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Meanings of ecumenism in English
Efforts by Christians of different church traditions to develop closer relationships and better understandings.
Related terms
Portuguese
ecumenismo Catalan
ecumenisme (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity.
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Examples for "ecumenicism"
Examples for "ecumenicism"
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Such was the nature of Abram's ecumenicism.
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Last year I was at a meeting of the Letterkenny Theology group with senior priests informing us about the progress in ecumenicism.
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The Catholic Church's World Youth Day festival is proving a success, despite rows over free speech, ecumenicism and clerical sex abuse, writes Pádraig Collinsin Sydney.
Usage of ecumenism in English
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Our duties to ecumenism are fully appreciated, and carried out with enthusiasm.
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What is the difference between ecumenism and recruiting for one's own church?
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Surely this is taking political ecumenism a step too far?
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Mr Paisley founded the Free Presbyterian Church in opposition to church practices like ecumenism
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It is a reminder of a kind of underground ecumenism that was always there.
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Many people were really not prepared for the results of Pagan ecumenism and community building.
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The peace process and ecumenism dominated President McAleese's Vatican audience yesterday with Pope John Paul II.
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It has to be repeated constantly that unless ecumenism is based on truth it is a sham.
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He stands for ecumenism and cultural accommodation.
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The main problem with ecumenism is too often the implicit failure to recognise and respect core dividing principles.
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Canon Edgar Turner, who has died in his 97th year, was among the pioneers of ecumenism in Ireland.
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Sir, - Courtesy, generosity and co-operation are essential for the successful promotion of ecumenism, especially in combined worship.
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Should the Orange Order in this age of ecumenism, and now stressing more its cultural aspects, revise its anti Catholicism?
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It was now a "stark choice" between ecumenism and sectarianism, with the latter rearing "its ugly head" again.
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I understand ecumenism as respecting the differences between the different churches and working to bring about understanding and, some day, union.
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Indifference, or a sense that we have achieved so much we can relax, is the greatest enemy of progress in ecumenism.
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Ecumenism through the time