ecumenical
1) Of worldwide scope or applicability; universal.
2) Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church.
3) Concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions.
2) Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church.
3) Concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions.
conquering hunger in the Third World should be the ecumenical preoccupation of all people, regardless of faith, in the Western world.
ecumenically contrived
A proven willingness to creatively modify scripture, oppress alternative translations and categorically deny contrary, dis-confirming evidence ... all in a desperate attempt to satisfy the criteria of messiahship.
If you came to understand that the 'virgin birth' was ecumenically contrived, would you still need to believe it? What about walking on water...?