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Document Details : Title: Continuïteit en discontinuïteit bij de vormgeving van een ideaal Subtitle: Enkele reflecties bij 70 jaar Aktie en Ontmoeting Oosterse Kerken Author(s): JACOBS, J.Y.H.A. Journal: Journal of Eastern Christian Studies Volume: 49 Issue: 3-4 Date: 1997 Pages: 259-281 DOI: 10.2143/JECS.49.3.2003075 Abstract : Some Reflections on 70 Years Apostolate for the Oriental Churches (AOK) This article looks back upon 70 years AOK. It was founded in 1927 under the name ‘The Apostolate of Reunion’. The aim of this foundation was rapprochement between the Churches of Eastern and Western traditions in order to come to one (‘whole’) Church, by means of prayer, study, financial support and action from the Netherlands. This review traces the continuity and the discontinuity in the process of the realization of this ideal. The self-images expressed on the occasion of earlier jubilees are analysed and compared with the genesis of the Apostolate (1921-1927). Finally the discontinuities and changes in that self-image during the decades after the foundation and the tasks to be fulfilled are shown. A picture of the future follows naturally from this review. |
