Ecumenism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Ecumenism


00:01:29 1 Purpose and goal of ecumenism
00:02:35 2 Historic divisions in Christianity
00:02:46 2.1 Christian denominations today
00:07:22 2.2 Ancient apostolic churches
00:09:10 2.3 Great Schism
00:12:02 2.4 Western schisms and reformations
00:16:56 3 Modern ecumenical movement
00:19:52 4 Three approaches to Christian unity
00:23:04 4.1 Catholicism
00:28:51 4.2 Orthodoxy
00:32:26 4.3 Anglicanism and Protestantism
00:32:36 4.3.1 Anglicanism
00:35:36 4.3.2 Protestantism
00:38:41 5 Contemporary developments
00:38:51 5.1 Catholic–Orthodox dialogue
00:43:07 5.2 Issues within Protestantism
00:45:52 6 Opposition to ecumenism
00:46:02 6.1 Opposition from some Protestants
00:47:48 6.2 Opposition from some Orthodox Christians
00:50:02 7 Ecumenical organizations
00:50:12 7.1 Councils of churches
00:50:50 7.2 Ecumenical institutes and offices
00:50:59 7.3 Ecumenical monastic communities and orders
00:51:43 7.4 Interdenominational ministries
00:52:40 7.5 Political parties



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The term "ecumenism" refers to efforts by Christians of different Church traditions to develop closer relationships and better understandings. The term is also often used to refer to efforts towards the visible and organic unity of different Christian denominations in some form.
The adjective ecumenical can also be applied to any interdenominational initiative that encourages greater cooperation among Christians and their churches, whether or not the specific aim of that effort is full, visible unity.
The terms ecumenism and ecumenical come from the Greek οἰκουμένη (oikoumene), which means "the whole inhabited world", and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. The ecumenical vision comprises both the search for the visible unity of the Church (Ephesians 4:3) and the "whole inhabited earth" (Matthew 24:14) as the concern of all Christians.
In Christianity the qualification ecumenical is originally (and still) used in terms such as "ecumenical council" and "Ecumenical Patriarch" in the meaning of pertaining to the totality of the larger Church (such as the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church) rather than being restricted to one of its constituent local churches or dioceses. Used in this original sense, the term carries no connotation of re-uniting the historically separated Christian denominations, but presumes a unity of local congregations in a worldwide communion.