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THE SYNODAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION STUDIES ISSUES RELATED TO THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ORTHODOX AND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES The commentary on the documents of the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue On April 18, 1997 the Synodal Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk had a meeting at the Department for External Church Relations to study the document of the VII Plenary session of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue …

…Theological Commission is further proposing to open a pan-Orthodox discussion of the Balamand Document and only after that to consider its possible ratification by the Churches or the approval by the Pan-Orthodox Conference. For the information of all who are interested in the Orthodox-Catholic relationship, the Synodal Commission issues the full revised and edited translations of the Balamand Document of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.