The Encyclopedia of Protestantism: Volume 2 D–K
References and Further Reading
Best, Thomas F., ed. Survey of Church Union Negotiations, 1988–1991. Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches, 1992.
Best, Thomas F., ed. Survey of Church Union Negotiations, 1996–1999. Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches, 2000.
Bouteneff, Peter C., ed. Episkopé and Episcopacy and the Quest for Visible Unity: Two Consultations. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1999.
Hüffmeier, Wilhelm, and Podmore, Colin, eds. Leuenberg, Meissen and Porvoo: Consultation Between the Churches of the Leuenberg Church Fellowship and the Churches Involved in the Meissen Agreement and the Porvoo Agreement. Frankfurt am Main: O.Lembeck, 1996.
Making Unity More Visible: the Report of the Meissen Commission, 1997–2001. London: Church House Publishing, 2002.
Nigeria Church Union Committee. Scheme of Church Union, Including Basis of Union, Constitution of the Church of Nigeria, and Inauguration and Interim Arrangements. Lagos, 1963.
HANS J.HILLERBRAND
Ecumenism is a relatively recent term for an ancient Christian commitment to both unity and mission “to the whole inhabited earth.” It was not widely embraced as a major religious imperative in Protestantism until the twentieth century, despite earlier foreshadowings. Although it seems like a simple concept, ecumenism is beset with ambiguities and tensions regarding the nature of the unity that Protestants seek.
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