation to the world” - October 9-16, 2020 – Jerusalem, Israel
“Work on the report God in Christ Reconciling” - 2022 – Gothenburg, Sweden
“Release of the Report: God in Christ Reconciling: On the Way to Full Communion in Faith, Sacraments, and Mission” REPORT and COMMENTARY
CO-CHAIRS
Rev. Dr. David M. Chapman, UK (M)
Rt. Rev. Donald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina, Canada (RC)
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. Dr. Karen Westerfield-Tucker, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (M)
Rev. Anthony Currer, Vatican (RC)
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