Sentence examples for ecumenical unity from inspiring English sources

Its clergy may not serve white congregations; intercommunion between the two churches is prohibited even as a symbol of ecumenical unity.

Nevertheless, according to the American historian John T. McNeill, "the history of the Christian Church from the first century to the 20th might be written in terms of its struggle to realize ecumenical unity".

In 2014, Pope Francis met the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, at the Aedicule, to promote unity.

In Jerusalem, Francis will pray with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople -- a leader for more than 250 million Orthodox Christians -- and sign a joint declaration of Catholic-Orthodox unity.

Joan Z. Shore Paris, Sept. 8, 2010 To the Editor: I wish to applaud Feisal Abdul Rauf's eloquent plea for unity in the spirit of ecumenical peace.

XXXXXXXXXXXX said that the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, which is responsible for ecumenical dialogue--i.e., relations with non-Catholic Christian Churches--is concerned about the effect of the announcement on the ongoing dialogue with the Anglican Church and has resisted pressure to put out a statement in support of the decision.

One of the aims of both of the communities, which observe the same rule, is to further Christian unity, notably by work with the ecumenical movement.

"I am terribly ecumenical myself".

I have pretty ecumenical tastes.

The non-Separatists, more ecumenical in spirit, sought to maintain some bond of unity among Christians.

Bishop Kasper is now the secretary of the Congregation for Christian Unity, the Vatican office that deals with ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.