The Future of Multilateral Ecumenical Dialogue

This article offers an overview of work undertaken in multilateral ecumenical dialogue, as it has been conducted at the international level by the commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC), to clarify the issues discussed in this dialogue and the methods used. In particula...

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Subtitles:Ecumenical Dialogue Today and Tomorrow
Main Author: Heller, Dagmar 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 296-306
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDJ Ecumenism
NBN Ecclesiology
Further subjects:B Faith and Order
B World Council of Churches
B Ecumenical Dialogue
B church unity
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Summary:This article offers an overview of work undertaken in multilateral ecumenical dialogue, as it has been conducted at the international level by the commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC), to clarify the issues discussed in this dialogue and the methods used. In particular, the article analyzes the statements on unity made at various WCC assemblies. While they demonstrate a certain continuity regarding the key points of church unity they identify, they clearly mark a shift in the overall understanding of how unity is conceived. The second part of the article examines the current ecumenical situation and its importance for this dialogue, to show how Faith and Order has responded and what further progress in multilateral dialogue might look like.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12429