Council Of Churches Of The Middle East
The Council of Churches of the Middle East (MECC) (in English : Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), in Arabic : ) is a gathering of Churches of the Middle East. It is also the regional branch of the World Council of Churches.
Member churches belonging to almost all Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodox , Orthodox , Roman Catholic (Latin and Oriental ), Anglican and Protestant.
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History
- The 1930 Foundation of the Christian Council of the Middle East by Protestant communities.
- 1961 Accession of the Syrian Orthodox Church. The council was renamed Council of Churches Middle East.
- 1974 Accession of several Orthodox churches. The council was renamed Council of Churches of the Middle East.
- 1990 Membership of the Catholic Churches.
Member churches
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Orthodox Churches
- Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
- Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Catholic Churches
- Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Syriac Catholic Church
- Maronite Church
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Coptic Catholic Church
Anglican, Protestant and Evangelical
- Coptic Evangelical Church or Evangelical Church of Egypt - Synod of the Nile
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land
- Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East :
- Diocese of Jerusalem
- Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
- Diocese of Egypt
- Diocese of Iran
- Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
- Evangelical Church of Sudan
- Synod of the Evangelical Church in Iran
- National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon
- National Evangelical Union of Lebanon
- Presbyterian Church in Sudan
- Protestant Church of Algeria
- Reformed Church in Tunisia
- National Evangelical Church of Kuwait
No admission of the Assyrian Apostolic Church of the East
All Christian traditions are represented in the MECC, except the two churches councils from the former Church of Persia.
The Assyrian Apostolic Church of the East made a first application to join the MECC in 1985 by recalling its eastern anchor ), the proposed admission of the Assyrian Apostolic Church of the East the group of Catholic Churches (adherent since 1990) is not successful either, mainly because of the hostility of the Coptic Orthodox Church .
See also
Internal Links
- World Council of Churches
- Meet the Primates of the Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Middle East
- Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the Orient
External Links
References
- Raymond Le Coz, History of the Eastern Church, Cerf, Paris, 1995 395
- Common Christological Declaration Between the Catholic Church And The Assyrian Church of the East
- WikiSyr - Foundations Relations Inter-Church Syriac
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