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The second edition of this theologian’s companion seeks to bring the original dictionary up to date by supplementing it with pertinent ideas and persons from the past 15 years. The emphasis remains, though, upon the historical figures and movements of the first 19 centuries of the Christian era. The clear, succinct definitions of this must-have resource provide every student of theology—whether a...

convened to attempt to resolve disputed issues, usually matters of doctrine. Ecumenical movement, Modern A modern-day movement that has attempted to bring about the unity of believers. It began in 1910 as a result of international missionary conferences. Ecumenism The attempt to bring about unity among believers. It may take the form of either cooperation between separate groups or actual merger into one organism. Ecumenism, Early Early attempts to arrive at unified beliefs through councils that
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