eirenic
Britishadjective
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Moreover even if the imam were a Salafi, that would not be ground for his expulsion, given that some forms of that back-to-basics theology are quite eirenic: that is Mr Mahi’s argument, and he has urged co-religionists to find peaceful and polite ways to complain about the impending move.
From Economist
Among other topics Mr. Gladstone commended to his mentor the idea of a republication in a series, of the best works of those whom he would call the Henotic or Eirenic writers on the differences that separate Christians and churches from one another.
From Project Gutenberg
He was always declaring that the business of the Church is Eirenic and not Polemic.
From Project Gutenberg
The "World Conference on Faith and Order," the just effected federation of the Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists in Canada, above all the eirenic manifesto of the Bishops at the last Lambeth Conference, all indicate a new spirit working potently in the souls of men.
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