Church Union - Kyokaigoudou

Japanese: 教会合同 - きょうかいごうどう

It is a translation of the English term ecumenism or ecumenical movement, and is also known as the "world church movement." It is a movement to unify the Christian world, which has split into many denominations over its long history, and was led by Protestants and became fully operational from the 20th century onwards. The turning point was the holding of the World Mission Congress in Edinburgh in 1910 and the formation of the World Council of Churches (WWC) in 1948. The Catholic side also set the goal of church unification at the Second Vatican Council, and in 1965 the mutual excommunication with the Eastern Orthodox Church (which had existed since 1054) was lifted.
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Japanese:

英語ecumenism，ecumenical movementなどの訳で，〈世界教会運動〉とも。その長い歴史の中で多くの教派が分立するに至ったキリスト教世界の統一運動で，プロテスタントの主導により20世紀以降本格化した。画期は1910年のエディンバラ世界宣教会議開催と1948年の世界教会協議会（WWC＝World Council of Churches）結成。カトリック側も第２バチカン公会議で教会合同を目標に掲げるとともに，1965年には東方正教会との相互破門（1054年以来）を解消した。
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