Ecumenical Movement

Ecumenism (), also spelled as oecumenism or œcumenism, is the concept and principle in which Christians belonging to different Christian denominations work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjective ecumenical is thus applied to any interdenominational initiative that encourages greater cooperation between Christians and their churches. The fact that all Christians belonging to mainstream Christian denominations profess faith in Jesus and receive baptism according to the Trinitarian formula is seen as being a basis for ecumenism and its goal of Christian unity. Ecumenists cite John 17:20–23 as the Biblical grounds of striving for …

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Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame · 2024 English

Panelist, “Christian Zionism and the Ecumenical Movement,” (December 5, 2023) a webinar sponsored


OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 27 March 2023 English

The 15 September 2022 International Roundtable 9 The Dark Chapters of the Romani Past and Memorialization 10 The Present and the Past: human rights situation of Roma and related groups …

many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, whose goal is Christian unity. The WCC brings


Cordaid · 17 March 2023 English

In ICCO circles the government, the partners, the staff, or the board? Or a little bit of all of them? this meeting is considered the beginning of the organisation. [...] …

milieu, he became an active member of the ecumenical movement. world’s poor. It ignores the critical questions


Cordaid · 17 March 2023 English

In ICCO circles the government, the partners, the staff, or the board? Or a little bit of all of them? this meeting is considered the beginning of the organisation. [...] …

milieu, he became an active member of the ecumenical movement. world’s poor. It ignores the critical questions


CENSIS: Centre for Social Studies and Policies · 2022 Italian

The document is a tribute to Don Clemente, highlighting his dedication to the Church, his intellect, and his commitment to dialogue and ecumenism. It reflects on his significant roles and …


IAI: Istituto Affari Internazionali · 4 November 2021 English

16 According to a leaked report, in the NSC consideration of 17 the now famous Presidential Review Memorandum 10, one of the 18 options proposed in the event of a …

national concern. In the context of the ecumenical movement, in the Netherlands Council of Churches and from the ecumenical organisations - the ecumenical movement .at least. initiates items for the agenda with the government and the peopple, in the ecumenical movement and with the sisterchurches - that all the Roman Catholic bishops and the international ecumenical movement. This choice implies that we, though maintaining


SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs · 13 October 2021 English

In addition, a raft of concerns exist about the conduct of Zimbabwean politics and the adherence of the state and some other actors to the demands of the Constitution. [...] …

Constitution: Reactions and Reflections from the Ecumenical Movement in Zimbabwe,’ Journal of Interdisciplinary


The Centre for East European and International Studies · 15 March 2021 English

The report explores the documents of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organi- sations (AUCCRO), the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). [...] The …

carried out by the strongest critics of the ecumenical movement.36 Both conservative evangelical groups and


Christian Aid · 9 December 2020 English

After the emergency, Christian Aid’s continued support to MAB in the region helped ensure that the affected communities were able to participate in discussions around the emergency response, and to …

Bolsonaro government – includes a progressive ecumenical movement radical cuts in social programmes and basic lot. (MAB representative) The progressive ecumenical movement and those In short, ecumenical movements Alliance existed. We did to work with the ecumenical movement in the campaigns together. Later, the ecumenical Jair Bolsonaro’s election in 2018, Brazil’s ecumenical movement has been concerned about his strong opposition human rights defenders in Brazil today. The ecumenical movement, in collaboration with Christian Aid, has


Christian Aid · 12 October 2020 English

Our staff and partners had to adapt quickly to with faith leaders and other lockdown and change their ways of working to ensure the partners to raise awareness of the …

inequality and injustice. We supported the ecumenical movement and the role of the church as a progressive


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