ECUMENICAL MOVEMENTS WITH ON THE CHRITIANITY

Question 1

Ecumenicsm =

Answer 1

‘the whole world of the inhabited world’
Increase understanding and effect social change cooperativity.

Question 2

Characteristics;

Answer 2

The unity of professing Christians of all denominations.
Cooperation across denominations.
Focus on commonalities.

““Thus it is absolutely clear that ecumenism. Is an organic part of the Church life”
-Saint Pope, John Paul II

Question 3

Important dates

Answer 3

• Formation of the Uniting Church in Australia- 1977.
  Congregational Union of Australia, The Methodist Church of Australia, and the Presbyteriam Church of Australia.
• Formation of the National Council of Churches of Australia in 1994.