Denominational perspectives on the ecumenical movement

Lโ€™ร‰glise Saint-Nicolas, Heremence, Switzerland. Designed by Walter Maria Fรถrderer, constructed 1967-1971. This article outlines the diversity that exists among Christian Churches regarding ecumenical cooperation. Roman Catholic perspectives The Roman Catholic Churchโ€™s contemporary understanding of ecumenism is grounded principally in Unitatis Redintegratio. The Second Vatican Council affirmed that all baptised Christians share a genuine, though imperfect, communion …

Church traditions and the creeds (1)

Thomas Cranmer,  the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and chief architect of the Anglican formularies. Real or imagined crises are often the catalyst for the formulation, promulgation and revision of creeds and confessions. During the brief period during which the New Testament writings were being composed, a โ€œtrinitarianโ€ confessional pattern emerged that shaped later credal formularies.  …