ecumenicity

American  

[ek-yoo-muh-nis-i-tee, -me-, ee-kyoo-] / ˌɛk yʊ məˈnɪs ɪ ti, -mɛ-, ˈi kyʊ- /

noun

1. (in the Christian church) the state of being ecumenically united, especially in furthering the aims of the ecumenical movement.

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Etymology

Origin of ecumenicity

First recorded in 1830–40; ecumenic ( def. ) + -ity

Example Sentences

The organized ecumenical movement seems to be on the back burner and ecumenicity is now taking place where Roman Catholics and Protestants share beliefs in matters like the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection of Christ.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Brethren call him "Mr. Ecumenicity," and he aptly symbolizes the council's current interest in church unity and building a more effective central machinery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Van den Heuvel points out that most cases of interCommunion have taken place in situations of "secular ecumenicity," where Christians are working together to relate the church to social problems, and "there is nothing more normal than to express that unity in liturgical form."

From Time Magazine Archive

In this century the ideal of unity, of ecumenicity, has strongly reappeared.

From Time Magazine Archive

He fears that he has conceded too much to the papal party in not treating the Syllabus as ex cathedra; in allowing that the popes had been apt to claim dogmatic infallibility for wellnigh a thousand years; as to the ecumenicity of the Vatican council.

From Project Gutenberg