Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican Perspective
This article reviews the history of the ecumenical movement from an English Anglican perspective, exploring its successes and limitations. It suggests that ecumenical aspirations risk being bogged down in incremental ecumenism, the pursuit of small steps in inter-church relations. A worked example i...
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| description | This article reviews the history of the ecumenical movement from an English Anglican perspective, exploring its successes and limitations. It suggests that ecumenical aspirations risk being bogged down in incremental ecumenism, the pursuit of small steps in inter-church relations. A worked example is the Porvoo agreement, which depended on a new paradigm of the Anglican understanding of order, yet which has not been applied equivalently elsewhere. The necessity of unity is reasserted, and a call for a more imaginative, eschatological paradigm of unity is made. Some implications for Anglican ecumenism are briefly explored. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ea1ab82f036435f906103cda51de0de2023-11-24T15:03:58ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-11-011411141010.3390/rel14111410Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican PerspectiveJeremy Morris0Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9BS, UKThis article reviews the history of the ecumenical movement from an English Anglican perspective, exploring its successes and limitations. It suggests that ecumenical aspirations risk being bogged down in incremental ecumenism, the pursuit of small steps in inter-church relations. A worked example is the Porvoo agreement, which depended on a new paradigm of the Anglican understanding of order, yet which has not been applied equivalently elsewhere. The necessity of unity is reasserted, and a call for a more imaginative, eschatological paradigm of unity is made. Some implications for Anglican ecumenism are briefly explored.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/11/1410AnglicanismorderecumenismChurch of Englandfaith and orderconciliarity |
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| title | Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican Perspective |
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| title_short | Imaginative Ecumenism—Rethinking the Paradigm from an Anglican Perspective |
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