C4D Ecumenical Movement

Question 1

PART B - World Council of Churches as success or failure + affect of RCC

Answer 1

AGREE ( Success)
P - Increase in unity
E - Today 110 denominations, 348 members and represents 500 million Christians
E - Success in numbers from division of Reformation

DISAGREE (Failure)
P - Disagreements of some denominations
E - RCC NOT a member ( RC 50% of Christian pop)
E - Emphasis on Protestant doctrine (exclusive to others?)

PARTIALLY
P - Consensus of diff denominations
E - RCC prior to 60s forbade association, now participate in programmes
E - Still have work to do it unite
E - Eastern Orthodox as hostile

CONCLU
Some success esp w/ RCC and number, HOWEVER still much improvement to go with RCC and other denominations

AGREE
50% pop
Little progress in all this time, unity as impossible
Claim as THE TRADITION// WCC as ‘traditions in dialogue’
All Christians to conform to RCC
Exclusivism to women

DISAGREE
Focus on unity not division of others
Takes time for progress
RCC as more lenient

PARTIALLY
Progress is slow but doesn’t stop goal of unity
Problem is unity is instant

CONCLU
IS a problem however progress = Aim of WCC to visible unity

Question 2

PART B - Extent of the non