ecumenical
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Because of that, the Catholic Church in Ireland considers Fr Doyle to be an "ecumenical martyr of charity" who died ministering to soldiers of other Christian denominations.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
In the first decades of Soviet communism, Russian Orthodoxy gave a great witness of martyrdom, even as its exiled thinkers enriched Christian theology and fostered ecumenical dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
All credit goes to John B. Judis, formerly of In These Times and the New Republic, for his ecumenical spirit.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Not every editor is quite as catholic with a little c, as ecumenical, as excited about such a range of writing as I am.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
The minister, who took his ecumenical and—some felt—slightly impersonal remarks from Saint Paul’s sermon on Love from First Corinthians, talked for about half an hour.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing ecumenical
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" (1967)
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"Speech on the Vietnam War, 1967" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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