Lausanne 77 : fifty years of Faith and Order

Notes: "The celebrations held in Lausanne over Pentecost 1977 offered an opportunity to recall the beginnings of the ecumenical movement. The World Conference on Faith and Order in Lausanne fifty years earlier, in 1927, was one of the earliest attempts to bring together representatives of the different Christian traditions." -- Foreword.; Contents: Foreword / Lukas Vischer -- The 1927 Lausanne conference in retrospect / W.A. Visser 't Hooft -- Fifty years in quest of unity / Yves Congar -- What kind of unity ?: the dialogue between the traditions of East and West / Jurgen Moltmann -- Called to unity: the significance of the invocation of the Spirit for church unity / Nikos A. Nissiotis -- Christians: witnesses of a different tomorrow / Brother Roger -- Sermon for Pentecost 1977 / Emilio Castro -- The unity of the Church: What is to be done / Philip Potter.

Added Entry: Castro, Emilio, 1927-2013; World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order; Congar, Yves, 1904-1995; Moltmann, Jurgen, 1926-; Nissiotis, Nikos A. (Nikos Angelos), 1924-1986; Potter, Philip (Philip Alford), 1921-2015; Roger, Brother, 1915-2005; Roger, frere, 1915-2005; Schutz-Marsauche, Roger, 1915-2005; Vischer, Lukas, 1926-2008; Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985

Subjects: Ecumenical movement; Christian union; World Conference on Faith and Order (1st : 1927 : Lausanne, Switzerland); Christian union - 20th century - History; Holy Spirit; World Council of Churches. Commission on Faith and Order - History