Ecumene
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Ecuméne is a not a common state of religious or cultural unification and/or coexistence. Ecuméne is a metaphysical state of being accounting for all life past, present, future. Ecuméne's ontology is distinct from multiculturalism or religious pluralism, though it may have elements of one or the other, or of both. Typically there is a single dominant used as a reference point for all the rest: this one core maxim is a spiritual one predicated on a deity. The word ECUMÉNE (also, oikoumene) comes from the Greek noun "oikos" (home) and the Greek verb "meni" (to live), hence the ecumene is "the home of all that have life," a philosophical state of being that includes those who lived in the past, who live in the present, and may live in the future (ref. Ecumenics: The Necessity for Ecumenics in the Process Theory of the Liberal Arts & Sciences, by Prof. Dr. Anastasios Zavales, Secretary General, Ecumenics International, NY USA).
Examples of religious ecumenes include:
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity of Constantinople (theological and metaphysical)
- Medieval Christendom in Roman Catholic Europe (political and economic);
- The pantheism allowed to exist under the Roman Empire under the condition that the Emperial cult be paid proper respects.
Examples of social ecumenes include:
- The late Roman Empire (Roman Catholic);
- The United Nations.
- Ecumenics International, NY USA.
