Miscellaneous documents

A Catechism of the Orthodox Church prepared by Rev. Constas H. Demetry, D. D. (Note: this catechism is not official.)
Conseil international des archives (CIA)
- Les Archives des ONG, une mémoire à partager. Guide pratique en 60 questions
  Ce Manuel est un guide pratique destiné à sensibiliser responsables, permanents et bénévoles des organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) à l'intérêt que présentent leurs archives et à leur donner des conseils pour leur gestion et leur conservation. Certains de ces documents sont en effet d'une importance essentielle, à la fois pour l'histoire des organisations et des sociétés concernées qu'elles reflètent.
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-9521932-2-3 [PDF 513.9kb]
INCORE Conflict Data Service
INCORE is a global centre for the study and resolution of conflict. Founded in 1993 as a joint initiative of the University of Ulster and the United Nations University. INCORE aims to address the management and resolution of conflict via a combination of research, training and other activities which inform and influence national and international organisations working in the field of conflict.
- Guide to Internet sources on Mixed Marriages
International Council on Archives (ICA)
- The Records of NGOs, Memory... To Be Shared. A Practical Guide in 60 Questions
  This manual is a practical guide, which draws the attention of officials, staff and volunteers of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to the value of their records and offers advice on their management and preservation. Some of these records are of crucial importance for the history of both the organizations themselves and the societies concerned.
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-9521932-2-3. [PDF 506.9 kb]
Nicholas Jesson
- Doctrine divides, service unites: Towards a "vital and coherent theology" (April 2003) [PDF 201 kb]
  A consideration of the perennial ecumenical division between "Faith & Order" and "Life & Work." Explores the WCC's "Ecclesiology and Ethics" study.
- Lex orandi, lex credendi: towards a liturgical theology (November 2001) [PDF 159 kb]
  A consideration of the ancient adage 'lex orandi lex credendi" as an entry point to an ecumenically sensitive liturgical theology.
- Orthodox contributions to ecumenical ecclesiology (October 2001) [PDF 183 kb]
  A Roman Catholic evaluation of the continuing contributions of Eastern Orthodox theologians to the ecumenical reflection on ecclesiology. Particular attention is paid to the concept of "church as communion / koinonia."
- Paradise regained: Indulgences in light of the Joint Declaration (May 2002) [PDF 195 kb]
  In November of 1998 the Vatican issued revised norms on indulgences to accompany the jubilee indulgence proclaimed for the Holy Year of 2000. At the same time the Lutheran World Federation was considering the adoption of a joint consensus statement on the doctrine of justification together with the Vatican. The two developments appeared contradictory and ecumenically problematic. This paper explores the patristic and medieval development of the sacrament of penance and the doctrine of indulgences, considers some contemporary re-articulations of the doctrine of indulgences, and assesses them in the light of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
- Reading Wesley in light of the Joint Declaration on Justification (February 2002) [PDF 169 kb]
  A Catholic reading of John Wesley's doctrine of justification and sanctification in light of the recent Lutheran-Roman Catholic consensus on justification by faith.
- Where is the Church of Christ?: The developing teaching of Vatican II (January 2000) [PDF 246 kb]
  A paper on the ongoing development of Roman Catholic recognition of ecclesial reality in other Christian churches. This paper was prepared prior to the publication of Dominus Iesus, the CDF's August 2000 instruction "on the unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church."
- Where two or three are gathered: Myroslav Volf's Free Church ecclesiology (March 2003) [PDF 210 kb]
  A consideration of Volf's book After our likeness, and the trinitarian free church ecclesiology developed therein.
Bruce D. Marshall
- Who Really Cares About Christian Unity? (First Things, January 2001)
John Perry
- Dissolving the Inerrancy Debate: How Modern Philosophy Shaped the Evangelical View of Scripture," Journal for Christian Theological Research 6:3 (2001).
Ray & Fenella Temmerman
- Models for Christian Unity.
  A presentation to the Summer Ecumenical Institute in Calgary, 1997. Ray Temmerman is the webmaster for the Association of Interchurch Families and moderator of the AIFW listserv.