Comments on the Initial Statement towards an Ecumenical Declaration of Just Peace

Abstract

"The comments that follow are offered with my prayers and good wishes for this undertaking. At the October Faith and Order meeting in Crete, I was asked by Renate Sbeghen if I was willing to submit a written response to the Initial Statement. I agreed to do this (it now seems, rather too boldly, as Christmas approaches), but I do it purely in my own name and on my own behalf. I write as an Anglican priest, having taught Systematic Theology and been involved in work on ecclesiology and Faith and Order over many years. I have no specialist knowledge of issues relating to peace and the just use of violence.", p. 1.