The Ecumenical Movement: A History 1910-1948

AUTHOR: (Revd Dr) Ray Williamson OAM

It is the tremendous legacy from the past that encourages us and gives hope in our ecumenical present and for the future. So, this paper, and the accompanying papers, are intended to help you in thinking about that legacy from the past.

The competitive confessionalism that has emerged from the fragmentation of the Reformation, being driven by the free-market economy where success validates the method, has reduced the churches to mutually competitive providers.