Dale T. Irwin

Ecumenical Reception

Theology

“William Rusch has long been a major interpreter of the modern ecumenical movement. In this volume he reminds us in a fresh way that the heart of the ecumenical movement is not to be found so much in the various texts that it has produced, as it is in the process by which the separated churches have entered into one another's life in a positive and enduring way. He makes a convincing case that this activity is central to the work of the Holy Spirit in the churches through the ages, and that it is never more needed than today for the separated churches of the world to discern anew the mind of the living Christ.”