A Common Word Between Us and You

The open letter A Common Word Between Us and You sent Islamic scholar at the "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ").

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The 29seitige open letter by 138 Muslim scholars to the leaders of Christian churches was published in 2007 ( Festival of Breaking the Fast 1428 AH) on October 13 and is calling for dialogue about commonalities of religions. Because Islamic religious leaders and community leaders have come together for the first time different genres and countries, the initiative is considered a historical event.

A high Christian leaders in it is the former head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI. (see also Pope Quote of Regensburg ), who accepted the offer of dialogue on 19 November 2007.

Addressees of the letter

  • Pope Benedict XVI. ,
  • Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople Opel, New Rome,
  • Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa,
  • Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch and the whole East,
  • Theophilos III. , Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem,
  • Alexius II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia,
  • Pavle, Patriarch of Belgrade and Serbia,
  • Daniel, Patriarch of Romania,
  • Maxim, Patriarch of Bulgaria,
  • Ilia II, Archbishop of Mtskheta -Tbilisi, Catholic - Patriarch of All Georgia,
  • Chrysostom, Archbishop of Cyprus,
  • Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
  • Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all over Poland,
  • Christforos, Metropolitan of the Czech and Slovak Republics,
  • Pope Shenouda III. , Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa of the Apostolic See of Saint Mark,
  • Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenia,
  • Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church
  • Mar Thoma Didymos I, Catholicos of the East on the Apostolic See of Saint Thomas and Metropolitan of Malankara,
  • Abune Paulos, Fifth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Echege of the chair of St. Takla Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum,
  • Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,
  • Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury,
  • Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Lutheran World Federation, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • George H. Freeman, General Secretary of the World Methodist Council,
  • David Coffey, President of the Baptist World Alliance,
  • Setri Nyomi, general secretary of the World Alliance,
  • Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Religious organization Regensburg lecture Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria Ignatius IV of Antioch Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Bulgarian Orthodox Church Chrysostomos I of Cyprus Church of Cyprus Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens Sawa (Hrycuniak) Archbishop Anastasios of Albania Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania Christopher of Prague Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Ignatius Zakka I. Iwas Baselios Thoma Didymos I Dinkha IV. World Alliance of Reformed Churches Pope Benedict XVI and Islam
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