Pismeniuk I.N. Kechkin I. E. The world council of churches (WCC) and its orthodox members’ reaction to the problem of the vietnam war (according to the documents of the WCC)
DOI:10.22394/2225-8272-2021-10-4-66-74 EDN: NJZGRO
Keywords:
ecumenism, ecumenical movement, catholic, Orthodox Church, World Council of Churches, inter-church relations, Christianity, Vietnam WarAbstract
This study investigates the problem of the Vietnam War. In March 1965, a full-scale interference of the United States (The US) in the military conflict in Vietnam began. It is stressed that the whole world was aghast at the tragedy that took place in Vietnam. It caused numerous discussions not only through the intergovernmental dialogue, but also within religious and interreligious communities. The authors draw attention to the fact that one of the most prominent inter-Christian organizations in the 1960s was the World Council of Churches (WCC), which actually directed the ecumenical movement. At the WCC meetings in 1965-1975, the Vietnam War became one of the most sensitive matters. The latter was also complicated by the fact that the WCC member churches geographically belonged to opposite sides of the ideological confrontation. The Orthodox WCC members also took notice of the mentioned issue. It is especially noted that the Russian Orthodox Church showed the greatest interest in Vietnamese matters, consistently criticizing the role and military intervention of the United States in the conflict and largely shaping the World Council of Churches opinion on the Vietnamese question.
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Phan P.C. The Catholic Church in Pre-sent-Day Vietnam // New Catholic Encyclope-dia. 2nd ed. – Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning in association with The Catholic University of America, 2003. – Volume 14. Thi-Zwi. – P.501-507. (In Engl.).
Roxborogh J. Christianity in south-east Asia, 1914-2000 // The Cambridge History of Christianity. – New York: Cambridge University Press. 2008. – Vol. 9. World Christianities c.1914 -c.2000. – P. 436-449. (In Engl.).
Findlay J.F. Church People in the Strug-gle. The National Council of Churches and Black Freedom Movement, 1950-1970. – New York. Oxford University Press. 1993. – 256p.
(In Engl.).
Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. Minutes and Reports of the Nine-teenth Meeting. Geneva (Switzerland). 8-17February, 1966. – Geneva: World Council of Churches. – 151p. (In Engl.).
The New Delhi Report. The Third As-sembly of the World Council of Churches 1961. – London: S.C.M. Press. 1961. – 448p. (In Engl.).
Minutes and Reports of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Central Committee. Paris (France). August 7-16, 1962. – Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1962. – 153p. (In Engl.).
Minutes and Reports of the Eleventh Meeting of the Central Committee. Nyborg Strand (Denmark). August 21-29, 1958. – Ge-neva: World Council of Churches, 1958. – 133p. (In Engl.).
Minutes and Reports of the Eight Meeting of the Central Committee. Davos (Switzerland). August 2-8, 1955. – Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1955. – 146p. (In Engl.).
Minutes and Reports of the Twelfth Meet-ing of the Central Committee. Rhodes (Greece). August 19-27, 1959. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1959. – 208p. (In Engl.).
Minutes and Reports of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Central Committee. St. Andrews (Scotland). August 16-24, 1960. – Geneva: World Council of Churches. 1960. – 218p. (In Engl.).
Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. Geneva (Switzerland). July 11-15, 1965. – Ge-neva: World Council of Churches, 1965. – 36p. (In Engl.).
Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. Minutes and Reports of the Twen-tieth Meeting. Heraklion (Crete, Greece). Au-gust 15-26, 1967. – Geneva: World Council of Churches. – 270p. (In Engl.).
The Uppsala Report 1968. Official Re-port of the Fourth Assembly of the WCC. Upp-sala July 4-20, 1968 // ed. N. Goodall. – Gene-va: World Council of Churches, 1968. – 513p. (In Engl.).
Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. Minutes and Reports of the Twen-ty-Fifth Meeting. Utrecht (The Netherlands). August 13-23, 1972. – Geneva: World Council of Churches. – 274p. (In Engl.).
Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. Minutes and Reports of the Nine-teenth Meeting. Geneva (Switzerland). 22-29August, 1973. – Geneva: World Council of Churches. – 260p. (In Engl.).
Breaking Barriers Nairobi 1975. The Of-ficial Report of the Fifth Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Nairobi, 23 November-10December, 1975 // ed. D.M. Paton. – Lon-don: SPCK, 1976. – 438p. (In Engl.).
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