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II. “New Paths as We Journey toward the Future”: Reflections on Anglican/Episcopal-Roman Catholic Dialogue since Ut Unum Sint

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2020

Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook*
Affiliation:
Claremont School of Theology Bloy House, the Episcopal School of Theology at Los Angeles
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“Today, our world is experiencing a tragic famine of hope. How much pain is all around us, how much emptiness, how much inconsolable grief. Let us, then, become messengers of the comfort bestowed by the Spirit. Let us radiate hope, and the Lord will open new paths as we journey toward the future.” These challenging and uplifting words by His Holiness Pope Francis were part of an ecumenical service with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Coptic Archbishop of London this year. Preaching during the impact of COVID-19 worldwide, Pope Francis’ message also frames the challenges and hopes of Anglican/Episcopal-Roman Catholic dialogue in the twenty-five years since Pope John Paul II's encyclical Ut Unum Sint (UUS), “That They May Be One.”

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Theological Roundtable
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Horizons , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , December 2020 , pp. 320 - 325
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Copyright © College Theology Society 2020

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15 Hattie Williams, “Pope Joins Welby and Sentamu for Pentecost Service,” Church Times, May 29, 2020, https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/29-may/news/uk/pope-joins-welby-and-sentamu-for-pentecost-service.

16 Several dates are cited for the break of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Two of the most common are 1532, when Henry VIII declared himself the Supreme Head of the Church, and 1570, when Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, who established the church in England. See Robert W. Prichard, ed., “A Pastoral Guide for Understanding Our Two Churches,” The Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States (ARCUSA), October 19, 2007, https://episcopalchurch.org/files/documents/eir.a_pastoral_guide_with_bibliography_june_09.pdf.

17 Francis and Justin Welby, “Common Declaration of His Holiness Pope Francis and His Grace Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury” (October 5, 2016), http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/angl-comm-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20161005_dichiarazione-comune_en.html.

18 See Richard Mammana, “Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States of America Issues Communiqué,” Episcopal News Service, April 23, 2020, at https://episcopalchurch.org/posts/publicaffairs/anglican-roman-catholic-theological-consultation-united-states-america-arcusa.

19 John Bauerschmidt, “ARCIC III, “Walking Together on the Way,” The Living Church, August 13, 2019, https://livingchurch.org/covenant/2019/08/13/arcic-iii-walking-together-on-the-way-learning-to-be-the-church-local-regional-universal/.

20 Quoted in many places, most recently in Robertson, C. K., Why Go to Church? (New York: Church Publishing, 2017), 11Google Scholar.

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22 Bishop Griswold was later elected the 25th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, serving from 1998 to 2006.

23 Episcopal News Service, “Protestant Church Leaders Cautiously Welcome Pope's Encyclical on Ecumenism,” Episcopal News Service, June 8, 1995, https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=95-1133.

24 John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint (May 25 1995), http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25051995_ut-unum-sint.html, §50.

25 Christopher Hill, review of Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism, ed. Gerald Mannion, Church Times, November 3, 2017, https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/3-november/books-arts/book-reviews/a-new-papal-style-or-is-it-more.

26 G. Jeffrey MacDonald, “‘Signs of Hope’ in Rome,” The Living Church, June 4, 2013, https://livingchurch.org/2013/06/04/signs-of-hope-rome/.

27 Peter Colwell, “From Interfaith to Inter-Religious: Describing the new Post Inter Faith Context,” Lent 2014, https://ctbi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/From-Interfaith-to-Inter-Religious-Describing-the-new-Post-Inter-Faith-Context.pdf.

28 The Lama, Dalai and Tutu, Desmond, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (New York: Avery: 2016), 60Google Scholar.