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World Council Of Churches

Definition: World Council Of Churches

World Council Of Churches

Noun

1. An ecumenical organization of Protestant and Eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Commercial Usage: World Council Of Churches

DomainTitle

Books

  • Peace and Disarmament: Documents of the World Council of Churches (reference)

  • The fraudulent gospel : politics and the World Council of Churches (reference)

  • Isolating apartheid : western collaboration with South Africa : policy decisions by the World Council of Churches and church responses (reference)

  • Amsterdam to Nairobi: The World Council of Churches and the Third World (reference)

  • Faith in the City: The World Council of Churches in a Secularized Western Context 1948-1998 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: World Council of Churches

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The World Council of Churches (or WCC) is the principal international Christian ecumenical organization. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it has a membership of over a hundred churches or church organizations.

After the initial successes of the Ecumenical Movement in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, church leaders (in 1937) agreed to establish a World Council of Churches, based on a merger of earlier organizations. Its official organization was deferred by the outbreak of World War II until August 23, 1948, when representatives of 147 churches assembled in Amsterdam to form the WCC.

WCC member churches today include nearly all the world's Orthodox churches, scores of denominations from such historic traditions of the Protestant Reformation as Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed, the Anglican Communion, and a broad representation of united and independent churches. The largest Christian body, the Roman Catholic Church, is not a member of the WCC, but has worked closely with the Council for more than three decades and sends representatives to all major WCC conferences as well as to its Central Committee meetings and the assemblies.

Representatives meet every seven years in an Assembly, which elects a Central Committee that governs between Assemblies. A variety of other committees and commissions answer to the Central Committee and its staff.

WCC acts both through its member churches and other religious and social organizations to coordinate ecumenical, evangelical and social action.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "World Council of Churches."

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Non-Fiction Usage: World Council Of Churches

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Czech Republic

For any churches already recognized by the World Council of Churches, only 500 adult members permanently residing in the country are necessary. (references)

Economic History

Democratic Republic of Congo

In 1969, it was the first independent African church admitted to the World Council of Churches. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: World Council Of Churches

Language Translations for "World Council of Churches"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Kirkernes Verdensraad. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Wereldraad van Kerken. (various references)

   

French

  

Conseil oecuménique des Eglises, Conseil oecuménique des églises. (various references)

   

German

  

Weltrat der Kirchen, Weltkirchenrat, Oekumenischer Rat der Kirchen, Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Consiglio Ecumenico delle Chiese. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Spanish

  

Consejo Mundial de Iglesias. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: World Council Of Churches


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 006F 0072 006C 0064      0043 006F 0075 006E 0063 0069 006C      004F 0066      0043 0068 0075 0072 0063 0068 0065 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
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Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;