World Council of Churches
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- proper noun
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Consejo Mundial de Iglesias
- The ongoing efforts of both Faith and Order and Life and Work, embodied in 1962 for some fifteen years in the World Council of Churches, were realities that ecumenically sensitive Catholics could not ignore.
- World Council of Churches (WCC)
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Although it has not joined the World Council of Churches, several links exist between the WCC and the Catholic Church, including membership in the WCC's Commission on Faith and Order.
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Characteristic in this connection is the history of relations between Protestant and Eastern Christian churches within the World Council of Churches.
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An assembly of the World Council of Churches.
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We also agreed with the World Council of Churches that it was appropriate to provide solidarity and financial support from abroad.
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The theme of hope and eschatology has been central in ecumenical thinking since the beginning of the World Council of Churches.
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Western governments experienced a growing swell of anti-apartheid activity in the 1980s from organizations such as the British Anti-Apartheid Movement, the World Council of Churches, Transafrica, and the Washington Office on Africa.
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General Synod documents between 1982 and 1986 contained letters from ecumenical organizations like the South African Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches that supported peaceful protest against the South African state.
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In working on this presentation, I was interested to read a recent address that Dr. Walter Altmann, a Lutheran biblical scholar from Brazil and current Moderator of the World Council of Churches, delivered to the 2012 Central Committee of the W.C.C. in Crete.
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The World Council of Churches aims to foster collaboration among various Protestant denominations.
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Delegates from around the globe gathered at the World Council of Churches to discuss religious unity.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'world' (global), 'council' (an assembly or governing body) and 'churches' (Christian bodies) together indicate an international assembly of churches. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows standard noun-noun/phrase formation, so a B1 learner who knows the component words would likely infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
World Council of Churches began in 1948 after World War II, when many Christian churches from different countries wanted to meet and work together for peace and help. So today it is a worldwide group that promotes 'unity' and cooperation among churches.