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The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam 1948: Official Report

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Divinity Atlas. "The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam 1948: Official Report." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-first-assembly-of-the-world-council-of-churches-amsterdam-1948-official-report.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam 1948: Official Report. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-first-assembly-of-the-world-council-of-churches-amsterdam-1948-official-report

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-first-assembly-of-the-world-council,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam 1948: Official Report},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-first-assembly-of-the-world-council-of-churches-amsterdam-1948-official-report},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

This is the official published report of the founding 1948 Amsterdam Assembly of the World Council of Churches, edited by W. A. Visser 't Hooft, the Council's first general secretary, and issued through SCM Press. As the institutional record of the event itself, produced by the organization that convened it, it is the primary source for which churches actually participated in or responded to this founding assembly and what it formally resolved, not a secondhand account of the meeting. Its limit is exactly that institutional origin, it documents this one founding event from inside the organization it created, so a claim about the wider twentieth century ecumenical movement beyond this Assembly, or about any one participating church's own separate doctrine, needs a broader or more specific source than this single official report can provide.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

The official published report of the founding 1948 assembly of the World Council of Churches at Amsterdam, edited by its first general secretary. A primary institutional record of that one event, not a general history of ecumenism or of any one participating church's own doctrine.

Notes

The official published report of the founding 1948 Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam, edited by its first general secretary. Use to document which churches participated in or responded to this founding assembly and what it resolved; a primary institutional record of this one specific event, not a general history of ecumenism or of any one participating church's own doctrine.

Citation

Author

W. A. Visser 't Hooft (ed.)

Publisher

SCM Press

London; edited by W.A. Visser 't Hooft, the WCC's first General Secretary.

Publication Year

1949

Source Type

primary-text

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Amsterdam

This source names Amsterdam directly: "published report of the founding 1948 Amsterdam Assembly of the World Council of Churches, edited by W."

Source The First Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam 1948: Official ReportW. A. Visser 't Hooft (ed.)

Claims Backed By This Source (55 claims)

This source backs 55 claims across the atlas. As facts: 33 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds, 1 connected, 1 rejected Here. Plus 11 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Religious Movements, 17 claims: 14 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Denominations, 16 claims: 2 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 connected, 1 rejected Here, 7 general references.
Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
Councils and Synods, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
Schools of Theology, 1 claims: 1 general references.