ecumenical movement
Americannoun
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“The ecumenical movement has broadened my viewpoint and I recognize now that God has his people in all churches,” he said in the early 1950s.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2018
He barely touches on the Protestant ecumenical movement.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least as powerful an influence on the future of the predominantly Protestant ecumenical movement was the admission of the Communist-dominated churches.
From Time Magazine Archive
A message of strong support from Demetrios I, the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, reaffirmed Orthodoxy's support for the ecumenical movement but urged it not to be overly preoccupied with "sociopolitical aims."
From Time Magazine Archive
Publicly, council leaders are boosting the assembly as "the most widely representative meeting in the history of the ecumenical movement."
From Time Magazine Archive
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