The World Council of Churches constitutes itself at Amsterdam under the theme 'Man's Disorder and God's Design', joining the historic churches in one fellowship; Rome observing from outside.
Tagged: Anglican Christian Eastern Orthodox Lutheran Methodist and Wesleyan Reformed and Presbyterian
The Event
- Date
- 1948 (exact)
- Era
- Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Amsterdam
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed and Presbyterian, Methodist and Wesleyan
- Key figures
- W. A. Visser 't Hooft
- Key texts
- Amsterdam assembly report
Primary Sources
- The Amsterdam Assembly report (1948)
Secondary Sources
- MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)
Provenance: HIST-0045; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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