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
Publicly, council leaders are boosting the assembly as "the most widely representative meeting in the history of the ecumenical movement."
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Kevin Ranaghan, a Roman Catholic who was chairman of the conference: "I believe this is the largest grass-roots ecumenical movement in 800 years."
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
This merger finally unites the three elements with which the ecumenical movement began.
From Time Magazine Archive
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