The Anglican – Roman Catholic International Commission was established by Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey and Pope Paul VI in 1967. Its terms of reference were established by the Malta Report in the following year and it has worked in two phases – 1970-1981, and 1983-2005.
The first phase of work was completed with the publication of the Final Report in 1981, dealing with three topics: The Eucharist, Ministry and Authority.
The second phase covered a more diverse range of topics including: Salvation and the Church, 1986; The Church as Communion, 1991; Life in Christ: Morals, Communion and the Church, 1993; The Gift of Authority, 1999, and culminating in the publication of Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ in 2005.
A preparatory commission for a third phase of ARCIC met in London in October 2007.
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1971 ARCIC Eucharistic Doctrine
1973 ARCIC Doctrine of the Ministry
1976 ARCIC Authority in the Church I
1979 ARCIC Elucidation on Doctrine of the Ministry
1979 ARCIC Elucidation on Eucharistic Doctrine
1981 ARCIC Authority in the Church II
1981 Elucidation on Authority in the Church I
1986 ARCIC Salvation and the Church
1990 ARCIC The Church as Communion
1993 ARCIC Life in Christ, Morals, Communion and the Church
1998 ARCIC Authority in the Church III – The Gift of Authority
2004 ARCIC Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ
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What Still Separates us from the Catholic Church – An Anglican Reply (John Macquarrie, 1970)
