English Explanatory Dictionary

ecumenical movement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a movement among Protestant groups since the 1800s aimed at achieving universal Christian unity through international or interdenominational organizations. There are also Ecumenical Councils in the Roman Catholic church; since the Great Schism (1054), the Eastern churches have not been involved.

Word forms

ecumenical movement

Related words

ecumene ecumenic ecumenical ecumenicalism ecumenicism ecumenism
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