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Ecumenical   /ˌɛkjumˈɛnɪkəl/   Listen
Ecumenical

adjective
(Written also oecumenical)
1.
Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions.  Synonyms: ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical.  "Ecumenical activities" , "The ecumenical movement"
2.
Of worldwide scope or applicability.  Synonyms: cosmopolitan, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide.  "The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" , "Universal experience"



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"Ecumenical" Quotes from Famous Books



... than thirty years older than the Roman Catholic Church; for the Augsburg Confession was adopted in 1530, while the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, which are the Confession of the Roman Catholic Church, were not completed until 1563. The ecumenical creeds are accepted by both Churches, and therefore prove nothing ...
— An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism • Joseph Stump


Words linked to "Ecumenical" :   comprehensive, nonsectarian, ecumenism, unsectarian


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