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oapen-20.500.12657-368822020-07-21T10:11:55Z Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 Zeilstra, Jurjen Jansen, Henry biography, history, europe biography history europe bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories::BG Biography: general::BGX Biography: religious & spiritual bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Continental Europe God's diplomat, the pope of the ecumenical movement, but also an acerbic theologian and a difficult person: this is how journalists characterised Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft (1900-1985). He was one of the best-known Dutch theologians outside the Netherlands and he left his mark on the world church. Even at an early age he made profound efforts in support of international ecumenical youth and student organisations (Dutch Student Christian Movement, YMCA and World Student Christian Federation). He led the World Council of Churches during its formative stages (from 1938), and after its formal establishment in 1948 became its first general secretary, serving until 1966. To Visser 't Hooft, the unity of the church was both an article of faith and of a pragmatic organisation of church influence in a disunited world. 2020-04-14T10:46:54Z 2020-04-14T10:46:54Z 2020 book http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/36882 eng application/epub+zip n/a 9789048551880.epub https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048551880 Amsterdam University Press Amsterdam University Press dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a Amsterdam University Press 669 Amsterdam open access
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God's diplomat, the pope of the ecumenical movement, but also an acerbic theologian and a difficult person: this is how journalists characterised Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft (1900-1985). He was one of the best-known Dutch theologians outside the Netherlands and he left his mark on the world church. Even at an early age he made profound efforts in support of international ecumenical youth and student organisations (Dutch Student Christian Movement, YMCA and World Student Christian Federation). He led the World Council of Churches during its formative stages (from 1938), and after its formal establishment in 1948 became its first general secretary, serving until 1966. To Visser 't Hooft, the unity of the church was both an article of faith and of a pragmatic organisation of church influence in a disunited world.
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