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In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part I. Preamble: Long Term Issues previous chapter 1 Communion and Otherness: The Knots in an Ancient Problem Any attempt to address the question of church unity in a theologically rigorous way leads to a discussion of the relationship between unity and diversity within the church itself. A glance at ecclesiastical history would be enough to show how crucial this has been in the course of the centuries. During the apostolic period, the issue dominated the debate on the acceptance of Gen…

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Introduction When war broke out, the editor of the Protestant journal Christianisme au XXe siècle, Paul Doumergue, wrote in sorrow: “For twenty centuries now, in our so-called Christian civilization, the church has preached: love one another. This is certainly an hour of mourning for all Christians.”1 War, by its very nature, seemed to widen the gaps between confessions as it did between nations. The Christian ideals of fraternity, charity, and unity found …

In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part III. Beginnings: Movements Become a Movement previous chapter 1 Introduction When browsing through the impressive biography compiled by Raymond Loonbeek and Jacques Mortiau,1 the reader may gain the impression that Fr. Lambert Beauduin lived several consecutive lives: first as a diocesan priest involved in education (1897–1899) and as a labor chaplain (1899–1906), then as a Benedictine monk at Mont César Abbey in Leuven (1906) and as the initiator of the Belgian liturgical movement (1909–1914). After the interlude of World War i, he reappeared …