pan-Christiann.adj.
/ˌpanˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌpænˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/ A. n.
Originally: (probably) a Christian pantheist. Now: a supporter of Christian ecumenism. rare.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [noun] > person
catholicc1425
pan-Christian1847
unsectarian1847
undenominationalist1879
ecumaniac1963
ecumenist1964
1847 Edinb. Rev. July 36 Francis has abstained from recording his own prodigies... He was a Pan-Christian. He saw the outer world..instinct with the presence, of the Redeemer.
2000 Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem in alt.talk.royalty (Usenet newsgroup) 7 Aug. We recall the words of Pius XI regarding similar activities by the ‘Pan-Christians’—the ecumenists of his day.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or involving all of the different Christian denominations; ecumenical, interdenominational.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > [adjective] > universal
pan-Christian1868
1868 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 291 An explanation..from the Pan-Christian point of view.
1894 Catholic World May 156 The Eastern patriarchs, the Latin, Greek, and Anglican bishops cannot be supposed to maintain their hierarchical superiority in a fraternal, pan-Christian council.
1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 541/2 I've got specifications for a pan-Christian temple for our employees to read, swim, exercise, worship, and lunch in.
1982 A. Burgess End of World News 160 In St Patrick's Cathedral, interdenominational or panchristian since the Fourth Vatican Council..a night service was in progress.
1994 National Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 17 June 2 Rome hopes this celebration [sc. of the year 2000] will be ‘pan-Christian’, involving not only the Roman Catholic Church but other Christian churches as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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