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ecumenical

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ecumenical, oecumenical, ecumenic, oecumenic
1. of or relating to the Christian Church throughout the world, esp with regard to its unity
2. 
a. tending to promote unity among Churches
b. of or relating to the international movement initiated among non-Catholic Churches in 1910 aimed at Christian unity: embodied, since 1937, in the World Council of Churches
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One of the great joys that I have experienced in my life of faith has been the ability to join with Roman Catholics and Christians of several differing traditions in occasions of worship, including ecumenical events, and to already know the words of many of the prayers and other liturgical texts.
Mixed messages: the new Catholic translations of the Mass pose a ... by Johnson, Maxwell E. / U.S. Catholic
She was a financial secretary at the former Worcester County Ecumenical Council.
Grayce C. Anderson by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council brought together church leaders from around the region to criticise "the fear, hatred and racism of the BNP".
Churches join forces to oppose the BNP by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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