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Meanings of ecumenism in inglés

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экуменизм
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ecumenismo cristão
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Efforts by Christians of different church traditions to develop closer relationships and better understandings.

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unidad de los cristianos
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ecumenismo
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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.
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Usage of ecumenism in inglés
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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?
The Irish Times
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Surely this is taking political ecumenism a step too far?
The Irish Times
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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.
The Irish Times
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Many people were really not prepared for the results of Pagan ecumenism and community building.
Drawing Down the Moon
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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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