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Article: The Roman Catholic-United Church dialogue in Canada *.
- Article from:
- Journal of Ecumenical Studies
- Article date:
- June 22, 2003
- Author:
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I. Introduction
Presuming that most J.E.S. readers have some knowledge of the Roman Catholic Church, I will begin with a short discussion of the United Church of Canada, followed by a history of the dialogue group. The United Church of Canada came into being through a church union in 1925 among Methodists, Congregationalists, and parts of the Presbyterian Church, which made it the largest Protestant denomination in Canada. The United Church kept a self-understanding of being a "united and uniting" church. Some smaller church unions also happened after 1925 (for example, with the Evangelical United Brethren). The church stands theologically in the Reformed ...