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Towards an “Ecumenical” Council Inside of Orthodoxy!
Religions, 2023 Ecumenism is a recurrent theme in Orthodox theological debates, but the syntagma “Orthodox ecumenism” is rarely used because it seems to be very restrictive and inappropriate. However, in exceptional situations, such as a war between two Orthodox peoples,
Nicu Dumitrașcu
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Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican Perspective
Religions, 2023 This article reviews the history of the ecumenical movement from an English Anglican perspective, exploring its successes and limitations. It suggests that ecumenical aspirations risk being bogged down in incremental ecumenism, the pursuit of small steps
Jeremy Morris
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The Reception of Receptive Ecumenism
Ecclesiology, 2021 Receptive Ecumenism (re) has been presented as a distinctive ecumenical approach for nearly fifteen years, and it is eight years since Paul Avis asked the critical question, ‘Are we Receiving Receptive Ecumenism?’ The main part of this essay addresses ...
GregoryAlexander Ryan
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The influence of Calvin’s theology on the Conventus of Reformational Churches in Southern Africa
In die Skriflig, 2010 The need for an ecumenical body for reformational churches in Southern Africa has been felt since the early 1990s. The key matter explored in this article is the question whether the composition and modus operandi of the Conventus reflect a trend in
C.J. Smit
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African Journal of Gender and Religion (AJGR), 2016 This article explores ecumenism from below as demonstrated by women’s leagues in Zimbabwe and South Africa where Christians from different denominations worship together once every week.
Herbert Moyo
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Theology Today, 2021 The article is a personal theological reflection on ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue by one of the commission of drafters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's 2020 social teaching text For the Life of the World: Toward an Orthodox Social Ethos (=FLOW).
Brandon Gallaher
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From conciliar ecumenism to transformative receptive ecumenism
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 This article attends to ecumenicity as the second reformation. The ecumenical organisations and agencies hugely influenced the theological praxis and reflection of the church during the past century.
Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel
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Pentecostal Ecumenism: The Legacy of David Du Plessis
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021 This article retrieves the historical ecumenical endeavours of David Du Plessis – the South African who ended being an American citizen and the Assemblies of God credentialed minister.
K. Resane
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Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 2012 The ecumenical movement seeks to achieve Christian unity through greater visible communion between the separated (or divided) institutional Churches of Christianity worldwide. The practice of ecumenism and ecumenical theology have developed principally at the doctrinal and theological levels.
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The Church and Ecumenism in the Thought of John Henry Newman
Roczniki Teologiczne, 2021 This article explores the development of Newman’s thought on the Church, throughout different phases of his long life. The article focuses, among other themes, on the nature of the Church, the important introduction to his Via Media (1877), the ...
Hector Scerri
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