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Irenics

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n. Irenical theology, opposed to polemics.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Irenical theology: opposed to polemics.

Word Usage

"The attempts at reunion, pursued with perseverance during the seventeenth century, either among confessions drifting from the Reformation, or among all Christian churches, gathered together, mo - mentarily, deeply religious irenics and politically minded men, primarily concerned with civil peace."

Variant

irenical theology