RT Article
T1 Witnessing Together - Who, What and to Whom? The Concept of Witness in Together Towards Life and The Church: Towards a Common Vision
JF Ecclesiology
VO 15
IS 3
SP 261
OP 282
A1 Heikkilä, Ida 1986-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/168370021X
AB ‘Witness' belongs to the central vocabulary of contemporary ecumenism. Despite its ecumenically significant role the concept has not been defined in ecumenical dialogues, neither analysed in academic research. Already a rough mapping of dialogue documents shows that the concept is used in various ways and contexts but not in a coherent or conscious way. This article studies the meaning of ‘witness' in two ecumenical documents issued by the World Council of Churches, ‘Together towards Life. Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes' (2012) and ‘The Church: Towards a Common Vision' (2013). Both documents see witness as the characteristically Christian way of participating in the mission of the Triune God but give it different roles in the life of the church.
K1 Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen : Kommission für Glauben und Kirchenverfassung : The Church
K1 Ecumenism
K1 Mission
K1 Witness
K1 ‘The Church: Towards a Common Vision'
K1 ‘Together towards Life'
DO 10.1163/17455316-01503003