Engaging ‘the martyred Church’ The Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East and the Holy See in Ecumenical Dialogue 1994-2012 and the Influence of the Second Vatican Council. Living Stones Yearbook 2012

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Author: Kristian Girling

Publisher/Publication: Colin South

This article analyses how ecclesiology of the East Syrian Churches have changed as a result of the ecumenical dialogue that has been initiated since 1994, a direct result of the new position of the Holy See, who no longer seeks an authoritative teaching and position in Christianity but treats other denominations as brethren, acts as mediator resolving differences of theology and encourages reconciliation between Churches. It examines how the acceptance of the ecumenical agreements have affected the relationship between the East Syrian Churches, and particularly the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church, at a theological and a practical level, emphasizing on matters such as inter-communion, the relation with their respective diasporas, as well as the maintaining the separate identities of the two churches moving forward with the reconciliation process.