Faith and Order

Faith and Order
Faith and Order
 
['feɪθ ænd 'ɔːdə; englisch »Glaube und Kirchenverfassung«], Bezeichnung für eine ursprünglich selbstständige, seit der Gründung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (1948, Abkürzung ÖRK) mit ständigem Sekretariat in Genf etablierte Einigungsbewegung, deren Ziel es ist, die Trennung der Christenheit dogmatisch und rechtlich zu überwinden. Innerhalb der heutigen Struktur des ÖRK ist Faith and Order als Kommission der Programmeinheit »Einheit und Erneuerung« zugeordnet.

Universal-Lexikon. 2012.

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