ecumenism

Examples of ecumenism in the following topics:

• Ecumenism

  • Ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at creating greater Christian unity or cooperation.
  • Ecumenism refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation .
  • Within this particular context, ecumenism refers to the idea that Christians should literally unify under a single Christian church.
  • Ecumenism contrasts with the practice of interfaith dialogue, which is aimed at unity, respect, and cooperation among diverse religions.
  • Ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation.

• Religious Denominations

  • In a similar but different vein, ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation.
  • Within this particular context, the term ecumenism refers to the idea of a Christian unity in the literal meaning: that there should be a single Christian Church.

• Protestantism

  • The Federal Council of Churches, founded in 1908, marked the first major expression of a growing, modern ecumenical movement among Christians in the United States.
  • In 1950, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (usually identified as National Council of Churches, or NCC) represented a dramatic expansion in the development of ecumenical cooperation.

• Iconoclasm in Byzantium

  • In 754 CE Constantine summoned the first ecumenical council concerned with religious imagery, the Council of Hieria, which 340 bishops attended.
  • After Leo IV too died, Irene called another ecumenical council, the Second Council of Nicaea, in 787 CE that reversed the decrees of the previous iconoclast council and restored image worship, marking the end of the First Iconoclasm restored image worship.

• The Great Schism of 1054

  • In 1053, the first step was taken in the process which led to formal schism: the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius ordered the closure of all Latin churches in Constantinople, in response to the Greek churches in southern Italy having been forced to either close or conform to Latin practices.
  • The papal legate sent by Leo IX traveled to Constantinople for purposes that included refusing to Cerularius the title of "Ecumenical Patriarch" and insisting that he recognize the Pope's claim to be the head of all the churches.

• Timeline

  • 325 CE: The first Ecumenical Council, the Council of Nicaea, is convened to attain a consensus on doctrine through an assembly representing all of Christendom.

• The Byzantine Empire

  • Religious tensions with the Church in Rome began in the fourth century, resulting in seven Ecumenical Councils over six hundred years.

• Progressivism and Religion

  • Most began programs for social reform, which led to ecumenical cooperation and, in 1910, in the formation of the Federal Council of Churches, although this cooperation about social issues often led to charges of socialism.

• The Catholic Church

  • Empress Irene, siding with the pope, called for an Ecumenical Council.

• Markets and Missionaries

  • Most began programs for social reform, which led to ecumenical cooperation in 1910 during the formation of the Federal Council of Churches (although cooperation regarding social issues often led to charges of Socialism).