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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