- All Records
- Best, Thomas F.
Becoming a Christian : the ecumenical implications of our common baptism
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog3353
- Publication Date
- c1999
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BV 811.2 B42 1999
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- c1999
- Physical_Description
- 106 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Edited by Thomas F. Best and Dagmar Heller".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Bibliography: pp. [98]-104.
- "This book records the reflections and experience of some twenty Christians -- liturgists, theologians, church musicians, pastors -- who gathered at a Faith and Order consultation held in Faverges, France, in 1997"-- Intro. p. [1]. This book "focusses on baptism in relation to the unity of the church. Exploring patterns of baptismal practice today, including striking examples of inculturation from around the world, and noting continuing problems such as 're'-baptism, it calls the churches to draw the full implications of their `mutual recognition of baptism'. It also insists on the links between liturgy and life, offering fresh perspectives on the relation between baptism and Christian ethics." -- back cover.
- Contents: Introduction / Thomas F. Best and Dagmar Heller -- The Issues and Their Ecumenical Importance -- Becoming a Christian: the Ecumenical Challenge of Our Common Baptism / Janet Crawford -- The Structure and Significance of Baptism -- The Water that Speaks: The Ordo of Baptism and its Ecumenical Implications / Gordon Lathrop -- Walking with the Word: a Response to Gordon Lathrop / Paul Sheppy -- The Inculturation of Baptism: A: Experiences from the Life of the Churches -- Black Africa and Baptismal Rites / F. Kabasele Lumbala -- Baptism and Confirmation in the Church of South India / John W. Gladstone -- Baptism in Asia and its Cultural Settings: the Reformed Experience in Korea / ChangBok Chung -- Baptism in Latin America and its Cultural settings / Jaci Maraschin -- B: Programmatic Reflections -- Criteria for the Inculturation of Baptism / Anscar J. Chupungco -- Baptism and Ethics: The Implications of Baptism for Christian Ethics -- On Baptism and the Spirit: the Ethical Significance of the Marks of the Church / Vigen Guroian -- Becoming a Christian: Ecumenical Implications of Our Common Baptism: Report of the Consultation -- Bibliography on Baptism on Baptism and its Ecumenical Significance -- Participants.
- Anglican contributors include: Dr. Janet Crawford (Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia) and the Rev. Dr. Jaci Maraschin (Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil).
- Series
- Faith and order paper ; 184
- Added Entry
- World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order
- Best, Thomas F.
- Heller, Dagmar, 1959-
- Chung, ChangBok
- Chupungco, Anscar J., 1939-2013
- Crawford, Janet (Janet Estridge), 1943-
- Gladstone, John W. (John Wilson), 1945-
- Guroian, Vigen
- Lathrop, Gordon W. (Gordon Wendel), 1939-
- Lumbala, F. Kabasele
- Maraschin, Jaci C. (Jaci Correia), 1929-2009
- Sheppy, Paul P.J.
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1315-1
- Call Number
- BV 811.2 B42 1999
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
BEM at 25 : critical insights into a continuing legacy
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog5971
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 205
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Physical_Description
- 318 p. ; 21.2 x 13.4 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Edited by Thomas F. Best and Tamara Grdzelidze".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM) remains a seminal text for the churches and the ecumenical movements. Since its publication in 1982, this World Council of Churches Faith and Order convergence document has been translated into more than 40 languages, has remained an ecumenical best-seller, and has been the basis of many official agreements between churches. This vibrant collection of essays, from a wide range of confessional and regional perspectives, explores the continuing legacy of BEM. Articles trace the influence of BEM -- and the challenge it continues to pose today -- in areas such as worship, ecclesiology, the churches' social witness, and local parish life. But critical questions are also raised: how far have the churches acted upon the agreements signalled in BEM ? Was there full participation in the BEM process in all regions of the world ? And what does the churches' experience with BEM tell us about the next stage of the ecumenical journey ?" -- back cover.
- "[M]ost of the contributors -- who wrote of course as individual theologians from various traditions -- were invited to reflect on the legacy of BEM for a volume dedicated to the 80th birthday of Lukas Vischer, Director of Faith and Order during most of the long process of envisioning and producing the text. In this sense this volume may be regarded as a Festschrift for Lukas Vischer, offered in tribute to his commitment to the cause of the visible unity of the church". -- Preface.
- Contents divided into three main sections: Issues of Ecclesiology and Worship -- Reception: Regional and Other Perspectives -- BEM and Beyond.
- Contents: Preface / Thomas F. Best and Tamara Grdzelidze -- Baptism and Christian Initiation in Ecclesiological Perspective / S. Mark Heim -- A "Real though incomplete Communion through Baptism": Ecumenical Development Twenty-Five Years After 'Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry' / John A. Radano -- The Eucharistic Dynamic of BEM / Geoffrey Wainwright -- BEM and the Struggle for the Liturgical Soul of the Emergent Church / Michael Northcott -- Personal, Collegial and Synodal Responsibility in the Roman Catholic Church: What Convergences Are There Between Reception of Vatican II and BEM / Herve Legrand -- The Effect of Baptism. Eucharist and Ministry on the Church of England / Mary Tanner -- Memory Against Forgetting : the BEM Document After Twenty-Five Years / Gennadios of Sassima -- Some Problems of Authority and Credibility in the Drafting and Reception Processes of the BEM Document / Jesse N.K. Mugambi -- Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry and the Church in Latin America / Valerio Guilherme Schaper and Rudolf von Sinner -- Ecclesiology and Ethics: An Example of Global-Local Dynamics / Martin Robra -- Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry in Bilateral Dialogues / Jaako Rusama -- From "anamnesis" to "metanoia" : Beyond Convergence Texts Towards Attitudinal Conversion / Jacob Kurien -- "Saltus liturgicus oecumenicus" : Two Perspectives on Ecumenical Dialogue "Beyond BEM" / Andreas H. Whole -- Ecclesiological and Shared Identity / Tamara Grdzelidze -- Contributors.
- Series
- Faith and order paper ; 205
- Added Entry
- Best, Thomas F.
- Grdzelidze, Tamara
- World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order
- Heim, S. Mark, 1950-
- Kurien, Jacob, 1950-
- Legrand, Herve
- Limouris, Gennadios, Metropolitan of Sassima, 1951-
- Mugambi, J.N.K (Jesse Ndwiga Kanyua)
- Northcott, Michael S. (Michael Stafford), 1955-
- Radano, John A.
- Robra, Martin, 1954-
- Rusama, Jaako
- Schaper, Valerio Guilherme
- Tanner, Mary (Mary Elizabeth), 1938-
- von Sinner, Rudolf, 1967-
- Wainwright, Geoffrey, 1939-
- Wohle, Andreas H.
- Subjects
- Baptism, Eucharist and ministry (BEM)
- Reception (Ecumenical relations)
- Baptism and Christian union
- Lord's Supper and Christian union
- Baptism, Eucharist and ministry (BEM) - Catholic Church
- Baptism, Eucharist and ministry (BEM) - Church of England
- Baptism, Eucharist and ministry (BEM) - Orthodox Eastern Church
- Baptism, Eucharist and ministry (BEM) - Africa
- Baptism, Eucharist and ministry (BEM) - Latin America
- Vischer, Lukas, 1926-2008
- Church and Christian union
- ISBN
- 978-2-8254-1517-7
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 205
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
Between the flood and the rainbow : interpreting the conciliar process of mutual commitment (Covenant) to Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog1834
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Physical_Description
- x, 192 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Compiled by D. Preman Niles".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "The essays included in this book, all of them by persons involved in JPIC [Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation], seek to interpret the process from a variety of perspectives. The three sections present assessments of the process -- how it worked, what it achieved, and where and why if failed; evaluations of the Seoul event; and reflections on the unresolved issues and unfinished tasks that JPIC must continue to address." -- back cover.
- Contents: Introduction / D. Preman Niles --A Historical Survey of the JPIC Process / D. Preman Niles -- Section I: Interpreting the Process -- The Process Leading to Seoul and Canberra: Points of Strength and Weakness / Margot Kassmann -- The World Convocation: Problems, Achievement / Marga Buhrig -- The People of God and the Conciliar Process / Marc Reuver -- The State of the Ark: Lessons from Seoul / Douglas John Hall -- A Latin American Perspective on the JPIC Process / Brenda Consuelo Ruiz Peres -- From Basel to Seoul and Back: JPIC as a Process of Ecumenical Learning for European Churches / Rudiger Noll -- Women in the JPIC Process: Breaking the Silence / Priscilla Padolina -- Section II: Responses after the Convocation -- People's Participation and the JPIC Process in Asia / Kim Yong Bock -- :What God Has Joined Together, Let No One Put Asunder": Reflections on JPIC at the Canberra Assembly / Roger Williamson -- Catholic Social Teaching and Ecumenical Social Ethics / Rene Coste -- New Challenges, Visions and Signs of Hope: Orthodox Insights on JPIC / Gennadios Limouris -- Section III: An Unfinished Agenda -- From Seoul to Santiago: The Unity of the Church and JPIC / Thomas F. Best -- Justice with Peace: From Whose Perspective ? / Oh Jae Shik -- Appendix: Final Document: Entering into Covenant Solidarity for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation -- Contributors.
- OTCH Note: Contributors include Canadian United Church layperson Douglas J. Hall.
- OTCH copy pages 176-177 are blank.
- Added Entry
- Niles, D. Preman
- World Council of Churches
- Best, Thomas F.
- Bock, Kim Yong, 1938-
- Buhrig, Marga, 1915-2002
- Coste, Rene, 1922-2018
- Hall, Douglas J. (Douglas John), 1928-
- Kassmann, Margot, 1958-
- Limouris, Gennadios, Metropolitan of Sassima, 1951-
- Noll, Rudiger
- Oh, Jae Shik, 1933-2013
- Padolina, Priscilla F.
- Reuver, Marc, d. 2011
- Ruiz Peres, Brenda Consuelo
- Williamson, Roger
- Subjects
- Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (Ecumenical program)
- World Council of Churches. Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation
- World Convocation on Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (1990 : Seoul, Korea)
- Christianity and justice
- Peace - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Church and the world
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1085-3
- Call Number
- BR 115 W6 B4 1992
- Location
- OTCH
Between the flood and the rainbow : interpreting the conciliar process of mutual commitment (Covenant) to Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog8331
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BR 115 W6 B4 1992
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Physical_Description
- x, 192 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Compiled by D. Preman Niles".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "The essays included in this book, all of them by persons involved in JPIC [Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation], seek to interpret the process from a variety of perspectives. The three sections present assessments of the process -- how it worked, what it achieved, and where and why if failed; evaluations of the Seoul event; and reflections on the unresolved issues and unfinished tasks that JPIC must continue to address." -- back cover.
- Contents: Introduction / D. Preman Niles --A Historical Survey of the JPIC Process / D. Preman Niles -- Section I: Interpreting the Process -- The Process Leading to Seoul and Canberra: Points of Strength and Weakness / Margot Kassmann -- The World Convocation: Problems, Achievement / Marga Buhrig -- The People of God and the Conciliar Process / Marc Reuver -- The State of the Ark: Lessons from Seoul / Douglas John Hall -- A Latin American Perspective on the JPIC Process / Brenda Consuelo Ruiz Peres -- From Basel to Seoul and Back: JPIC as a Process of Ecumenical Learning for European Churches / Rudiger Noll -- Women in the JPIC Process: Breaking the Silence / Priscilla Padolina -- Section II: Responses after the Convocation -- People's Participation and the JPIC Process in Asia / Kim Yong Bock -- :What God Has Joined Together, Let No One Put Asunder": Reflections on JPIC at the Canberra Assembly / Roger Williamson -- Catholic Social Teaching and Ecumenical Social Ethics / Rene Coste -- New Challenges, Visions and Signs of Hope: Orthodox Insights on JPIC / Gennadios Limouris -- Section III: An Unfinished Agenda -- From Seoul to Santiago: The Unity of the Church and JPIC / Thomas F. Best -- Justice with Peace: From Whose Perspective ? / Oh Jae Shik -- Appendix: Final Document: Entering into Covenant Solidarity for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation -- Contributors.
- OTCH Note: Contributors include Canadian United Church layperson Douglas J. Hall.
- OTCH copy pages 176-177 are blank.
- Added Entry
- Niles, D. Preman
- World Council of Churches
- Best, Thomas F.
- Bock, Kim Yong, 1938-
- Buhrig, Marga, 1915-2002
- Coste, Rene, 1922-
- Hall, Douglas J. (Douglas John), 1928-
- Kassmann, Margot, 1958-
- Limouris, Gennadios, Metropolitan of Sassima, 1951-
- Noll, Rudiger
- Oh, Jae Shik, 1933-2013
- Padolina, Priscilla F.
- Reuver, Marc, d. 2011
- Ruiz Peres, Brenda Consuelo
- Williamson, Roger
- Subjects
- Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (Ecumenical program)
- World Council of Churches. Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation
- World Convocation on Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (1990 : Seoul, Korea)
- Christianity and justice
- Peace - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Church and the world
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1085-3
- Call Number
- BR 115 W6 B4 1992
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
Beyond unity-in-tension : unity, renewal and the community of women and men
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog195
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 138
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- World Council of Churches
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Physical_Description
- xi, 171 p. : ill. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "Edited by Thomas F. Best".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "This book explores the relationship of women and men in the church today, and how this affects the search for church unity and for renewal. It includes expert assessments of the WCC's 'Community of Women and Men in the Church' Study, feminist, perspectives on biblical texts of liberation, vivid reports from Christian communities in contexts as diverse as India and Berkeley, California, and incisive accounts of the Orthodox perspective on issues of women and men. Issues of the community of women and men are one focus of Faith and Order's study programme on `The Unity of the Church and Renewal of Human Community'. The book gathers the papers and report from its second (Prague) consultation, with theological reflections on the issues and process of the meeting and an introductory essay placing the meeting in ecumenical perspective". -- back cover.
- Contents : Preface dated Geneva, November 1987 / Gunther Gassmann -- Editor's Introduction / Thomas F. Best -- 1. The Prague Consultation in Ecumenical Perspective -- Beyond Unity-in-Tension. Prague: the Issues and the Experience in Ecumenical Perspective / Thomas F. Best -- 2. The Community Study and Beyond -- The Continuing Significance of the Community of Women and Men in the Church Study: its Mixed Meanings for the Church / Constance F. Parvey -- The Continuing Significance of the Community Study: Sheffield and Beyond / Janet Crawford -- 3. Biblical Reflections -- Liberation, Unity and Equality in Community: a New Testament Case Study / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza -- 4. Contextual Studies: Towards Community -- Renewal in Unity: a Case Study from South India / Padmasani Gallup -- Towards the Community of Women and Men in the Church: the Story of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, California / Sandra Winter Park -- 5. The Orthodox Perspective -- "Men and Women : Equal Partners in the Christian Community": an Orthodox Point of View / Gennadios Limouris -- Some General Reactions and Comments from an Orthodox Point of View / George D. Dragas -- 6. Reports of Working Groups -- 7. Reports and Reflections -- A Personal Theological/Ecclesiological Reflection on the Prague Consultation / Martin Cressey -- Report of the Prague Consultation -- Appendix 1. Participants -- Appendix 2. An Orthodox Statement on the Prague Consultation / George Dragas, Dimitra Koukoura and George Limouris -- Appendix 3. Overview of the Unity and Renewal Study Programme.
- Anglican participants include the Rev. Janet E. Crawford (Anglican Church of the Province of New Zealand) and the Rev. Dr. Padmasani J. Gallup (Church of South India).
- Series
- Faith and order paper ; 138
- Added Entry
- World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order.
- Best, Thomas F.
- Study on the community of women and men in the church
- Crawford, Janet (Janet Estridge), 1943-
- Cressey, Martin H. (Martin Hawley), 1930-2013
- Dragas, George D. (George Dion), 1944-
- Gallup, Padmasani J., 1932-
- Gassmann, Gunther, 1931-2017
- Koukoura, Dimitra A.
- Limouris, Gennadios, Metropolitan of Sassima, 1951-
- Park, Sandra Winter
- Parvey, Constance F. (Constance Fern), 1931-2011
- Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth, 1938-
- Subjects
- Community of Women and Men in the Church (1981 : Sheffield, Eng.)
- Man (Christian theology)
- Woman (Christian theology)
- Christian union
- Women and Christian union
- Man-woman relationships - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Women in the Church of South India
- Man-woman relationships - Religious aspects - Orthodox Eastern Church
- Man (Christian theology) - Orthodox Eastern Church
- ISBN
- 2-8254-0889-1
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 138
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
Built together : the present vocation of United and Uniting Churches (Ephesians 2:22) : Sixth International Consultation of United and Uniting Churches
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog4611
- Publication Date
- [1996]
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 174
- Corporate Author
- International Consultation of United and Uniting Churches (6th : 1995 : Ocho Rios, Jamaica)
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- World Council of Churches, Faith and Order Commission
- Publication Date
- [1996]
- Physical_Description
- 174 p. ; 21.3 x 13.4 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "Edited by Thomas F. Best".
- "The papers by Reinhard Groscurth, Roderick Hewitt, and Rena Karefa-Smart were first published in 'The Ecumenical Review', Vol. 47, No. 4, October 1995; they have also been printed, together with the papers by Paul Crow and Hugh Cross, in 'Mid-Stream', Vol. 35, No. 1, January 1996". -- verso of t.-p.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "This book, the official report of the Sixth International Consultation of United and Uniting Churches, includes articles on the identity, mission and challenge of united churches, on active church union negotiations, and on a wide range of other approaches to visible Christian unity. It offers an exceptionally broad survey of the practical steps now being taken towards Christian unity, and of efforts to relate that unity to the church's witness, mission and service in the world today". -- back cover.
- Contents: 1. Introduction -- Editor's Introduction / Thomas F. Best -- Breaking Down Walls / Martin Cressey -- 2. Report of the Consultation -- Report of the Consultation -- Letter to the Participants / Alan Falconer -- 3. Theme Papers -- Conversion and Identity: The United Churches: Origins, Progress, Relationships / Reinhard Groscurth -- A Present Vocation in Mission and Service: The Challenge to United and Uniting Churches / Roderick R. Hewitt -- The Challenge of United and Uniting Churches to the Ecumenical Movement / Rena Karefa-Smart -- 4. Steps Towards Unity I: Active Union Negotiations -- The Church Unity Commission (CUC) and the Union Movement in South Africa / Donald Cragg -- Uniting Through Covenanting: The Experience of Wales / Gethin Abraham-Williams -- The Negotiating Churches Unity Council (NCUC): Aotearoa/New Zealand / Doug Lendrum -- The 'Together on the Way' Process / Leo Koffeman -- 5. Steps Towards Unity II: Other Approaches to Unity -- Local Unity Where There is No National Church Union: For Example, Local Ecumenical Partnerships / Hugh Cross -- Ecumenical Partnership: Emerging Unity Between The Disciples of Christ and the United Church of Christ / Paul A. Crow, Jr. -- Kirchengemeinschaft: The United Church of Christ and the Evangelical Church of the Union / Gerhard Linn -- The United Church of Christ in the USA: Special Relationships in the United States and Germany / Frank H. Dietz -- The Consultation on Church Union in the United States (COCU): An Assessment of the Present State of Progress / Daniell C. Hamby -- Agreement between the Reformation Churches in Europe: The Leuenberg Agreement / Pavel Smetana -- The Porvoo Agreement / Mary Tanner -- 6. Sermons -- Homily at Opening Worship: John 3:1-7 / Martin Cressey -- Homily on John 4:5-15; 27-42 / Hilario Gomez -- Homily on John 9:1-41 / Christa Kronshage -- Homily on Luke 1:26-38: Jesus, the Unifying Force / Samuel Arends -- Homily on John 11:1-53: Toward Unity, Toward Life / John Radano -- Homily on John 1:1-18 / N.M. Bagh -- Homily at Closing Worship : Who Are You ? / Diane C. Kessler -- Homily at Eucharistic Worship / Norbert Stephens -- 7. Appendix: Contributors.
- Contributors include Anglican lay woman Dr. Mary Tanner.
- Series
- Faith and order paper ; 174
- Added Entry
- World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order
- Best, Thomas F.
- Abraham-Williams, Gethin, d. 2016
- Arends, Samuel
- Bagh, Nedi M.
- Cragg, Donald G.L. (Donald George Lynn), 1933-
- Cressey, Martin H. (Martin Hawley), 1930-2013
- Cross, Hugh (Hugh Geoffrey), 1930-2017
- Crow, Paul A. (Paul Abernathy), 1931-
- Dietz, Frank
- Falconer, Alan D., 1945-
- Gomez, Hilario M.
- Groscurth, Reinhard
- Hamby, Daniell C., 1950-
- Hewitt, Roderick R.
- Karefa-Smart, Rena (Rena Joyce), 1921-2019
- Kessler, Diane Cooksey, 1947-
- Koffeman, Leo J., 1948-
- Kronshage, Christa
- Lendrum, Douglas (Douglas Alexander)
- Linn, Gerhard, 1935-
- Radano, John A.
- Smetana, Pavel, 1937-
- Stephens, Norbert
- Tanner, Mary (Mary Elizabeth), 1938-
- Subjects
- International Consultation of United and Uniting Churches (6th : 1995 : Ocho Rios, Jamaica)
- United Churches - Congresses
- Christian union - Congresses
- Consultation on Church Union
- Leuenberg Agreement
- Porvoo agreement
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1199-X
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 174
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
Called to be one in Christ : United Churches and the ecumenical movement
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog428
- Publication Date
- c1985
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 127
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- World Council of Churches
- Publication Date
- c1985
- Physical_Description
- xiii, 77 p. ; 21.4 x 13.4 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "Edited by Michael Kinnamon and Thomas F. Best".
- "In this work we seek to capture something of the vision, hopes, and achievements, something of the problems and failures, of the united and the uniting church movement over the past eighty years. While the book had its origin in a specific consultation of united and uniting churches, the issues raised are general ones, and form a sound introduction to this fascinating and important part of global Christianity". - Intro., p. [vii].
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Notes: Introduction: United Churches and the Ecumenical Movement / Thomas F. Best -- I. "A Costly Unity": The Challenge of United/Uniting Churches Today -- United and Uniting Churches: Perspectives from the Colombo Consultation / Paul A. Crow, Jr. -- II. Case Studies from Around the World -- A. The Theology, Theory and Practice of Church Union -- Church Union Negotiations and Shared Spirituality Among United/Uniting Churches / Noel A. Davies -- Some Central Issues Facing United Churches / David Gill and Ethel Mitchell -- The Importance of Union for the Local Congregation / Gillian Bobbett -- B. Unity and Renewal: United Churches as Agents of Mission and Reconciliation -- The Search for Unity in a Divided Nation / Wesley Ariarajah -- A New Church in a New Nation / D.M. Musunsa -- Church Union and the Healing of Society / David W.A. Taylor -- The Challenge of Mutual Recognition among United Churches / Reinhard Groscurth -- C. United Churches and the Question of Church-State Relations -- The Relationship of United Churches to the State / Keiji Ogawa -- D. On the Way: Churches in Quest of Union -- Interim Eucharistic Fellowship / Gerald F. Moede -- The Importance of Education for Church Union / Laurence A. Creedy -- III. Appendices -- Church Union Negotiations: a Narrative Bibliography -- Contributors.
- Series
- Faith and order paper ; 127
- Added Entry
- World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order
- Kinnamon, Michael K., 1949-
- Best, Thomas F.
- Ariarajah, S. Wesley (Seevaratnam Wesley), 1941-
- Bobbett, Gillian (Gillian Mary), 1936-2010
- Creedy, Laurence A.
- Crow, Paul A. (Paul Abernathy), 1931-
- Davies, Noel A. (Noel Anthony), 1942-
- Gill, David M.
- Groscurth, Reinhard
- Mitchell, Ethel
- Moede, Gerald F., 1930-2018
- Musunsa, D.M.
- Ogawa, Keiji
- Taylor, David A.
- Subjects
- Christian union - 20th century
- Ecumenical movement - 20th century
- United churches and Christian union
- ISBN
- 2-8254-0837-9
- Call Number
- BX 6 W775 A4 no. 127
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
Celebrating community : prayers and songs of unity
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2034
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BV 245 C4 1993
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Physical_Description
- ix, 86 p. : music
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Compiled by Janet Crawford, Terry MacArthur and Thomas F. Best -- t.-p. verso.
- Includes English, German, French and Spanish.
- Erratum slip pasted on to inside front cover.
- Includes index.
- Added Entry
- Gemeinschaft feiern : Gebeten und Lieder der Einheit
- Celebrer la communaute : prieres et chants d'unite
- Celebrar la comunidad : oraciones y canticos de unidad
- World Council of Churches
- Best, Thomas F.
- Crawford, Janet (Janet Estridge), 1943-
- MacArthur, Terry
- Subjects
- Prayer-books
- Church music
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1109-4
- Call Number
- BV 245 C4 1993
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
Ecclesiology and ethics : costly commitment : presentations and reports from the World Council of Churches' Consulation in Jerusalem, November 1994
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog8381
- Publication Date
- c1995
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 6 W776 E2 1995
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- Faith and Order/Unit I -- Unity and Renewal and Unit III -- Justice, Peace and Creation, World Council of Churches
- Publication Date
- c1995
- Physical_Description
- x, 81 p.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Edited by Thomas F. Best and Martin Robra.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "The papers by Peter Lodberg, William Henn, Duncan Forrester, Emmanuel Clapsis, Emilio Castro and Larry Rasmussen were first published in "The Ecumenical Review", vol. 47, no. 2, 1995".
- Contents: The History of ecumenical work on ecclesiology and ethics / Peter Lodberg -- Reactions and responses to "Costly Unity" and to the discussion in Santiago : A Roman Catholic perspective / William Henn -- Ecclesiology and ethics : a Reformed perspective / Duncan B. Forrester -- Ecclesiology and ethics : reflections by an Orthodox theologian / Emmanuel Clapsis -- Ethical reflections among the churches : a Free Church perspective / Emilio Castro -- Moral Community and moral foundation / Larry Rasmussen -- Costly Commitment : Report of the Consultation.
- The report and papers in this book are part of a series of ecumenical discussions on the relationship between eccelesiology and ethics. "The first gathering in this process was held in Ronde, Denmark, in February 1993. It produced the widely-discussed text `Costly unity'." "The second gathering in the study process -- the meeting which supplied the material for this book -- took place at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, near Jerusalem, Israel in November 1994." There will eventually be a third consultation on "moral formation".
- Added Entry
- Best, Thomas F.
- Robra, Martin, 1954-
- Castro, Emilio, 1927-2013
- Clapsis, Emmanuel, 1950-
- Forrester, Duncan B., 1933-
- Henn, William
- Lodberg, Peter, 1958-
- Rasmussen, Larry L., 1939-
- World Council of Churches
- Call Number
- BX 6 W776 E2 1995
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
Ecclesiology and ethics : ecumenical ethical engagement, moral formation and the nature of the church
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2986
- Publication Date
- c1997
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- BX 6 W776 E22 1997
- Place
- Geneva
- Publisher
- WCC Publications
- Publication Date
- c1997
- Physical_Description
- xiii, 121 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "Thomas F. Best and Martin Robra, editors".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "Gathered here into one convenient volume are the three reports -- Costly Unity, Costly Commitment and Costly Obedience -- from the World Council of Churches' path-breaking study on ecclesiology and ethics. The ecumenical enquiry, which has explored the relationship between what the church is and what the church does, offers fresh insights into critical issues for all who are seeking a renewed vision of the ecumenical movement. .... Also included are essays by Duncan Forrester, Viorel Ionita, Larry Rasmussen and Elizabeth Tapia responding to the study from diverse confessional and cultural points of view". -- back cover.
- Contents: Introduction / Thomas F. Best and Martin Robra -- Part I: Reports from the Study Process -- Costly Unity: Ronde, Denmark, February 1993 -- Costly Commitment: Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Israel, November 1994 -- Costly Obedience: Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1996 -- Part II: Reflections on the Study -- Living in Truth and Unity: The Church as a Hermeneutic of Law and Gospel / Duncan B. Forrester -- The Right Direction, but a Longer Journey / Larry Rasmussen -- Reflections of a Filipina Christian / Elizabeth S. Tapia -- Thoughts on the Study on 'Ecclesiology and Ethics' / Viorel Ionita -- Contributors.
- Colophon: Printed in Switzerland.
- Added Entry
- Best, Thomas F.
- Robra, Martin, 1954-
- Forrester, Duncan B. (Duncan Baillie), 1933-2016
- Rasmussen, Larry L., 1939-
- Tapia, Elizabeth S., 1950-
- Ionita, Viorel, 1945-
- World Council of Churches
- Costly unity
- Costly Commitment
- Costly Obedience
- ISBN
- 2-8254-1216-3
- Call Number
- BX 6 W776 E22 1997
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries