International Joint Commission Between the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church
OO – RC – Copt
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- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity formerly Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
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Chapters
Meetings and Documents
FIRST PHASE (1974-1978)
- Established by Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III during meeting held in Rome, May 5-10, 1973 – COMMON DECLARATION
MEETINGS
- March 26-30, 1974 – Cairo, Egypt
“Christology” – JOINT REPORT - October 27-31, 1975 – Cairo, Egypt
“Vision and Understanding of the Unity We Seek” – COMMON REPORT - August 26-29, 1976 – Vienna, Austria
“The Unity of the Church up to the Fifth Century” – COMMON REPORT and CHRISTOLOGICAL DECLARATION - March 13-18, 1978 – Cairo, Egypt
“The Role of the Councils in the Life of the Church and on the Sacraments in Their Relation to the Church and the Economy of Salvation” – COMMON REPORTJune 23, 1979 – Cairo, Egypt
“The Principles for Guiding the Search for Unity between the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church” – PRINCIPLES AND PROTOCOL
CO-CHAIRMEN
Rev. Msgr. Charles Moeller, Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican City
Bishop Gregorios, Bishop of Coptic Culture and Higher Theological Education, Egypt
CO-SECRETARIES
Rev. John Long, S.J., Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
Dr. George Bebawi, Professor of Patristics
SECOND PHASE (1988-1992)
- October 3-8, 1988 – Amba Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt
“The Mystery of Redemption and Its Consequences for the Last Ends of the Human Person” – COMMON REPORT and BRIEF FORMULA ON CHRISTOLOGY (February 12, 1988) - April 23-27, 1990 – Amba Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt
“The History of the ‘Filioque’ Controversy; Biblical, Theological and Patristic Aspects of the Procession of the Holy Spirit; The Addition of the Formula ‘Filioque’ to the Text of the Nicean-Constantinopolitan Creed” – REPORT - April 18-24, 1991 – Amba Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt
“The Doctrine of Purgatory” - February 25-29, 1992 – Amba Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt
“Trinitarian Theology, Christology, Procession of the Holy Spirit” – REPORT - April 27- May 1, 1993 – Amba Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt
CO-CHAIRMEN
Bishop Pierre Duprey, Secretary, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
His Grace Metropolitan Bishoy, Bishop of Damiet, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church
CO-SECRETARIES
Msgr. Gérard Daucourt, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1988-1990)
Rev. Bernard Dubasque, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1991-1992)
His Grace Amba Moussa, Bishop for Youth, Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
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Iarccum
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L-M
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L-O
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L-R
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O-M
Orthodox ― Methodist Dialogue
O-R
Orthodox ― Reformed Bilateral Conversations
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OC-C
International Roman Catholic ― Old Catholic Dialogue Commission
OC-O
Mixed Old Catholic ― Orthodox Commission
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International Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
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Pe-R
International Pentecostal ― Reformed Dialogue
O-Pe
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Pe-RC
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R-RC
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