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Handout #269 |
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The World Council of Churches |
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The Edinburgh Conference of Faith and Order in
1937 spoke of the unity which would be the basis of the later declarations
of the WCC:
We are one in faith in our Lord Jesus Christ ... We humbly acknowledge that our divisions are contrary to the will of Christ ... We recognize in one another, across the barriers of our separation, a common Christian outlook and a common standard of values. We are therefore assured of a unity deeper than our divisions... We desire to declare to all men everywhere our assurance that Christ is the one hope of unity for the world in face of the distractions and dissensions of this present time. We know that our witness is weakened by our divisions. Yet we are one in Christ and in the fellowship of His Spirit. |
