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Ecumene
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Ecumene 

(Greek oikumene), a term that was used to designate the part of the earth inhabited by man. The ecumene was first described by Hecataeus of Miletus, who included Europe (except northern Europe), Asia Minor, Southwest Asia, India, and North Africa in the concept of ecumene.
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Your holiness is known for your support for ecumenical relations and we look forward to your continued leadership in the oikoumene.
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Although oikoumene is often translated "inhabited world" (see definitions 1, 3, and 4 in A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, ed.
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Called to Be One Church can be found on the WCC's website: oikoumene.
A challenging call: North American ecumenists discuss their future by Presbyterian Record
 
 
 
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