But one might also argue that this decision was wisely taken: the whole issue of ecumenicity was situated in the wrong context, that is, of discussing the principle of economy. From Wordnik.com. [Orthodoxy on churches outside "the Church"] Reference
In addition to his British decorations, the French awarded him the Legion of Honour; the Belgians, the Order of Leopold and, as a mark of the ecumenicity of the man, he had the distinction among Roman Catholic prelates of joining an Orange order, when he accepted from the grateful Dutch, the Order of Orange Nassau. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Council and French Canada] Reference
Many previously ignored topics such as compulsory celibacy for the priesthood, birth control, and ecumenicity were discussed without limits. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The representative assembly of any other body of Christians, however widely ramified, must seem insignificant when contrasted with the real ecumenicity of the Vatican Council. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Christianity] Reference
I think he is tacitly acknowledging that if we inject the gospel into the political apparatus of the pro-life movement, we will undermine the ecumenicity that holds the movement together. From Wordnik.com. [Pyromaniacs] Reference
The number of bishops present required to constitute an Ecumenical council cannot be strictly defined, nor need it be so deigned, for ecumenicity chiefly depends on co-operation with the head of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
It is physically impossible to bring together all the bishops of the world, nor is there any standard by which to determine even an approximate number, or proportion, of prelates necessary to secure ecumenicity. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
His All Holiness delivered a very important address entitled "Discerning God's Presence in the World" in which he emphasized "the primacy of ecumenicity or the value of opening up in a world that expects us 'always to be prepared to give an answer to everyone that asks us to give the reason for the hope within us.'". From Wordnik.com. [Greek News] Reference
And as the pope's supremacy is also an essential factor in the constitution of an ecumenical council -- and has in fact been the formal and determining factor in deciding the ecumenicity of those very councils whose authority is recognized by Eastern schismatics and Anglicans -- it naturally occurs to enquire how conciliar infallibility is related to papal. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
O Lastly the papal ratification formally promulgates the sentence of the council as an article of faith to be known and accepted by all the faithful; it brings to light and public view the intrinsic ecumenicity of the council - it is the natural, official, indisputable criterion, or test, of the perfect legality of the conciliar transactions or conclusions. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Interestingly, someone observed that he sees a new ecumenicity occurring in such places as Ridge Pointe and Central Weslyan ... interesting. ". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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