Receiving the Vision

After 400 years of often acrimonious separation, Anglicans and Roman Catholics have slowly been rediscovering one another over the past 100 years. This study highlights areas in which the two Churches interact and, sometimes, with the best of intentions, misunderstand one another. By balancing specific case studies with theological reflection, this book encourages these Christians to deepen their relationship, not be covering over very real problems, but by setting them in context. This book represents a new and much needed genre of ecumenical literature. Its case studies provide an overview of the interrelations in the United States of two Christian communions that is both comprehensive and concrete, and combines theological responsibility and popular responsibility. The case studies cover the gamut, from mixed marriages and local covenants to problems of dissent, heresy, episcpopal authority and women's ordination. They should open the eyes of neophytes and teach much about how to look at their own ecumenical situations.