Obraz papieża w dialogu anglikańsko-katolickim
Pope in the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue

Summary/Abstract: Reformation in England in the XVI century, while searching for a new identity, retained many aspects of traditional Catholic piety. Rejection of the primacy of the papacy by king Henry VIII in 1533 resulted in the subjugation of the church in England to the state. Anglicanism, as an offshoot of Protestantism, has absorbed certain dogmatic elements of Lutheranism and Calvinism, but never completely abandoned the basic moral and dogmatic statements of Catholicism. Its docrine, expressed in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, defines three principles: Protestant and biblical (Low Church), Catholic and sacramental (High Church) and critical and rational (Broad Church). Today, Anglicanism is often viewed as a via media between Catholicism and Protestantism. It displays an increasingly open attitude towards the papacy (The Malta Report of 1968) and authority in the Church (The Venice Statement of 1976). The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) established in 1969, plays a very important role in theological conversations between both churches, which actually differ more in the interpretation of the doctrine than its content. The discourse over the primacy is centred on the primacy of Rome, collegiality of bishops and the priestly and prophetic functions of the faithful. In fact, Anglicans never questioned the special role of Peter in the Church. They only rejected the concrete, historical papacy.

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