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The attitude of the Russian Church Abroad to non-Orthodox Christianity under Metropolitan Filaret (Voznesensky) [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2020
The article is devoted to the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) to the Ecumenical movement and non-Orthodox Christianity. Although the ROCOR is often referred to as a structure that did not welcome contacts with non-Orthodox people ...
Andrey Kostryukov
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Ecumenism and Church Relations

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
Ecumenism refers to the wide and multifaceted movement to advance Christian fellowship and the unity of the church. The contemporary ecumenical movement was preceded by nineteenth-century missionary and youth movements mobilizing Christians from various ...
Minna Hietamäki
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‘Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda’ Church renewal from a Reformed perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
With a view to the theme of church renewal, this article explores the role of a well-known and popular phrase in the Reformed tradition within Protestantism, that is, ecclesia reformata semper reformanda [‘the reformed church should always be reformed’].
Leo J. Koffeman
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Looking for Traces of the Ecumenical Question in the relationes ad limina of the German Bishops (1948-58)

JoMaCC, 2022
A historiographical hypothesis ascribed the Holy See’s first post-war pronouncement on ecumenism (5 June 1948) to information gathered during ad limina visits of German bishops that year. This article aims to verify it.
Marotta, Saretta
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Karl Rahner and the Elusive Search for Christian Unity

Religions, 2018
Despite his prominence within the landscape of theology, Karl Rahner is largely absent in ecumenical discourse. This is surprising considering the concern he shows for both the church’s unity and ecumenism throughout his writings.
Eric S. Dart
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Institutional forms of contemporary ecumenical dialogue [PDF]

Međunarodni Problemi, 2011
The article deals with ecumenism and the most important examples of its “institutionalisation”. It is stated that ecumenism implies the doctrine (idea), universal inter-church movement and the proclaimed goal of achieving Christian unity. It possesses
Nikolić Marko, Petković Petar
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An Ecumenical Spirituality

Religions, 2023
The modern ecumenical movement is a part of a wider ecumenism which expresses the universal character of the Christian faith. It is an approach to faith which is aware of the world-wide context of church life and the variety of the cultures and ...
John Binns
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Rethinking local ecumenism in Mberengwa in Zimbabwe through the social construct of ukama of the Karanga people

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Ecumenism refers to church or denominational relations and fellowship that seeks to maintain its nature of unity and oneness. Such movement is regarded as communion or cooperation that involves a visible unity with churches working together at different ...
Rabson Hove
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The Origin and Development of Prison Fellowship International: Pluralism, Ecumenism and American Leadership in the Evangelical World 1974–2006 [PDF]

, 2017
Established in 1979 by Watergate felon Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship International (PFI) is now one of the largest para-church organizations in world evangelicalism.
Kendrick Oliver
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Voice of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI in Defence of the Eucharist as a Propitiatory Sacrifice in the Context of the Catholic-Protestant Controversy

Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2023
The article was inspired by the text Significatio della Comunione contained in Benedict XVI’s posthumously published book Che cos’è il cristianesimo. Quasi un testamento spirituale, which caused a considerable stir in ecumenical circles and was usually ...
Jacek Froniewski
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