Ecumenism--Boon or Bane? / Beach, Bert Beverly / (PB/1974-1974/B+/USED)

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This book traces the history of ecumenism from the time the first efforts were put forth to bring together the diverging elements of the early Christian church, down through the era of Roman Catholic ascendance, past the valiant efforts of the reformation leaders to bring about unity among their various communions, to the modern ecumenical movement, which began in the middle of the nineteenth century and has swelled to a powerful tide in this present century. The author's insights into this history are both enlightening and intriguing.

Perhaps the most important aspect of this book is what the author projects for the future of ecumenism based on the experience and history of the past and present. This is a book that every student of the ecumenical movement must read.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Ecumenical-Past, Present, Prospect
A Story of Division
A Story of Fifteen Centuries of Unity
The Church Becomes the Churches
Dressing The Ecumenical Soil
The Ecumenical Tide Rolls In
Is Division Sin?
Spiritual Self-Disarmament
The Sin of Syncretism
Christianity and Rome's Syncretistic Mint

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