Abstract
This chapter explores the decisive contribution of the ressourcement movement to the articulation of a Catholic theology of ecumenism, particularly in the person and work of Yves Congar (1904‐95), ‘the father of Roman Catholic ecumenism’. There are five main sections to the chapter. First, attention is given to the basic fact of a relationship going beyond mere coincidence between ressourcement and the emergence of a Catholic ecumenism. Second, a critical issue is identified concerning the inner coherence of Congar's ecumenical work and the reading pursued in this essay, which finds in him a developing articulation of what has come to be referred to as Receptive Ecumenism. The third, fourth, and fifth sections in turn are given over respectively to close readings of Congar's three great works of ecumenical theology: his groundbreaking 1937 study, Chrétiens désunis; his 1964 collection, Chrétiens en dialogue; and his 1982 exploration, Diversités et Communion.
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