!!!Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen in Österreich

Oekumenischer Rat der Kirchen in Oesterreich, Ecumenical Council of 
Churches in Austria, established in 1958, members include all 
Protestant churches and Free Churches as well as the Orthodox churches 
and Eastern Christian Churches in Austria, excluding the Baptist 
churches, which have observer status. The Roman Catholic 
bishops´ conference became a member in 1994 after a change in 
statute. - As a union of churches, the Austrian Ecumenical Council 
aims to promote co-operation among the churches, to express their 
mutual recognition of each other and to encourage Christian unity.

!Literature
P. Karner, Der Oekumenische Rat in Oesterreich, 1986.


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