"THE JOINT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE THEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ORTHODOX CHURCH"

SPONSORS:

Orthodox Church

 
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity formerly
Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
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December 7, 1965: Rome, Italy
     "Abrogation of Excommunications of 1054"
     - COMMON DECLARATION
     - PAPAL BRIEF
     - PATRIARCHAL TOME

      (CATHOLIC PREPARATORY COMMISSION)

a. October 11-15, 1976 - Rome, Italy
b. May 8, 1978 - Rome, Italy

a. June 20-25, 1977 - Chambésy, Switzerland
b. November 14-18, 1977 - Chambésy, Switzerland

      JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:

March 29 - April 1, 1978 - Rome, Italy
     "Method of Dialogue and Planning"

1. May 29 - June 4, 1980 - Patmos/Rhodes
   "Adoption of Plan for Dialogue and Organization" - PLAN
   
   SUB-COMMISSIONS:
   "Work on the Mystery of the Church and of the Eucharist in the Light of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity"
   
   a) October 5-9, 1980 - Chevetogne, Belgium
   b) December 27-30, 1980 - Rome, Italy
   c) April 29- May 1, 1981 - Belgrade
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   May 25-30, 1981 - Venice, Italy
   "Review Work of 3 Sub-commissions"
   
   
2. June 30- July 6, 1982 - Munich, Germany
   "Mystery of the Church and the Eucharist in the Light of the Trinity" - JOINT DOCUMENT
   
   SUB-COMMISSIONS:
   "Work on Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church"
   
   a) October 15-20, 1982 - Vienna, Austria
   b) October 25-29, 1982 - Vra , Jugoslavia
   c) December 27-30, 1982 - Chambésy, Switzerland
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   June 12-17, 1983 - Nicosia, Cyprus
   "Review of the Work of the 3 Sub-commissions"
   
   
3. May 30 - June 8, 1984 - Khania, Crete
   "Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church; The Sacrament of Order in the Sacramental Structure of the Church with Particular Reference to the Importance of Apostolic Succession for the Sanctification and Unity of the People of God"
   
   SUB-COMMISSIONS:
   "Work on The Sacrament of Order in the Sacramental Structure of the Church with Particular Reference to the Importance of Apostolic Succession for the Sanctification and Unity of the People of God"
   
   a) December 17-19, 1984 - Opole, Poland
   b) December 27-31, 1984 - Rome, Italy
   c) February 20-28, 1985 - Bari, Italy
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   June 3-8, 1985 - Opole, Poland
   "Continuation of the Study on the Sacrament of Order and Apostolic Succession; Revision of Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church"
   
   
4. May 29 - June 7, 1986 - Bari, Italy (first phase)
   "Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church"
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   September 22-23, 1986 - Rome, Italy
   "Revision of Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church"
   
   June 9-16, 1987 - Bari, Italy (second phase)
   "Faith, Sacraments and the Unity of the Church" - JOINT DOCUMENT
   "Continuation of Work on the Sacrament of Order and Apostolic Succession; Issues of Proselytism and Oriental Churches in Communion with Rome is Discussed"
   
   
5. June 19-27, 1988 - New Valamo, Finland
   "The Sacrament of Order in the Sacramental Structure of the Church with Particular Reference to the Importance of Apostolic Succession for the Sanctification and Unity of the People of God" - JOINT DOCUMENT
   
   [???1989 - 3 sub-commissions: Ecclesiological and canonical consequences of the sacramental nature of the Church; conciliarity and authority in the Church] see IS 73 (1990/II) 35
   
   a) Munich
   b) Rome
   c) Istanbul
   
   SUB-COMMISSION:
   "Work on the Study of Questions concerning the Churches of Byzantine Rite United with Rome and the Problems of Uniatism and Proselytism"
   
   a) January 26-31, 1990 - Vienna, Austria
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   February 1-8, 1990 Moscow, Russia
   "Preparation for the Plenary"
   
   
6. June 6-15, 1990 - Freising, Germany
   "Uniatism" - COMUNIQUÉ

   SUB-COMMISSIONS:
   "Work on Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion"
   
   a) December 26-30, 1990 - Rome, Italy
   b) March ??-??, 1991 - Rome, Italy
   c) April , ??-??, 1991 - Vienna, Austria
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   June 10-15, 1991 Ariccia, Italy
   "Preparation for the Plenary; Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion"
   
   [June 17-26, 1992 - Balamand, Lebanon — postponed]

7. June 17-24, 1993 - Balamand, Lebanon
   "Uniatism: Method of the Past; Dialogue as Today's Means of Seeking Unity;" REPORT: "Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion" (1993) (The Balamand Statement)
   
   JOINT SUB-COMMISSIONS:
   "Ecclesiological and Canonical Implications of Uniatism"
   
   June 15-19, 1996 - Rome, Italy — postponed
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   June 12-19, 1997 - Ariccia, Italy — postponed
   
   JOINT SUB-COMMISSIONS:
   "Ecclesiological and Canonical Implications of Uniatism"
   
   April 7-12, 1997 - Rome, Italy
   
   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   June 15-20, 1998 - Ariccia, Italy
   "Ecclesiological and Canonical Implications of Uniatism; Preparation for Plenary"
   
   June 7-15, 1999 - Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA — postponed

8. July 9-19, 2000 - Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA
   “Ecclesiological and Canonical Implications of Uniatism”

   PANORTHODOX MEETING OF DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES
   September 11-13, 2005 - Istanbul, Turkey
   Discussion on the continuation of the dialogue; need to continue the theological dialogue in obedience to the command of the Lord to promote the unity of the church and in the context of ecclesiology and with particular reference to the problem of primacy in the church; election of Metropolitan of Pergamon, Ioannis Zizioulas

   JOINT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE:
   December 13-15, 2005 - Rome, Italy
   Choice of theme taken up from Moscow 1990 planning session, ie, the theme of “The ecclesiological and canonical consequences of the sacramental nature of the Church: conciliarity and authority in the Church”; deepening a theology of communion to enable a profound discussion on two central issues in the context of relations between the two churches namely, the primacy of the Bishop of Rome and the question of ‘uniatism’
   

   9. September 18-25, 2006 - Belgrade, Serbia
   “The Ecclesiological and Canonical Consequences of the Sacramental Nature of the Church; Conciliarity and Authority in the Church at Three Levels of Ecclesial Life: Local, Regional and Universal”
   

   10. October 8-15, 2007 - Ravenna, Italy
   “The Ecclesiological and Canonical Consequences of the Sacramental Nature of the Church; Conciliarity and Synodality in the Church” - JOINT REPORT