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In: Volume 1 Dawn of Ecumenism | Part II. Prehistory: The Challenges of Modernity previous chapter 1 Introduction The reunion conferences that were held in Bonn in 1874–1875 on the initiative and under the chairmanship of Ignaz von Döllinger are among the founding events of the modern ecumenical movement. These conferences were unique on account of their multilateral orientation and met with a wide response, especially in the English-speaking world. Since they were not followed up and failed to elicit any ecclesi…