Kolokotronis, thank you for this. I've been pondering the "communion" definition question, and I suspect that among some "communion" is being confused, or blended, with "ecumenism."
"I've been pondering the "communion" definition question, and I suspect that among some "communion" is being confused, or blended, with "ecumenism.""
You know, I'd never thought of that, but you may well be right. There are those who say that ecumenism of necessity is a heresy. I don't share that opinion at all, by the way, but to the extent that ecumenical fellowship extends to syncretism, I can see how that would be a bad thing. In the sense that the term "communion" seems to be used by some Anglicans/Episcopalians, it probably is being seen as an exercise in ecumenism and thus is being used in a very different way from that in which I have been using the term. By the way, for Orthodoxy communion would be the result of ecumenical dialogue, not a tool to foster that dialogue.