Called to Be the One Church: Faith and Order at Crete, Faith and Order Paper No. 212, WCC Publications PDF
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WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES CALLED TO BE THE ONE CHURCH FAITH AND ORDER AT CRETE Edited by John Gibaut CALLED TO BE THE ONE CHURCH CALLED TO BE THE ONE CHURCH Faith and Order at Crete Report ofthe 2009 Meeting ofthe Plenary Commission Edited byJohn Gibaut Faith and Order PaperNo. 212 World Council of Churches Publications CALLEDTO BETHE ONE CHURCH Faith and OrderatCrete Faith and OrderPaperNo. 212 © WCC Copyright 2012 Publications.Allrightsreserved. Exceptforbriefquotations in noticesorreviews, nopartofthis bookmaybe reproduced inanymannerwithout priorwritten permission from the publisher. Write: [email protected]. WCC Publicationsis the bookpublishingprogrammeofthe WorldCouncilofChurches. Foundedin 1948, the WCCpromotes Christian unity infaith, witness andservicefor ajustandpeacefulworld. Aglobalfellowship, the WCCbrings together more than349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican andother churches representingmore than 560 million Christiansin 110countriesandworkscooperatively with theRoman Catholic Church. WCC Opinionsexpressedin Publicationsarethoseoftheauthors. Coverdesign:Julie Kauffman Design Coverphoto courtesyofAlexander Freeman Bookdesign and typesetting: 4 Seasons BookDesign/MichelleCook ISBN: 978-2-8254-1570-2 World CouncilofChurches 150 routede Ferney, P.O. Box2100 1211 Geneva2, Switzerland http://publications.oikoumene.org 1 Contents Preface ix Message to the Churches 1 PART OPENINGADDRESSES Is 1 “Called to Be the One Church”: Unityas Calling, Conversion and Mission / HisAllHolinessEcumenicalPatriarch Bartholomew 13 Moderator’s Report /Metropolitan Dr Vasilios 18 PlenaryDiscussion 32 Director’s Report / CanonJohn Gihaut 34 AViewfrom the Past / DameMary Tanner 43 PlenaryDiscussion 36 PART “CALLEDTO BETHEONECHURCH”: II: GLOBALPERSPECTIVES 39 “Called to Be the One Church”: How Much DiversityIs Enough? Thoughts on the Unityand Doctrinal Diversityofthe Church Today/ DrMinnaHietamdki 61 PlenaryDiscussion 66 Dry Bones: The Unification ofPresbyterian Churches in SouthernAfrica / ProfMaakeJ. Masango 68 PlenaryDiscussion 75 “Called to Be the One Church”: What theText Looks Like from the Situation in Cuba and the Caribbean Region / Rev. DrMarianeladelaPaz Cot 77 PlenaryDiscussion 82 Called to Be the One Church: AnAsian Catholic Perspective / SisterProfMariaKo HaFong 84 PlenaryDiscussion 91 “Called to Be the One Church” / Metropolitan Dr Gennadios ofSassima 93 PlenaryDiscussion 106 vi CalledtoBetheOneChurch | PARTIlls MORALDISCERNMENTINTHECHURCHES 109 The Studyon “Moral Discernment in the Churches” at the PlenaryCommission in Crete: A Report / DagmarHeller 111 PART SOURCES OFAUTHORITY IV: 119 Tradition andTraditions: The Teachers andWitnesses ofthe EarlyChurch: ACommon Source ofAuthority, Variously Received? / Rev. DrSusan Durber 121 Teachers andWitnesses ofthe Church: Space forEcumenical Convergence / VeryRev. Dr CyrilHovorun 126 Furthering Common EngagementwithAncientTradition: A Response to the Report on Teachers andWitnesses / DrR. M. Keelan Downton 129 IfThis Is Tradition, Come Spirit, Come: An Intervention / Rev. OfeliaAlvarez 136 PlenaryDiscussion 137 Reports from the Study Groups: Sources ofAuthority: Tradition and traditions / Dr Tamara Grdzelidze 139 PARTV: THENATUREAND MISSION OFTHECHURCH 147 The Future of TheNatureandMission ofthe Church : The Next Stages on theWayto a Common Statement / Rev. DrHermen Shastri 149 BriefPresentation on the Statement “Called to Be the One Church” and Its Rapportwith the Paper TheNatureand Mission ofthe Church/ VeryRev. Dr Viorellonita 157 The Nature and Mission ofthe Church / Rev. DrPaulM. Collins 166 PlenaryDiscussion 173 “Called to Be the One Church” inAfrica: The Nature and Mission ofthe Church / Rev. Prof.AnyambodEmmanuelAnya 174 The Nature and Mission ofthe Church: An Evaluation from a LatinAmerican Perspective / Rev. DrJorgeA Scampini, O. P. 183 The Nature and Mission ofthe Church: An Indian Perspective / Metropolitan GeevargheseMar Coorilos 188 PlenaryDiscussion 192 PARTVI: SERMONS 195 WCC Sermon / Rev. SamuelKobia, GeneralSecretaryofthe 197 Loving the Stranger / Rev. DrSusan Durber 201 Contents vii S Appendices 205 Appendix 1. Group Reports: Nature and Mission ofthe Church 207 Appendix 2. Minutes ofthe Standing Commission Meeting at the OrthodoxAcademy, Chania, Crete 232 Appendix 3. By-laws ofFaith and Order 236 Appendix4. Participants 242 Appendix 5. Contributors 252 Notes 257
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