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- Title
CHRISTIAN COUNCILS - INSTRUMENTS OF ECCLESIAL COMMUNION.
- Authors
Vischer, Lukas
- Abstract
The article presents the speech by Lukas Vischer, director of the Secretariat of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, delivered in June/July 1971 at the World Consultation on Christian Councils in Geneva, Switzerland. Vischer offered a brief background on the history of the ecumenical movement. He discussed the two types of Christian Councils and explained their ecclesiological significance. He also described the ideal of a fellowship of churches.
- Subjects
VISCHER, Lukas; WORLD Council of Churches; COUNCILS &; synods; ECUMENICAL movement; FELLOWSHIP &; religion; CHURCH &; the world; HISTORY
- Publication
Ecumenical Review, 1972, Vol 24, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0013-0796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1758-6623.1972.tb02312.x