| Description | Papers relating to Roman Catholic-Orthodox relations, including: translated press articles on relations between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches (ff.3-7,24-28,41,43-44,48,52,64,67-68); reports of Roman Catholic-Orthodox meeting during the World Council of Churches meeting in Rhodes, August 1959 (ff.8-15); discussion of Archbishop Iakovos' comments in Rhodes and the postponement ofthe Roman Catholic-Orthodox meeting in Venice, 1959 (ff.16-19); copy of a letter, Nov. 1959, from B.C. MacDermot, British Legation to the Holy See, to J. Blakeway, British Embassy Athens, on the postponement of the Venice talks (ff.20-21) with comments by John Satterthwaite and Francis House (ff.22-23); notes and press reports on the meeting in Constantinople, 1965, to discuss the lifting of the anathema of 1054 , including the joint declaration (ff.30-35); MS translation of the Protocols of the meetings held up to date by the RC/OC Dialogue Commission in Germany, 1968 (ff.36-37), with printed German text (ff.38-40); memorandum on relations of inter-communion between Rome and the Orthodox (f.42); text of a letter from Patriarch Athenagoras to Pope Paul VI from L'Osservatore Romano 29 July 1971 (ff.45-46); Foreign Office note on Soviet-Vatican relations, with response form CFR (ff.49-51); copies of correspondence between Athenagoras, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, to Charles Henderson, Auxiliary Bishop in Southwark, about a Roman Catholic-Greek Othodox double marriage ceremony, with copies of Prebendary Cooper's letters, 1974 (ff.53-63); note about the proposed meeting of Orthodox and Roman Catholic theologians organised by the Pro Oriente Foundation, Vienna, 1-7 April 1974 (f.65);
Correspondents include: Revd Anthony Radice (ff.1-2); Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelmsford (ff.17-18); Revd. Francis House (ff.16,19) |