Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the U.S.A. (ARCUSA)
1965-
Members of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation at their meeting in Chicago ~ 17 Dec. 2019
The ARC-USA meeting in Alexandria, Virginia released the new statement "Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness" ~ 25 Feb. 2014
The ARC-USA meeting in Berkeley, California ~ Oct. 2013
The ARC-USA meeting in Berkeley, California ~ Oct. 2013
Members of the Anglican Roman Catholic Theological Dialogue at the Episcopal Church Center in New York in 2012. ~ 2012
ARCUSA catalogue
Since 1965, the Episcopal Church and the Roman Catholic Church have been engaged in an official bilateral dialogue sponsored by the two churches, the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States of America, sometimes known as ARCUSA . As a part of this dialogue, ARCUSA has produced a number of statements and reports on important theological subjects of concern to the two churches, often building on and responding to the work of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC ) established in 1967.
Website: arcusa.church
NOTE: The following list includes all documents in our ARCUSA fonds, sorted by category and date. Documents may belong to several fonds, in differing categories depending on their place within that collection.
In addition to documents held in the current fonds, there are also documents specifically authored by ARCUSA .
Dialogue reports & agreed statements
ARC IV Statement on the Eucharist
ARCUSA ~ Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 29 May 1967 ~ ARC-IVARC VII Statement
ARCUSA ~ Boynton Beach, Florida, 11 Dec. 1969 ~ ARC-VIIDoctrinal Agreement and Christian Unity: Methodological Considerations
ARCUSA ~ New York, 23 Jan. 1972 ~ ARCIC 45BComment on the Agreed Statement on Eucharistic Doctrine
ARCUSA ~ New York, 24 Jan. 1972 ~ ARCIC 45AARCUSA Response to ARCIC Canterbury Statement
ARCUSA ~ Canterbury, 9 Jan. 1974 ~ ARCIC SF/13EARC XV Statement on the Purpose of the Church
ARCUSA ~ Erlanger, Kentucky, 31 Oct. 1975 ~ ARC XV/1ARC XV Statement on the Ordination of Women
ARCUSA ~ Erlanger, Kentucky, 7 Nov. 1975 ~ ARCIC-II 58-1J/86First ARCUSA Response to ARCIC’s Venice Statement
ARCUSA ~ New Orleans, Louisiana, 24 Jan. 1977Where We Are: A Challenge for the Future. A Twelve-Year Report
ARCUSA ~ 12 Aug. 1977Second ARCUSA Response to ARCIC’s Venice Statement
ARCUSA ~ Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 1978Final Recommendations from the Anglican/Roman Catholic Leaders Conference
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 12 June 1981Images of God: Reflections on Christian Anthropology
ARCUSA ~ July 1983 ~ ARCUSA 1983Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context for their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church
ARCUSA ~ Long Branch, New Jersey, 8 May 1990 ~ ARCUSA 1990A Recommitment to Full Communion
ARCUSA ~ 17 June 1992How Can We Recognize ‘Substantial Agreement’: Agreed Statement on the Lambeth and Vatican Responses to ARCIC-I
ARCUSA ~ 5 Apr. 1993Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice
ARCUSA ~ Delray Beach, Florida, 6 Jan. 1994Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: ARCIC-II and Recent Papal Teachings
ARCUSA ~ 22 June 1995Report on the Local/Universal Church
ARCUSA ~ 15 Nov. 1999Imperfect Reality: Our Urgent Hunger for Eucharistic Sharing
ARCUSA ~ Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 2000 ~ ARCIC-II 463/00Response to ARCIC’s ‘The Gift of Authority’
ARCUSA ~ 29 Mar. 2003 ~ ARCUSA-2003A Pastoral Guide for Understanding Our Two Churches
ARCUSA ~ 2007Response to ‘Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ’
ARCUSA ~ 20 Oct. 2007 ~ ARCUSA 2007Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 22 Apr. 2014 ~ ARCUSA-2014A Call to Reconciliation: A Joint Document from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue
ARCUSA ~ 2025 ~ ARCUSA-2025
Communiqués & Press Releases
Anglican-Roman Catholic Retreat
ARCUSA ~ Liberty, Missouri, 28 May 1970Substantial Agreement on the Eucharist
ARCUSA ~ 31 Jan. 1972Bishops’ Committee Responds to Eucharistic Doctrine Statement
USCC ~ 2 Oct. 1972Anglican-Roman Catholic Documents Published
USCC ~ 16 Mar. 1973Anglican-Roman Catholic Agreed Statement on Ministry
ARCUSA ~ 5 Dec. 1973ARCUSA Consultation on Ordination of Women
ARCUSA ~ Cincinnati, Ohio, 25 June 1975 ~ ARCCOW 5DPress release: Anglican/Roman Catholic Commission issues Statement on Purpose of the Church
ARCUSA ~ Erlanger, Kentucky, 29 Oct. 1975Anglican-Roman Catholic Statement on Ordination of Women
ARCUSA ~ 5 Nov. 1975 ~ ARCUSA 1975/2Anglican-Catholic Statement on Authority in the Church
ARCUSA ~ 13 Jan. 1977 ~ ARCUSA 1977Press release: Initial Response Given to Authority Statement
ARCUSA ~ New Orleans, Louisiana, 24 Jan. 1977Request for Specific Directives in ARC dialogue
USCC ~ 28 Dec. 1977ARCUSA Response to ARCIC’s Statement on Authority
ARCUSA ~ 30 Dec. 1977Anglican-Roman Catholic Broad Based Conference
USCC ~ Washington, DC, 16 June 1981US Catholic, Anglican Dialogue Held
USCC ~ New York, 10 Jan. 1985Women Anglican Bishops Called Hindrance to Reconciliation
USCC ~ 14 Sept. 1988Appreciation Noted for Catholic-Anglican ‘Common Declaration’
ARCUSA ~ 23 Oct. 1989Joint Statement Marks Beginning of Prayer for Unity
ARCUSA ~ 19 Jan. 1993Eucharist not an Issue Dividing Churches, Dialogue Says
ARCUSA ~ Delray Beach, Florida, 14 Jan. 1994Catholic, Episcopal Bishops Plan Pilgrimage to Canterbury and Rome
ARCUSA ~ Canterbury & Rome, 1 Feb. 1994Anglican, Catholic Dialogue Takes up Directory for Ecumenism , Life in Christ , Veritatis Splendor
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 13 Jan. 1995U.S. Anglican-Catholic Dialogue on Track to Study Exercise of Authority Within Church
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 13 June 1997ARCUSA Meeting Discusses Local-Universal Church Relationships
ARCUSA ~ Baltimore, 6 Apr. 1999Special Relationship Between Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Reaffirmed at 50th Meeting Here
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 24 Sept. 2000US Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Continues Discussion of ‘The Gift of Authority,’ Other Projects
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 15 Sept. 2002US Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation agrees to a Response to ‘The Gift Of Authority’
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 30 Mar. 2003Meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the U.S. is held; On-going projects and studies discussed
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 28 Mar. 2004Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Meets
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 6 Mar. 2005Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Meets
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 16 Oct. 2005ARCUSA Holds 60th Meeting, Reflects on Seattle Document, ‘Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ’
ARCUSA ~ Belleville, Illinois, 2 Apr. 2006Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Holds 61st Meeting, in Louisville
ARCUSA ~ Louisville, 17 Sept. 2006Developments in Anglican-Catholic Relations, Trends Within the Anglican Communion, and Upcoming Statements Highlight ARCUSA Meeting
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 10 Mar. 2007Anglicans, Catholics Meet On Mary, Ecumenical Relations
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 20 Oct. 2007Catholics, Anglicans Start New Round of Dialogues
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 30 Sept. 2008Catholics, Anglicans Meet on Debt Relief, Contraception
ARCUSA ~ Cincinnati, 26 May 2009Anglican-Catholic Theological Consultation Looks at Immigration, New Vatican Statement
ARCUSA ~ Washington, DC, 27 Oct. 2009Catholic, Episcopalian Leaders Hear Anglican Views on Blessing Same-Sex Unions, Catholic Principles on Health Care Decisions
ARCUSA ~ Delray Beach, Florida, 16 Mar. 2010Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Commission plans statement on Approaches to Moral Issues
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Louisiana, 17 Sept. 2010Anglican-Catholic Dialogue Looks at Moral Discernment, Homosexuality
ARCUSA ~ Berkeley, California, 11 Mar. 2011Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue Releases Joint Statement: Ecclesiology and Moral Discernment: Seeking a Unified Moral Witness.
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 22 Apr. 2014ARCUSA releases joint ecclesiology document
ARCUSA ~ Alexandria, Virginia, 22 Apr. 2014ARCUSA issues communiqué
ARCUSA ~ Chicago, 14 Jan. 2020ARCUSA issues communiqué
ARCUSA ~ Online, 23 Apr. 2020ARCUSA meets in Baltimore
ARCUSA ~ Baltimore, Maryland, 20 Oct. 2022Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation Meets
ARCUSA ~ Marriotsville, Maryland, 6 Dec. 2023 Study papers
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