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_005196613	Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.	Documents on Anglican/Roman Catholic relations	1972		.txt	text/plain	15895	528	50	Jackson, Mississippi, January 5, 1968 ACTION OF THE EPISCOPAL GENERAL CONVENTION, Houston, Texas, Oct. 1970 (Excerpt) 5. Relations with the Roman Catholic Church Whereas, Official representatives of this Church and of the 23 Roman Catholic Church in the United States have, in seven ses- sions of the joint Anglican/Roman Catholic Commission (ARC), made great progress in mutual understanding and agreement, notably in regard to the nature of Baptism, Holy Communion, and the Church as Eucharistic Community; and Whereas , The seventh meeting of ARC, held in December, 1969, adopted a significant document which reported the prog- ress to date, defined the goal as full communion and organic unity, and affirmed that nothing in the course of this serious enterprise has emerged which would cause us to think that this goal is unattainable; and Whereas , The Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Inter- religious Affairs of the Roman Catholic Church voted on March 18, 1970, that it gratefully and enthusiastically accepts the ARC report, considers it to be a significant report, and will give it very serious consideration; and Whereas, The Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations also gives its enthusiastic approval, and asks the General Convention to endorse the report and to implement it by adopting the rec- ommendations in its final section; now be it Resolved , That this 63rd General Convention of the Episcopal Church (1) Gratefully and enthusiastically accept the report of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Commission, as incorporated in the Report of the Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations; (2) Endorse the progress along the lines of the joint Angli- can/Roman Catholic International Commission; (3) Direct the Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations to continue its participation in the joint Anglican/Roman Catholic Commission, looking toward the defined goal of full communion and organic unity between the Churches of the Anglican Com- munion and the Roman Catholic Church; and (4) Authorize and direct the Executive Council to cooperate with the Joint Commission on Ecumenical Relations in the imple- mentation of the programs recommended by the Anglican/ Roman Catholic Commission, especially as set forth in paragraphs 24 4, 5, 6, and 11 of Section D of the report, relating to joint clergy conferences, sharing in theological training, cooperation between staff personnel in the areas of adult education, professional lead- ership training, education of the young, missions, and other means of diffusing ecumenical knowledge and understanding through our Churches at all levels. There will be no seeking to lessen the legitimate prestige and the worthy patrimony of piety and usage proper to the Anglican Church when the Roman Catholic Church ... is able to embrace her ever beloved sister in the one authentic communion of the family of Christ . . .	cache/_005196613.txt	txt/_005196613.txt