The ecumenism of the martyrs
Yet in the early 1970s we began to prepare a small ecumenical martyrology and to seek ways of commemoration that would conform to the Gospel and respect the deepest convictions of the various Churches.
Yet in the early 1970s we began to prepare a small ecumenical martyrology and to seek ways of commemoration that would conform to the Gospel and respect the deepest convictions of the various Churches. Out of this community project was born not only our Libro dei testimoni (San Paolo 2002), but also an itinerary of reflection shared with the Commission Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches, the only commission in which Catholic theologians also participate, which in turn led to a Symposium on A Cloud of Witnesses: Opportunity for an Ecumenical Commemoration. This was held in Bose around the feast of All Saints, with the presence of about eighty Christians from various Churches — Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant — who came from five continents and were united by the conviction that the memory of witnesses of the faith can be a seed for Christians also in the twenty-first century and a promise of that communion of saints that we profess in the Creed.