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Article: The Nordic Churches and the Ecumenical Movement.
- Article from:
- The Ecumenical Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
- Author:
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The individuals who energized the early 20th-century ecumenical movement, despite their confessional and theological differences, shared the conviction that the crisis reflected in two world wars, the German church struggle of the 1930s, the social disorder in Europe and the upheaval of communism in Russia challenged the churches to respond in cooperation with each other. In the Nordic region, early leaders such as Archbishop Nathan Soderblom of Sweden and Danish pastor Alfred Th. Jorgensen discovered in theory and practice the importance of the church as an essential component of the gospel.
The second world war strengthened cooperation among the Nordic ...