| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Item |
| Alt Ref No | Ramsey 268, ff. 161-190 |
| Title | World Council of Churches |
| Date | 1973 |
| Description | Papers relating to the World Council of Churches (WCC), including: letter form a member of the public on the position of the WCC towards southern Africa, with reply (ff.161-163); letter from Hugh Whitworth to David Say, Bishop of Rochester, about a question in the House of Lords about the WCC's attitude to terrorists/freedom fighters, with reply (ff.164-165); extract from an Irish Television interview with Archbishop Ramsey about the Anglican Consultative Council's decision to support the WCC in combating racism and giving grants to oppressed people (ff.166-167); letter from Bishop John Howe enclosing one from Paul Burrough, Bishop of Mashonaland, giving his thoughts on the Anglican Consultative Concil meeting in Dublin, with Archbishop Ramsey's reply to Bishop Burrough (ff.168-172, 176); letter from the Revd. Paul Oestreicher about his article on the WCC in The Times, with a copy of a letter to Philip Potter, with Archbishop Ramsey's reply (ff.173-175); correspondence between the Revd. Roger Beckwith and Archbishop Ramsey about Patriarch Pimen's rebuke to the WCC for its "pro-Communist politics" (ff.177-178, 180); letter from Philip Potter thanking Archbishop Ramsey for commemorating the 25th anniversary of the WCC (f.179); correspondence between John Arnold, Geoffrey Tiarks, Bishop of Maidstone, Derek Pattinson, Archbishop Ramsey, and Kenneth Woollcombe, Bishop of Oxford, about the election of representatives to the Church of England delegation to the WCC assembly in Jakarta (ff.181-187); letter from John Habgood, Bishop of Durham, suggesting Deaconess Diana McClatchey as a delegate to Jakarta, with Archbishop Ramsey's reply (ff.188-190). |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2499 | World Council of Churches; 1948- | 1948- |
| GB/109/11107 | Whitworth; Hugh Hope Aston (1914-1996); Lay Assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury | 1914-1996 |
| 105 | Say; Richard David (1914-2006); Bishop of Rochester | 1914-2006 |
| 11 | Ramsey; (Arthur) Michael (1904-1988); Baron Ramsey of Canterbury; Archbishop of Canterbury | 1904-1988 |
| GB/109/8155 | Anglican Consultative Council; 1969- | 1969- |
| DS/UK/4103 | Howe; John William Alexander (1920-2001); bishop of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld and Dunblane | 1920-2001 |
| DS/UK/4729 | Burrough; John Paul (1916-2003); Bishop of Mashonaland | 1916-2003 |
| GB/109/9881 | Oestreicher; Paul (1931-); Canon Residentiary of Coventry Cathedral | 1931- |
| GB/109/14231 | Potter; Philip Alford (1921-); General Secretary, World Council of Churches | 1921- |
| GB/109/13770 | Beckwith; Roger Thomas (1929-); Warden, Latimer House | 1929- |
| GB/109/15135 | Pimen I (1910-1990); Patriarch of Moscow | 1910-1990 |
| GB/109/7933 | Arnold; John Robert (1933-); Dean of Durham | 1933- |
| 564 | Tiarks; Geoffrey Lewis (1909-1987); Suffragan Bishop of Maidstone | 1909-1987 |
| 486 | Pattinson; Sir; (William) Derek (1930-2006); Knight; Secretary-General of General Synod | 1930-2006 |
| GB/109/11833 | Woollcombe; Kenneth John (1924-2008); Bishop of Oxford | 1924-2008 |
| DS/UK/3471 | Habgood; John Stapylton (1927-2019); Baron Habgood; Archbishop of York | 1927-2019 |