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Ecumenical movement

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dean Freiday Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-215
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence and writings of Dean Freiday (b. 1915), a Quaker writer and theologian. The papers reflect his wide range of activities in numerous Christian church groups and discussion groups. The correspondence includes leading Friends, such as Arthur Roberts, Douglas Steere, and Larry Miller. His writings on topics specific to the Society of Friends and interfaith issues of ecumenism, ecclesiology, and the sacraments.

Dates: 1956-1999

"Quakerism and the Ecumenical Movement"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-042
Abstract

The manuscript of Earl G. Harrison provides a historical overview of Quakerism from the emergence of the Society of Friends to the Orthodox-Hicksite and the Wilburite-Gurneyite separations. Harrison discusses both groups of Quakers in favor of, and opposed to, the ecumenical movement, and analyzes trends towards unity within Quakerism.

Dates: 1955

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Church Unity Committee (1949-1973)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/715
Identifier: QM-Phy-715
Abstract

The Church Unity Committee was composed of a small group of members-at-large appointed by the Yearly Meeting and those Friends who served "in any official capacity as representatives of this Yearly Meeting on State, National, or World Councils of Churches." It had originally been appointed by the Orthodox branch to coordinate ecumenical contacts. The Committee was laid down by Representative Meeting in 1973.

Dates: 1949-1955