[SoothingDave]

Is it just me, or does it seem strange that the same people who argue for the beauty of "diversity" in the various churches founded after the Reformation disown this very same diversity when the magic word "ecumenical" is invoked?

SD

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Is it just me, or does it seem strange that the same people who argue for the beauty of "diversity" in the various churches founded after the Reformation disown this very same diversity when the magic word "ecumenical" is invoked?

Don't count me in that group, I'm a die hard militant FUNDAMENTALIST and don't claim any part of the reformation and diversity in the church is BAD.

Now I have to go patrol the perimeter of my compound. :)

BigMack

[OLD REGGIE]

Is it just me, or does it seem strange that the same people who argue for the beauty of "diversity" in the various churches founded after the Reformation disown this very same diversity when the magic word "ecumenical" is invoked?
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Forgive me if I misunderstand the context in which you make this statement. (I confess, I have not read all the pertinent posts).

It seems to me, and Mirriam-Webster, that "Diversity" and "Ecumenical" are mutually exclusive terms. It wouldn't be surprising that those who espouse "diversity" would be skeptical of "Ecumenism".

Skeptical especially, of just how ecumenism is applied.
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di*ver*si*ty (noun), plural -ties

First appeared 14th Century

1 : the condition of being diverse : VARIETY

2 : an instance of being diverse
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di*verse (adjective)

[Middle English divers, diverse, from Old French & Latin; Old French divers, from Latin diversus, from past participle of divertere]

First appeared 14th Century

1 : differing from one another : UNLIKE

2 : composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities

synonym see DIFFERENT
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ec*u*men*i*cal (adjective)

[Late Latin oecumenicus, from Late Greek oikoumenikos, from Greek oikoumene the inhabited world, from feminine of oikoumenos, present passive participle of oikein to inhabit, from oikos house -- more at VICINITY]

First appeared circa 1587

1 : worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application

2 a : of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches

b : promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation

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