Anglican and Eastern Churches Association
Encyclopedia
The Anglican and Eastern Churches Association is a religious organization founded as the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches Union in 1864 by John Mason Neale
and others. In 1906 it adopted the present name when it merged with the Eastern Churches Association of which Athelstan Riley
was a leading member; the purpose for which it was founded is to pray and work for the reunion of the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion
. According to tradition the merger was arranged at a meeting under a railway bridge in Lewisham
between the Rev. H. J. Fynes-Clinton and the Rev. Canon J. A. Douglas. In 1933 there was a dispute between Fynes-Clinton and Fr Robert Corbould on one side and Athelstan Riley and Douglas on the other.
It publishes Koinonia: the journal of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association; this continues E.C.N.L. ISSN: 0012-8732 which was the continuation of The Christian East, a quarterly magazine, 1920-1954.
Also issued by the Association was Stephen Graham
's News Letter about the Orthodox Churches in War Time, issued monthly from 1940 to 1943, which was continued by Eastern Churches Broadsheet, 1944 to 1954; after this came Eastern Churches News-Letter, from Jan. 1955.
John Mason Neale
John Mason Neale was an Anglican priest, scholar and hymn-writer.-Life:Neale was born in London, his parents being the Revd Cornelius Neale and Susanna Neale, daughter of John Mason Good...
and others. In 1906 it adopted the present name when it merged with the Eastern Churches Association of which Athelstan Riley
Athelstan Riley
John Athelstan Laurie Riley was an English hymn writer and hymn translator.Riley was born in Paddington, London, and attended Pembroke College, Oxford although left without obtaining a degree. Active in the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England, he energised the development of the English...
was a leading member; the purpose for which it was founded is to pray and work for the reunion of the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
. According to tradition the merger was arranged at a meeting under a railway bridge in Lewisham
Lewisham
Lewisham is a district in South London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
between the Rev. H. J. Fynes-Clinton and the Rev. Canon J. A. Douglas. In 1933 there was a dispute between Fynes-Clinton and Fr Robert Corbould on one side and Athelstan Riley and Douglas on the other.
It publishes Koinonia: the journal of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association; this continues E.C.N.L. ISSN: 0012-8732 which was the continuation of The Christian East, a quarterly magazine, 1920-1954.
Also issued by the Association was Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham (author)
Stephen Graham was a British journalist, travel-writer, essayist and novelist. His best-known books recount his travels around pre-revolutionary Russia and his journey to Jerusalem with a group of Russian Christian pilgrims...
's News Letter about the Orthodox Churches in War Time, issued monthly from 1940 to 1943, which was continued by Eastern Churches Broadsheet, 1944 to 1954; after this came Eastern Churches News-Letter, from Jan. 1955.