The History of the Ecumenical Movement

During the past months, preliminary to the current presidential election, we have been bombarded with the phrase: "The Great Society." In religious circles there is heard a similar phrase to describe the present "glorious development" in the history of the church: "The Great Century." This "Great Century" includes a hundred years of increasingly intense efforts towards uniting all churches into one super-church covering the whole earth. To give you a bird's-eye view of this ecumenical...