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This article represents the contributions of ecclesiastical and academic office bearers participating in the centennial celebration of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria on Youth Day 16 June 2017, in collaboration with the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. This Youth Day commemoration showcases the profound way of transformation at the University of Pretoria and, in particular, its theological faculty in democratic South Africa since 1994. It presents a truly historic event, highlighting a global participation of specifically the Reformed churches in South Africa after a period of ecumenical isolation because of a formerly endorsement of apartheid, nowadays confessed as a theological and humanitarian heresy.

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General Secretary of the World Council of Churches 1948-1966

Visser ’t Hooft, 1900-1985 ◽

10.5117/9789463726832_ch06 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jurjen A. Zeilstra

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Cold War ◽

World Council Of Churches ◽

International Crises ◽

The World ◽

World Council ◽

The Cold War ◽

General Secretary ◽

The Church

This chapter explores the central role Visser ’t Hooft played in the World Council from 1948 to 1966, showing how his vision and style influenced the direction the World Council took in dealing with issues like syncretism. We see the strong practical bent of the World Council in topics like the Cold War and international crises such as South Africa, Cuba and Cyprus. The chapter traces how Visser ’t Hooft involved the missionary nature of the church at every turn. We also learn how the revival he hoped for did not materialise. Instead, after 1960, secularisation grew, and Visser ’t Hooft’s ability to appeal to younger generations began to wane.

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Ecumenism and the global anti-apartheid struggle: The World Council of Churches' Special Fund in South Africa and Botswana, 1970-75

Historia ◽

10.17159/2309-8392/2017/v62n2a5 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 62 (2) ◽

pp. 87-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ian Macqueen

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

World Council Of Churches ◽

Special Fund ◽

The World ◽

World Council

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THE EMERGENCE OF RESISTANCE TO ECUMENISM IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (ROC) IN THE POST-PERESTROIKA PERIOD OF RUSSIA

Journal of Public and Municipal Administration ◽

10.22394/2225-8272-2020-9-4-74-93 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 74-93

Author(s):

V.A. LIVTSOV ◽

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A.V. LEPILIN ◽

Keyword(s):

Russian Federation ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

International Level ◽

World Council Of Churches ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

The World ◽

World Council ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Emergence Of Resistance

The main purpose of the article is to analyze the emergence of opposition to ecumenism in the Rus-sian Orthodox Church (ROC) in the post-perestroika period of Russia. The article examines the issues of interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC), the aspects of opposition to the ecumenist movement in the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet realities. The author comes to the conclusion that in the post-perestroika period, a number of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church were negatively disposed towards ecu-menism and considered this movement a heresy. The issues of this kind caused disagreement not only at the international level, but also within the structure of the ROC itself.

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Presbyterian Ecumenism

The Oxford Handbook of Presbyterianism ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190608392.013.20 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 251-264

Author(s):

Louis B. Weeks

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

The Body ◽

Body Of Christ ◽

World Council Of Churches ◽

Biblical Authority ◽

The World ◽

World Council ◽

Reformed Churches ◽

Federal Council Of Churches

Most Presbyterians possess an ecumenical spirit. They recognize other denominations as parts of the Body of Christ just as surely as their own. They cooperate enthusiastically in service, worship, and witness with Christians in many different denominations. Their reliance on biblical authority and agreement with Christians in other communions on many theological issues have led American Presbyterians to be involved in practically every major ecumenical endeavor. Many Presbyterians have been leaders in these enterprises as well. The Old Light and New Light Presbyterian reconciliation, major revivals in America and Europe, the mergers of denominations and comity arrangements for mission have provided energy and vision for ecumenism. The planting of newer Reformed churches—in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and predominantly Catholic countries in Europe—embodied this ecumenism. Mainstream Presbyterians played an important role in numerous ecumenical organizations including the Evangelical Alliance, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Federal Council of Churches, the Faith and Order and the Life and Work movements, and the World Council of Churches. Those who left the larger Presbyterian denominations to create new Reformed bodies have likewise engaged in ecumenism. In recent years, however, the extensive formal ecumenical ties have been eclipsed by the extensive ecumenism of local Presbyterian congregations and their individual officers and members.

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