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A revised and expanded version of a dossier produced for the WCC Harare Assembly, 1998

The report results from seven years' work by a dedicated group drawn from the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church. The character of the document is intentionally educational. The group believed that it would in this way best serve the interest of all who wish to know not only the Joint Working Group's agenda but the growing relationship of the WCC and the RCC within the broader perspective of the one ecumenical movement which the group has witnessed and in some measure assisted.

Desde 1966 el GMT ha realizado seis Relaciones. En esta Séptima Relación da cuenta, a las respectivas organizaciones, de su trabajo desde la Asamblea del CMI en Canberra en 1991. Esta informe también busca poner al corriente acerca de la historia del GMT, y de las específicas estructuras de relación entre la IC y el CMI a los lectores que tal vez la desconocen. Una breve historia del GMT es ofrecida como Anexo A

Dieser Text, der eine Vorstufe der Ekklesiologie-Studie von Glauben und Kirchenverfassung darstellt, wurde 2000 bei Lembeck veröffentlicht und wird jetzt durch die Studie

This text, from the Faith and Order study on Ecclesiology, was issued as Faith and Order Paper no. 181 in 1998. Now superseded by The Nature and Mission of the Church, Faith and Order Paper no. 198, issued in 2005, it is included here to enable comparison of these two texts.

This text (Faith and Order Paper No. 182) explores the complex but often creative field of hermeneutics - the interpretation of texts, symbols, and rites - and its role in the search for visible church unity. It invites us to reflect on how we approach and evaluate one another's language and symbols, as a contribution to mutual understanding among Christians and churches.

Received by the Central Committee and commended to churches for study and action, it is a summary of the most recent debates on common witness and proselytism. Contains the references to the earlier studies on common witness

The Vocation of the Laity in Church and World: Towards an Inclusive Community on Different Levels" - a response by by Joan Patricia Back to the paper "Baptism, Ecclesiology and Vocation"