Draft:Joint Commission of the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches

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The Joint Commission of the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches[1], also known as The Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches[2] was a quasi-official joint theological commission of the two main streams of Orthodox Christianity, which are commonly known as Eastern Orthodox (EO) and Oriental Orthodox (OO).

The Joint Commission is one of several ecumenical initiatives in the past few decades to "heal the wounds of schism"[3] between the five main branches of Christianity. The Commission is most well-known for producing two Agreed Statements on Christology that attempt to bridge the centuries-long divide between the Dyophysite Christology of the Eastern Orthodox Church (as well as all mainstream branches of Western Christianity, including Catholicism and Protestantism) on the one hand and the Miaphysite Christology of OO churches on the other.

This ecumenism should be seen in the context of the fourth Ecumenical Council, the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451), which resulted in the schism between Oriental Orthodox and Chalcedonian Christianity, the latter of which includes the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant branches. At present, the Chalcedonian schism still stands, and several anathemas and condemnations resulting from the last four ecumenical councils continue to divide Oriental Orthodoxy from Eastern Orthodoxy.

  1. ^ "The Voice of Orthodoxy | Inter Orthodox Documents".
  2. ^ "First Agreed Statement (1989)". 14 December 2013.
  3. ^ Chaillot, Christine (2016). The dialogue between the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches (PDF). Volos Academy Publications. Retrieved 8 February 2024.