by Editor | Oct 24, 2022 | Ecumenism
by John A. Hardon, S.J. The need for ecumenism goes back to the first century of Christianity. Within a generation of Christ’s establishment of the Church by His death on the cross, there were divisions among His followers. One letter of St. Paul after another...
by Editor | Sep 19, 2022 | Ecumenism
Plan For Christian Community by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Is it realistic to talk about Christian unity except in the broad, far-off sense of praying that someday the divided Christian world might come together again? After all, there have been divisions among...
by Editor | Jan 24, 2022 | Christ to Catholicism, Ecclesiology, Ecumenism
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY XI. The Ecumenical Movement by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The term “ecumenical” has a variety of meanings. Its etymology comes from the Greek, oikoumene, which means “the inhabited world.” St. Matthew used the term...
