Quotes About Ecumenism

I have friends who are Roman Catholics. I have friends who are Lutherans.

The real ecumenical crisis today is not between Catholics and Protestants but between traditional and experimental forms of church life.

An effective ecumenist loves the Church, because the Church's life is part of the mysteries we assent to in our act of faith. Secondly, we have to meet other Christians always in a spirit of reconciliation, mutual respect and understanding.

Modern ecumenism rightly began in mission, but then lapsed into a merger mentality, then defensive bureaucracy, and finally into unrepresentative forms of extreme politicization.