ecumenical movement
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- noun
- /ˌɛkjuˈmɛnɪkəl ˈmuːvmənt/
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movimiento ecuménico
- The ecumenical movement encourages different Christian denominations to work together towards unity.
- goal of the ecumenical movement
- modern ecumenical movement
- whole ecumenical movement
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The question remains as to what the future of the ecumenical movement is.
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Its contribution to the ecumenical movement is vital, even crucial, but so are the issues that Canberra raised.
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I think that the biggest challenge to the ecumenical movement is its own success.
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Why did it not engage with the ecumenical movement from the beginning?
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My involvement in the ecumenical movement on the academic level began in the early 1960s.
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From its beginnings, the ecumenical movement has missed that point.
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Evangelicals made a major contribution to the rise of the ecumenical movement, but it was not their contribution alone.
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During the last few decades, some observers have predicted the demise of the ecumenical movement.
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From the beginning of the ecumenical movement, the goal of full visible unity has receded considerably.
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Therefore, a candid appraisal of the ecumenical movement in the fall of 2012 must concede both positive and negative aspects.
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Synonyms
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Effort to make different Christian churches and sometimes other religions work together
A belief in different Christian churches working together to become one
An effort to make different Christian churches work together and understand each other
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Morphology
The noun phrase simply combines 'ecumenical' (relating to cooperation among Christian denominations) with 'movement' (a collective pursuing shared goals), so its meaning — a movement promoting Christian unity — is directly derivable from the constituents. Although somewhat domain-specific, the composition is literal and cross-linguistically recognizable (many languages have similar cognates), so a learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Ecumenical movement comes from a Greek word for the 'whole inhabited world' and the idea of a movement of churches across that world coming together. That's why it means 'cooperation and unity among Christian churches'.