Advisor to the Vatican

Father McPartlan is a member of the International Theological Commission, a group of 30 theologians which advises the Vatican on theological issues and also of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.

Previous experience both in Anglican-Roman Catholic and Roman Catholic-Methodist dialogue at the international level.

To see a complete list of publications, go to faculty page (link above)

School

  • School of Theology and Religious Studies

    • Expertise

  • Ecclesiology
  • Ecumenism - Especially Catholic-Orthodox Relations
  • Eucharist
  • Vatican II

    • Publications

    • A Service of Love: Papal Primacy, the Eucharist, and Church Unity

      A Service of Love: Papal Primacy, the Eucharist, and Church Unity

      In this short and penetrating study McPartlan presents a proposal, carefully argued both historically and theologically, for a primacy exercising a service of love in a reconciled church, West and East.

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