World Conference on Faith and Order: Papers on Microfilm

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2019


Descriptive Summary

Title: World Conference on Faith and Order: Papers on Microfilm
Dates: 1910-1949
Collection Number: CFT00081
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 11 microfilm reels
Repository: Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives
Pasadena, California 91182
Abstract: The World Conference on Faith and Order (founded 1910) is a conference for what became the Faith and Order Commission, an assembly within the World Council of Churches (founded 1948). The collection comprises microfilm copies of original minutes of Faith and Order Meetings held between 1910 and 1949. Contents also include the correspondence files of Robert Hallowell Gardiner and Ralph W. Brown.
Language of Material: English

Access

Accessible with general microfilm collections. Scholarly use within parameters of copyright law.

Preferred Citation

World Conference on Faith and Order: Papers on Microfilm. Fuller Theological Seminary-David Allan Hubbard Library Archives

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 2010

Biography/Administrative History

The World Conference on Faith and Order (founded 1910) is a conference for what became the Faith and Order Commission, an assembly within the World Council of Churches (founded 1948). The Commission includes international participants of various vocations, including pastors, laypeople, academic scholars, and church leaders. The Commission’s purpose is to reach consensus on theological doctrines of the Christian faith, particularly for the practices of baptism, Communion (Eucharist), ministry practices, ecclesiology, and ecumenical hermeneutics. Publications were released in the series “Faith and Order Papers.”

Scope and Content of Collection

11 microfilm reels. The collection comprises microfilm copies of original minutes of Faith and Order Meetings held between 1910 and 1949. Contents also include the correspondence files of Robert Hallowell Gardiner and Ralph W. Brown.