Two Trains Running: The Reception of the Understanding of Authority by ARCIC 1 - Related to the Debates on the Ordination of Women: v. 676 (European University Studies) - Softcover

Wagemaker, Matthieu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3906763579 ISBN 13: 9783906763576

Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang, 1999

Synopsis

Between 1966 and 1981 an enormous effort has been made by the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC I) to overcome differences in the understanding and practice of the Christian Faith. Four major theological texts, based on the idea of resourcement, were published together as the Final Report in 1981. Why were the high ecumenical expectations of the seventies not fulfilled? At the same time the Anglican churches began to discuss openly the possibility of ordaining women to the priesthood. The Anglican discussion had clear repercussions for the Catholic Church. This study investigates the relations that existed between these debates and the reception of the Final Report. It pays particular attention to the developments of the understanding about authority in the Church. Authority in the Church comprises hermeneutical, foundation theological, christological and ecclesiological notions. ARCIC worked with its own conception of authority in matters of faith and order, and it proposed a certain understanding of episcopal collegiality as the corner stone for «organic union». The book infers that the debates on the ordination of women have led to developments in the understanding of authority in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Churches that diverge from what ARCIC did and proposed. The consequences for ecumenical relations between the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church are explored.

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About the Author

The Author: Matthieu Wagemaker (1968) was born in Holland and is a Catholic priest of the diocese of Haarlem. After obtaining an academic degree at the Catholic Universities for Theology in Amsterdam and Utrecht, he worked for some years as a parish priest in the countryside. This work is the doctoral thesis he defended at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1997. Currently he is a parish priest in a suburb of the old city Haarlem and teaches foundational theology, anthropology and ecumenism at the diocesan major seminary.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3906763579
• ISBN 13: 9783906763576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 507