<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This article strives to make a general presentation on the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches which took place in Busan, Republic of South Korea, from the 30th October to the 8th November 2013, underlining the most important points of the agenda of this global ecumenical event. It also reviews two documents issued by the Assembly and published after this presentation: The Message of the WCC Assembly, entitled “Join the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace” and the so-called “Unity Statement” entitled “God’s Gift and Call to Unity - and Our Commitment”.</abstract>

This article strives to make a general presentation on the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches which took place in Busan, Republic of South Korea, from the 30th October to the 8th November 2013, underlining the most important points of the agenda of this global ecumenical event. It also reviews two documents issued by the Assembly and published after this presentation: The Message of the WCC Assembly, entitled “Join the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace” and the so-called “Unity Statement” entitled “God’s Gift and Call to Unity - and Our Commitment”.

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches A General Presentation and Some Preliminary Remarks

Rev. Lect. PhD of Church History at the Andrei Şaguna Faculty for Orthodox Theology, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Programme Executive Coordinator for Church and Ecumenical Relations at WCC, Geneva. Contact details: WCC, Route de Ferney 150, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

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This article strives to make a general presentation on the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches which took place in Busan, Republic of South Korea,...

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches A General Presentation and Some Preliminary Remarks

Pubblicato online: 27 gen 2015

Pagine: 136 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2014-0108

Parole chiave
10th WCC Assembly, Final message of Busan Assembly, Unity statement.

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches A General Presentation and Some Preliminary Remarks

Pubblicato online: 27 gen 2015

Pagine: 136 - 144

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2014-0108

Parole chiave10th WCC Assembly, Final message of Busan Assembly, Unity statement.

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
10th WCC Assembly, Final message of Busan Assembly, Unity statement.