[31] Found in Michael Kinnamon, ed., Signs of the Spirit (Geneva:
WCC Publications, 1991), pp. 172 - 174, and reprinted in the preparatory
discussion paper for the Fifth World Conference on Faith and Order, held at Santiago de Compostela in 1993, Towards Koinonia in Faith, Life and Witness: A Discussion Paper (Geneva: WCC Publications, 1993), pp
discussion paper for the Fifth World Conference on Faith and Order, held at Santiago de Compostela in 1993, Towards Koinonia in Faith, Life and Witness: A
Discussion Paper (Geneva: WCC Publications, 1993), pp
Discussion Paper (Geneva:
WCC Publications, 1993), pp. 11 - 13.
It was used as the conceptual foundation for the
WCC and NCC
discussion about «the missionary structures of the congregation» in 1963 (cf. Colin Williams 1963, 1964 and World Council of Churches 1968).
At least since the Uppsala
WCC Assembly in 1968, there has been
discussion of the possibility of such an ecumenical council, but it has been agreed that its precondition is the ability to commune together at the Lord's table.