За да не удължавам постинга продължавам тука.

Да видим какво казва за Енцикликата архиепископ Димитриос, глава на гръцката православна архиепископия в Америка (към "всел" патриаршия). Какво - нарича я "забележителна' и "бепримерна", изиграла голяма роля за икуменизма:

But this was certainly not the beginning of ecumenical activity with the Ecumenical Patriarchate as it concerned dialogue with other Christians. We may look to a rather prominent encyclical issued in 1920 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate addressed “Unto the Churches of Christ Everywhere”, an unprecedented encyclical of global scope urging all Christian churches to take concrete actions to come closer together in their common faith. This encyclical reads, in part:

“We consider… that above all, love should be rekindled and strengthened among the churches, so that they should no more consider one another as strangers and foreigners, but as relatives, and as being a part of the household of Christ and 'fellow heirs, members of the same body and partakers of the promise of God in Christ' (Ephesians 3:6).”

Since the issuance of that encyclical in 1920, followed by the 1930 Lambeth Conference, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has continued an active role in ecumenical dialogue among Christians. Significantly, we may note its role as a founding member of the World Council of Churches in 1948, in which it is still very active, maintaining offices today at its Geneva headquarters.

Може да намерим още поетични възхвали на икуменизма в речта му при получаване на почетна докторска титла в католическия университет на Светото Сърце - Феърфийлд:

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