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03/01/2010

The Ecumenical Movement of the Cross

Sermon for the service of installation of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches

"The cross is and will forever be the sign of the church. This is the symbol that we have together, the symbol of what we have together, the symbol of what the churches have to give to the world. From the beginning to the end.

Nothing except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. Nothing except the cross. Nothing except ..."

Links to full sermon:

English: http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/general-secretary/sermons/the-ecumenical-movement-of-the-cross.html

Spanish: http://www.oikoumene.org/es/documentacion/documents/el-secretario-general-del-cmi/sermons/el-movimiento-ecumenico-de-la-cruz.html

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