And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? —William Blake, “Jerusalem.” My recent return to New England for the St. Benedict Center annual conference as well as...
Ecumenism is a neologism. While that sentence hits the ear with all the clumsy force of a Dr. Seuss-like bit of doggerel, it is simply a statement of fact. Traditionally, the word “ecumenical” denoted “of or pertaining to the inhabited...