different between ecumenicism vs ecumenical
ecumenicism
English
Etymology
ecumenic +? -ism
Noun
ecumenicism (usually uncountable, plural ecumenicisms)
- ecumenicalism; ecumenism
Related terms
- ecumenical
ecumenicism From the web:
ecumenical
English
Alternative forms
- œcumenical
- oecumenical
Etymology
From ecumenic +? -al.?
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?k.j??m?.n?.k?l/, /??k.j??m?.n?.k?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k.j??m?.n?.k?l/
Adjective
ecumenical (not comparable)
- (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]
- 1999, Dr Martyn Percy, The Guardian, 5 Jun 1999:
- Within Europe, the church's ecumenical partnerships have demonstrated that ecclesial unity may have political resonances.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 215:
- Nicaea has always been regarded as one of the milestones in the history of the Church, and reckoned as the first council to be styled ‘general’ or ‘oecumenical’.
- 2010, ‘Britain's ancient shame in Slovenia’, The Economist, 30 Oct 2010:
- Rather touchingly, an ecumenical mass of reparation for the victims of the massacres was held on October 29, in the very English village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. The service was led by the Catholic bishop of Northampton, with Archbishop Metropolitan Stres from Ljubljana and the Anglican bishop of Buckingham.
- 1999, Dr Martyn Percy, The Guardian, 5 Jun 1999:
- General, universal, worldwide. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
- (general, universal): universal, worldwide
Derived terms
Translations
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ecumenical From the web:
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- what ecumenical movement
- what ecumenical councils
- ecumenical what is the definition
- what does ecumenical mean
- what does ecumenical mean in religion
- what is ecumenical dialogue
- what is ecumenical church
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