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Koinonia

THE JOURNAL OF THE ANGLICAN &
EASTERN CHURCHES ASSOCIATION

Editorial

SINCE THE Council of Chalcedon in 451, Christians have been divided on the
dual-nature of Christ. What we now know as the Oriental Orthodox Churches
became separated from the rest of the Church because of a disagreement about
the extent of the distinction and unity of Christ’s human and divine natures.
An important issue, fundamental to our understanding of the Incarnation.

As a result of much prayer, discussion, hard-work and patience, the An-
glican Communion and the Oriental Orthodox Churches have ?nally gone
some way to healing the rift created by Chalcedon. The joint statement on
Christology is one of the most important ecumenical moments in the history
of Anglican-Orthodox relations, and the document, reproduced in full in this
issue, should be read by all our members and readers.

It is wonderful that such a breakthrough should occur in the 150th anni-
versary year of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association. This kind of
progress is one of the chief aims of the AECA and an answer to many heartfelt
prayers. It is partly because of the AECA and other ecumenical societies that
such a momentous event should have come about at all.

To celebrate the sesquicentenary year of the AECA, a gala dinner was
held in Lambeth Palace with numerous signi?cant guests including Archbishop
Gregorios of Thyateira and Bishop Richard of London, both of whom shared
greetings from the Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop of Canterbury re-
spectively. You can get a ?avour of the evening from photos included in this
issue.

Archbishop Michael Jackson, a member of the Anglican-Oriental Or-
thodox Commission, has contributed an article on the nature of Anglican-
Lutheran relations expressed through the Porvoo Agreement.

Recently, the thoughts of many of us have been focussed on the tragic
commemoration of the outbreak of World War One. This theme is re?ected
through two articles. The ?rst comes from the AECA archive and is a selection

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