COMMON AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAPTISMCommon Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism • January 21st, 2014
Together we affirm that, by the sacrament of Baptism, a person is truly incorporated into the body of Christ (I Corinthians 12:13 and 27; Ephesians 1:22-23), the church. Baptism establishes the bond of unity existing among all who are part of Christ’s body and is therefore the sacramental basis for our efforts to move towards visible unity.
COMMON AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAPTISMCommon Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism • October 28th, 2012
COMMON AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAPTISMCommon Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism • July 24th, 2020
In a monumental occasion for ecumenical relations, the U.S. Roman Catholic church and a group of Protestant denominations plan to sign a document on Tuesday evening to formally agree to recognize each other's baptisms.Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism • November 2nd, 2021
Catholic leaders will join representatives from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Christian Reformed Church in North America, Reformed Church in America and United Church of Christ at the ceremony in Austin, Texas, to sign the agreement, which is called the "Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism." The event coincides with the national meeting of Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A.
Common Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of BaptismCommon Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism • December 6th, 2010
On November 16, 2010, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ratified a Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism with four ecclesial communities of the Reformed tradition. The Common Agreement was the result of six years of study and consultation by Catholic and Reformed scholars during the seventh round of the Catholic-Reformed Dialogue in the USA. The dialogue has been co-sponsored since 1965 by the Bishops Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs along with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Presbyterian Church - USA, the Reformed Church in America and the United Church of Christ.
