Relating to all Christian churches or promoting unity and cooperation between different Christian denominations and faiths.
From Greek oikoumenikos (universal, of the whole inhabited world), evolving to mean 'universal' in a spiritual or religious sense by the 19th century.
The Second Vatican Council was a major ecumenical event where the Catholic Church officially began working with other Christian churches—a huge shift after centuries of separation!
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