Box 62

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Confidential communications of the Secretariat, reports, meeting minutes and notes regarding the Coptic Church, arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II, Ecumenical dialogues and consultations, comprises John Long's working files generated in the external work of the SPCU in its conversations with the variety of Orthodox and, to a lesser extent, Protestant, churches as well as other ecumenical organizations with which the SPCU was engaged. These also include Long's files regarding his work as a consultor to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States which conducted a parallel series of conversations with...

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Documents of the Catholic - Coptic Orthodox International Commission, including the agreed statement on Christology (1988) and "Principles for Guiding the the Search for Unity Between the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church (1979). Also includes texts regarding the developement of final documents in the meeting, with holographic notes by Father Long.

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File includes confidential reports and a "Report given to Fr. Duprey by Coptic Catholic Priests", as well as a series of original drafts of the "Project of a Common Declaration" by the Secretariat (Fr. Long), with corrections and proposed changes by Cardinal Willebrands, the Secretariat of State (Vatican), and the representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church.