Ecumenical
91ecumenical patriarch — ecumen′ical pa′triarch n. rel the patriarch of Constantinople, the highest dignitary of the Greek Orthodox Church • Etymology: 1860–65 …
92Ecumenical Council — /ɛkjəmɛnɪkəl ˈkaʊnsəl/ (say ekyuhmenikuhl kownsuhl) noun Roman Catholic Church a conclave representative of the entire Church convened at a specific date and place to consider important questions of dogma and practice and to reach a conclusion… …
93ecumenical patriarch — /ɛkjəmɛnɪkəl ˈpeɪtriak/ (say ekyuhmenikuhl paytreeahk) noun See patriarch (def. 5) …
94ecumenical dialogue — This term (from the Greek oikoumenē, meaning the inhabited world or universal, and dialogos,meaning conversation ) refers to conversations among Christians of different denominations who seek to resolve Church dividing issues, both doctrinal… …
95ecumenical patriarch — noun : the patriarch of Constantinople who is the acknowledged highest ecclesiastical official in the Eastern Orthodox Church by virtue of a primacy of honor …
96Catholic Ecumenical Councils — This article is about the history of Catholic Ecumenical Councils, including Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic views; for general views, see Ecumenical Council. Catholic Ecumenical Councils include twenty one councils over a period of 1700… …
97First seven Ecumenical Councils — In Christianity, the first seven Ecumenical Councils, from the First Council of Nicaea (325) to the Second Council of Nicaea (787), represent an attempt to reach an orthodox consensus. The East West Schism, formally dated to 1054, was still… …
98Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate — The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate are honorees of the Patriarch of Constantinople, who have been selected from among the laity due to service to those portions of the Eastern Orthodox Church under his particular guidance. The Order of… …
99Local ecumenical partnership — In England and Wales, a local ecumenical partnership (or project) is a partnership between churches of different denominations. First piloted in 1964, over 850 now exist to promote unity between different Christian denominations.Although broadly… …
100Reformed Ecumenical Council — The Reformed Ecumenical Council is an international organization of Calvinist Churches. It has 39 member denominations from 25 countries in its membership, and those churches have about 12 million people together. It was founded in 1946 as the… …
