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Ecumenism
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Abstract:  This entry explores the etymology of the terms “ecumenism” and “ecumenical” in Greco-Roman culture and in the New Testament, and the technical ecclesiastical meaning of the terms as they de…

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Catherine Clifford, “Ecumenism”, in: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, General Editors Robert A. Segal, Kocku Von Stuckrad. Consulted online on 22 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004249707_vsr_COM_00000018>
First published online: 2016



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