Initial Statement Towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace

GLORY TO GOD AND PEACE ON EARTH

This initial statement was written by the Drafting Group for the Ecumenical Peace Declaration on Just Peace. This group is in charge of preparing the draft of the International Declaration on Just Peace.

Download the full text of the intital statement (pdf, 133 KB)

Content:

• Glory to God and Peace on Earth - Meditative Introduction (pdf, 14 KB)
• Preamble: Witnessing to Peace in a Violent World (pdf, 23 KB)
• Chapter 1:  The God of Peace and the Peace of God (pdf, 50 KB)
• Chapter 2:  In the Name of Christ: Churches as Communities and Agents of Peace-building (pdf, 48 KB)
• Chapter 3:  On the Way towards Just Peace - The Scope of the Churches' Engagement (pdf, 49 KB)