- ZA HPRA AB3421
- Archief
- 13-23 August 1963
The collection contains records relating to the Anglican Church Congress in Toronto, Canada in 1963. It includes: programme of the Congress, addresses of Bishops, presentations of the international speakers, newspaper issues and cuttings, colour slides.
The purpose of the Anglican Congress of 1963 in Toronto was for Anglicans to confer together and to take a look at the world in which they work. The Anglican Congress was examining religio-political movements in the world, life of the church under cultural and scientific advances in life of people.
The subjects discussed at the Congress covered topics like: different world's religions, racism, international relations, problems of social justice, responsibilities of Christians towards those are underprivileged, the refuges and homeless, the role of the priest in this kind of world. During the Congress the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 Anglican Congress was celebrated. At the end of the Conference participating primates and bishops of the Anglican Communion issued a Statement issued a statement to all Christians.
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