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"Part 1: History of Ecumenical Reception" & "Part 2: Introduction to Iconology" by Prof Richard Schneider From the Trinity Divinity Associates Conference held at UofT (Trinity College) on May 13&14, 2013. Conference Title: Through Each Other's Eyes: Anglican/Orthodox Mutual Fascination. Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXnuWl5TJO1UxkAEu-AVrhB6RHts_Ex8Q Handout: INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTS WITH STRUCTURAL INTENT; NO RECEPTION 1620-38 Cyril Lucaris Patr of Constantinople Oct 1612 (locum tenens), 4 Nov 1620 -- 12 Apr 1623, 22 Sept 1623 -- 4 Oct 1633, 11 Oct 1633 -- 25 Febr 1634, April 1634 -- March 1635, March 1637 -- 20 June 1638. 1699-1705 The "Greek College" at Oxford End 17th -- beginning 18th flirations with "Arminians" and non-jurors 1823 Metropolitan Filaret of Moscow, Catechism 1840-1842 W. Palmer's journeys to Russia; meets Khomiakov, seeks sobornost communion 1863 Anglican and Eastern Churches Association, John Mason Neale, journal Eastern Churches News Letter. Metropolitan Evlogii is Russian President End 19th -- beg 20th frequent journeys by W.J. Birkbeck -- cautious realism 1920 John Douglas (Anglo-Catholic) founds The Christian East; issue 3 letter of Melitios ATTEMPTS BY BISHOPS TO ESTABLISH -- or destroy --CONTACTS 1888 Lambeth III Resolution 17 -- establish mutual communion; Lambeth Quadrilateral 1896 Leo XIII Apostolicae Curae denies validity of Anglican Ordinations, So Old Catholics immediately recognize them 1919 Archbp Rasbdall Davidson establishes Eastern Churches Council 1920 Ecumenical Patriarchate Unto all the Churches of Christ Everywhere 1920s -- Orthodox delegations at Lambeth, culminating in 1930; 39 Articles as problem 1920 -- the ECC issues Terms of Intercommunion; (Arthur Headlam) 1922 John Douglas's "Declaration of Faith" -- 39 Articles are "secondary"; instant uproar 1922 Meletios IV declares Anglican Ordinations valid; rest of Orthodox demur 1925 the great commemoration of Nicea I in Westminster Abbey PRIVATE ATTEMPTS BY THEOLOGIANS -- THE FELLOWSHIP 1928 founding of Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius , journal Sobornost 1933 Sergius Bulgakov proposes "spiritual limited communion"; instant uproar OFFICIAL BILATERAL COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS 1962 meeting of "Dr." Michael Ramsey (Cant) and Athenagoras I (Ec Patr) in Istanbul 1962-64 agreement by Anglican Primates and 3rd Pan-Orthodox Conference (Rhodes) 1966-72 separate meetings of the two commissions 1973 the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Discussions (A/OJDD) first meeting in Oxford. 1976 The Moscow Agreed Statement, ed. Kallistos Ware (archimandrite) and Rev. Colin Davey (Co-chairs: Robert Runcie (St. Albans) and Athenagoras (Archbp Thyateira/ Gt. Britain)) 1984 The Dublin Agreed Statement Co-chairs: Henry Hill (Bp Ontario) and Methodios (Archbp Thyateira/ Gt. Britain) 2006 The Church of the Triune God (The Cyprus Agreed Statement) NEW METHODOLOGIES IN THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT 1927 LAUSANNE Conference Orthodox seen as stubborn resisters 1948 founding of the WCC 1990- The Canadian Council of Churches designs a "Forum" consensus methodology 1998 in Spring, at a pre-Harare meeting, the Bulgarian and Georgian delegations leave 1999-2000 The Special Commission 2002 the Central Committee adopts consensus 2006 Porto Allegre the General Assembly adopts consensus For Iconology: Is iconography fixed and immovable? + From what you have seen, is the only way to achieve "correct" iconography a recension of traditional? A WRONG CONCEPT OF ICONS Icons and iconography are NOT: + A product of a mystical or hesychast spiritual experience, designed to induce such an experience in the beholder (as opposed to "mere art") + An ontological absolute, whose meaning is intrinsic because of what they are (i.e. "icons" and not "mere art"); their message is not "objective" + Solely dictated -- if they are "true" -- by Wisdom imparted by the Spirit + Products of a rigidly controlled system of rules, and especially not reduced to mere slavish ...