Canadian on WCC body.ENI--Anglican theologian Rev. John Saint <noinclude> John Michael Saint (born January 31, 1969, in Auburn, New South Wales), is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from the 1995/96 season, until the 1997/98 season, but failed to hold down a regular berth in the side. Helier Gibaut, who teaches at a Roman Catholic university, is to head a post at the World Council of Churches that deals with matters of church unity. He will take his position as head of the WCC's Commission on Faith and Order in January. Gibaut currently teaches theology at Saint Paul University Saint Paul University (French: Université Saint-Paul) is a Catholic Pontifical university federated with the University of Ottawa. It is located on Main Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and has been entrusted for more than a century to the Congregation of the Missionary in Ottawa, where he specializes in liturgical and historical theology. Gibaut earned a doctorate in theology from Trinity College, Toronto. The 120-member WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m commission encourages theological dialogue to promote church unity. It includes representatives of WCC member churches and also non-member churches such as the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. . "The ongoing challenge is to broaden the circles and conversations around Faith and Order issues," the WCC statement quoted Gibaut as saying. |
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