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 \nAlready in the course of the early ecumenical movementsuch an understanding,as it were a theological vision of thedesired visible unity of the Church,had been formed.At theassembly of the World Council of Churches(WCC)in NewDelhi(1961)this vision of the unity could be described in a“formula of unity.”  \n\"Unity in reconciled diversity\"-this concept wishes toexpress foremost and especially the view that the desiredunity of the churches does not mean or must not mean their\"unification\"in the sense of blending the existing churchesor in the sense of their absorption in any of the existingchurches.The idea accepts foremost and fundamentally theold ecumenical maxim “unity,not uniformity”This maximalready stressed at the beginning of the ecumenical move-ment that desired unity can embrace “legitimate diversities.”2  \nThis \"formula of unity,\"which later assemblies of theWCC developed in some aspects,is valid and remains validin its core statements-also beyond the circle of memberchurches.3 It cannot be valued too highly in its importance  \nYet the formulation “unity in reconciled diversity”makesat the same time a very specific adjustment to that old maxim.Its very goal is confessional diversities,thus those diversitiesof faith and order which the churches separated from oneanother have and which still divide:must these differencesof confession be given up or abandoned for the sake of thedesired unity,or is it possible that the desired unity offersroom for these diversities and preserves them?  \ncontinued on page 2  \nThe Rev.Dr.Harding Meyer is the former Director andProfessor at the Institute for Ecumenical Research inStrasbourg,France.This article which first appeared inKerygma und Dogma Volume 61,Issue 2-May 2015,pgs.83-106 was translated from the German original text bythe Rev.Dr:William G.Rusch.  \n| IN THIS ISSUE G  \u003Cbr>Reflections on the Churches  \u003Cbr>“Unity in Reconciled Diversity”  \u003Cbr>A Concept of an Ecumenical Goal,Its Purpose,Origin,  \u003Cbr>Forum 2015  \u003Cbr>and Importance  \u003Cbr>ALISONJ.GRIFFITHS...  \u003Cbr>HARDING MEYER……  ……………………   ………Page 1   | nd  \u003Cbr> Toget  \u003Cbr>Page 13  \u003Cbr>0   |\n| --- | --- |\n\nBut it appeared there was no specific answer to the ques-tion what this other model of unity could be.Also attemptsto answer this question in the first decades of the ecumenicalmovement appear expressly not to be pursued.Thus itremained open which specific model of visible unity couldbe considered with “organic union”or replace it.  \nfor the development of the ecumenical movement.For thefirst time,the various ecumenical intentions and individualconcerns were concentrated in a common and organizedstatement.It described the desired visible unity as follows:  \n.….one fully committed fellowship,holding the one apos-tolic faith,preaching the one Gospel,breaking the onebread,joining in common prayer,and having a corporatelife reaching out in ","cbCaillQtbnZdoon","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaillQtbnZdoon","pdf",1333729,16,"English","# I. 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