Resolved, That the 64th General Convention of the Episcopal Church affirm the Statement, "Agreed Statement on Eucharistic Doctrine", from the Anglican/Roman-Catholic International Commission to be a significant theological description of the ongoing eucharistic lives of the Churches in question, without trying to force that description into the polemical categories of the past; substantial matters have been discussed and substantial agreement has been reached. We welcome the progress made in this Theological Statement, recognizing that a doctrine of Eucharist cannot be considered in isolation from a doctrine of Ministry. We expect the Commission's forthcoming statement on the Doctrine of the Ministry to illuminate further its Agreement on the Eucharist; and be it further
Resolved, That the Bishops, Ecumenical Officers, and Diocesan Ecumenical Commissions (Committees) of our several Dioceses be asked to encourage the study of, and have ecumenical dialogue within each Diocese of, the "Agreed Statement on the Eucharist" of the Anglican/Roman-Catholic International Commission; and that the Dioceses be asked, with the co-operation of the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, of our sister Church, to encourage the development of covenant relationships between Episcopal and Roman Catholic parishes and missions, that thereby our unity in the Body of Christ may be manifested and strengthened.
