Ad Totam Ecclesiam 15 May 1967

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Please someone! Please give me a link the to English Translation of this Catholic Church Document. (I asked before, but someone who thought they were funny, gave me a link to a Chinese translation of it.) I’m having a difficult time navagating the Vatican’s Official Website and so far (after days of attempts) have only been able to get to the what appears to be either Italin or Latin Translation. Please! Thank you!
 
Marina14 said:
Please someone! Please give me a link the to English Translation of this Catholic Church Document. (I asked before, but someone who thought they were funny, gave me a link to a Chinese translation of it.) I’m having a difficult time navagating the Vatican’s Official Website and so far (after days of attempts) have only been able to get to the what appears to be either Italin or Latin Translation. Please! Thank you!
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What is this document about?
 
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(I asked before, but someone who thought they were funny, gave me a link to a Chinese translation of it.)
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Hey! :mad:

That “someone” has a name and his name is SiempreFiel 😃

So I wasn’t funny? 😦
 
Marina,

Ad Totam Ecclesiam was a directory (I believe formally titled, in English, The Ecumenical Directory). It was issued by the The Secretariate for Promoting Christian Unity in 1967, as an outgrowth of the Decree on Ecumenism that resulted from Vatican II. It was re-issued (with relatively minor revisions as my memory serves) in the early 1970s. I doubt that you will find either of those versions on line in English, although you can likely find some excerpts.

The current document, which is the legitimate successor of the earlier editions, is titled The Directory for the Application of the Principles and Norms on Ecumenism. It was issued in 1993. The need for the 1993 revision cited the intervening issuance of the Codes of Canon Law - Western (1983) and Eastern (1990) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (? 1992).

It’s been so long since I’ve read the original text that I can’t comment meaningfully to the extent of differences between the editions.

Many years,

Neil
 
SiempreFiel said:
Hey! :mad:

That “someone” has a name and his name is SiempreFiel 😃

So I wasn’t funny? 😦
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Sorry, since we were booted out of our forum, I couldn’t look it up to see who you were. And no, not funny. Very mean! 🙂
 
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Marina,

Ad Totam Ecclesiam was a directory (I believe formally titled, in English, The Ecumenical Directory). It was issued by the The Secretariate for Promoting Christian Unity in 1967, as an outgrowth of the Decree on Ecumenism that resulted from Vatican II. It was re-issued (with relatively minor revisions as my memory serves) in the early 1970s. I doubt that you will find either of those versions on line in English, although you can likely find some excerpts.

The current document, which is the legitimate successor of the earlier editions, is titled The Directory for the Application of the Principles and Norms on Ecumenism. It was issued in 1993. The need for the 1993 revision cited the intervening issuance of the Codes of Canon Law - Western (1983) and Eastern (1990) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (? 1992).

It’s been so long since I’ve read the original text that I can’t comment meaningfully to the extent of differences between the editions.

Many years,

Neil
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Thank you Neil! I’ll go through it and see if it’s still in there. I’m paraphrasing now because it’s in my car: “Catholics can, on occasion, attend Divine Liturgy of our separated brethren, Orthodox not in full union with Rome, for reasons of family, friendship, obtaining knowledge, etc. on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation without then needing to also attend a Catholic Mass.”
 
Marina14 said:
Thank you Neil! I’ll go through it and see if it’s still in there. I’m paraphrasing now because it’s in my car: “Catholics can, on occasion, attend Divine Liturgy of our separated brethren, Orthodox not in full union with Rome, for reasons of family, friendship, obtaining knowledge, etc. on Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation without then needing to also attend a Catholic Mass.”
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You have Divine Liturgy too? I pray my Vespers very morning, and evening.
 
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