A history of the ecumenical movement

[1] 1517-1948 ; first ed 1954 ; 2nd ed. with rev. bibliography 1967 (xxv, 838 pages) --
v. 2. 1948-1968 / without edition statement, edited by Harold E. Fey and published on behalf of the Committee on Ecumenical History, Geneva, 1970 (xvii, 524 pages) --
v. 3 1968-2000 / edited by John Briggs, Mercy Amba Oduyoye and Georges Tsetsis (xix, 697 pages), 2004. VOLUME 1 (1517-1948) : INTRODUCTION: DIVISION AND THE SEARCH FOR UNITY PRIOR TO THE REFORMATION --
1 The Community of Christians --
2 The Church After Constantine --
3 The Great Schism --
4 The West in the Middle Ages --
1. THE ECUMENICAL IDEA AND EFFORTS TO REALIZE IT, 1517-1618 --
1 The Problem of Disunity in the Reformation Era --
2 The Ecumenical ideal in Reformation Doctrines of the Church --
3 Early Roman Catholic Reactions to Protestantism --
4 Lutheranism and the Problem of Unity --
5 Ecumenical Outlook and Unitive Effort in the Calvinist Reformation --
6 The Ecumenical Interests of Early Anglicanism --
7 Religious Discords and Unitive Efforts in Eastern Europe --
8 Fresh Projects for Conciliation and Union --
9 Conclusion --
2. ECUMENICAL ACTIVITY ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES --
1 Introduction --
2 Christian Humanism --
3 The Mystical or "Spiritualist" Tradition --
4 Varieties of Ecumenical Approach --
5 Attempts at Unification on the Basis of Humanism --
6 The Ecumenical Activity of German Pietism and its Offshoots --
7 Ecumenism and "Reasonable Orthodoxy" --
8 Plans for Union Under Frederick I, King of Prussia, and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover --
9 Between the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth Centuries --
10 Conclusion --
3. ECUMENICAL MOVEMENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES --
1 Introduction --
2 From the Ascension of James I to the Long Parliament --
3 Ecumenism at Home and Abroad --
4 Restoration to Revolution --
5 The Eighteenth Century and Ecumenical Effort --
6 The Reasons for Failure to Attain Organic Union --
4. THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT PRIOR TO 1910 --
1 Introduction --
2 Bohemians and Byzantines --
3 East and West Relationships from the Reformation Until the Nineteenth Century --
4 The Early Nineteenth Century --
5 Between the Churches --
6 Towards the Twentieth Century --
INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO THE CHAPTERS ON THE NINETEENTH CENTURY --
5. CHRISTIAN UNITY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA --
1 Divisive Forces in American Church Life --
2 The Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Background --
3 The Challenge of the Frontier --
4 The Unitive Contribution of the Disciples of Christ --
5 The Ecumenical impact of the American-German Churches --
6 Episcopalian Variations on the Theme --
7 The Triumph of Federal Union --
6. APPROACHES OF THE CHURCHES TOWARDS EACH OTHER IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY --
1 Introduction --
2 World Denominational Fellowships --
3 Ecumenical Ideals of Various Churches and Parties --
4 Towards the Union of the Churches --
5 Conclusion --
7. VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS AND THE CHANGING ECUMENICAL CLIMATE --
1 Introduction --
2 The Evangelical Awakening: Its Ecumenical Results --
3 The Evangelical Alliance --
4 Voluntary Movements in the Second Half-Century: Tensions and Tendencies --
5 The Growth of the Ecumenical Idea in the Churches --
6 The Emergence of New Factors Determining Modern Ecumenical Development --
7 The Mainspring of Ecumenical Advance --
8. ECUMENICAL BEARINGS OF THE MISSIONARY MOVEMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY COUNCIL --
1 Introduction --
2 The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910 --
3 From Edinburgh 1910 to Amsterdam 1948 --
4 The Growth of Co-Operation in the International Scene --
5 The International Missionary Council --
6 Growing Co-Operation in the Land of the Older Churches --
7 Growing Co-Operation in the Lands of the Younger Churches: Co-Operation in China --
8 Co-Operation in the Lands of Other Younger Churches --
9 The YOunger Churches and Ecumenism --
10 Summary --
9. THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON FAITH AND ORDER --
1 Towards Edinburgh 1910 --
2 The Beginnings of Faith and Order --
3 Preparing for Lausanne 1927 --
4 The First World Conference --
5 Lausanne 1927 to Edinburgh 1937 --
6 The Second World Conference, and After --
7 The Achievements of Faith and Order --
10. PLANS OF UNION AND REUNION, 1910-1948 --
1 Introduction --
2 Corporate Unions - Intra-Confessional --
3 Corporate Unions - Trans-Confessional --
4 Trans-Confessional Fellowship --
5 Intercommunion Between Episcopal Churches --
6 Union Between Episcopal and Non-Episcopal Churches --
7 Plans for Union Still Under Consideration in 1948 --
8 Plans for Closer Fellowship without Corporate Union --
9 The Orthodox Churches and Other Episcopal Churches --
10 Church Union - Difficulties and Encouragements --
11 To What Does it All Lead? --
11. MOVEMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND LIFE AND WORK, 1910-1925 --
1 Introduction --
2 Christian Efforts Towards International Understanding --
3 The Idea of an International Christian Conference During the War --
4 The Spiritual Peace Conference --
5 The Founding of Life and Work --
6 From Geneva 1920 to Stockholm 1925 --
12. MOVEMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND LIFE AND WORK, 1925-1948 --
1 Stockholm 1925 --
2 The Growth of Life and Work --
3 International Friendship Through the Churches --
4 Battlefields of Ecumenists --
5 Ecumenical Thought of Society and the State --
6 Oxford 1937 --
7 Conclusions --
13. OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT, 1910-1948 --
1 Introduction --
2 The world Christian Lay Movements --
3 World Denominational Fellowships --
4 Movements of Formal Ecclesiastical Co-Operation --
5 Movements of Diffused Ecumenicity --
6 Ecumenical Journalism and Ecumenical Thinking --
7 Still Other Aspects of the Ecumenical Movement --
8 Conclusion --
14. THE EASTERN CHURCHES AND THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY --
1 The Eastern Churches in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century --
2 The Part Played by Eastern Christians in Work for Reunion, 1910-1939 --
3 The Eastern Churches and the Ecumenical Movement During and After the Second World War --
4 The Scope and Significance of Eastern Participation in the Ecumenical Movement --
5 Conclusion --
15. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT, 1910-1948 --
1 General Principles --
2 The Attitude of Rome Towards the Eastern Churches --
3 Rome and the Ecumenical Movement --
16. THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES --
1 The Pre-War Years, 1918-1939 --
2 The Years of War, 1939-1945 --
3 The Post-War Years, 1945-1948 --
4 The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches --
EPILOGUE --
APPENDICES --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
GLOSSARY AND EXPLANATORY NOTES --
INDEX. VOLUME 2 (1948-1968) : 1. The General Ecumenical Development since 1948 --
2. The Life and Activities of the World Council of Churches --
3. Out of All Continents and Nations --
4. National Councils of Churches --
5. Confessional Families and the Ecumenical Movement --
6. Faith and Order 1948-1968 --
7. Mission to Six Continents --
8. Joint Service as an Instrument of Renewal --
9. The Development of Ecumenical Social Thought and Action --
10. Ecumenical Action in International Affairs --
11. The Orthodox Churches in the Ecumenical Movement 1948-1968 --
12. The Ecumenical Movement and the Roman Catholic Church --
13. The Ecumenical Movement in the Churches and at the Parish Level --
14. Signs of Radicalism in the Ecumenical Movement --
15. Uppsala and Afterwards --
Bibliography --
Indexes.