Hello everyone. I have a persistent thought. What if ecumenism is necessary? There are so many tens of millions of Christians who are almost entirely in agreement, most of whom are really just missing something. In fact I was quite surprised: I recently spent a Sunday at a Methodist church, and to be honest, I really didn't hear any heresies. It was more a question of what is missing. (A lot). Now, I can find ways to object. For example, they emphasized 'works' to the point that one could accuse them of chiliasm, trying to make heaven on earth. But in reality, they just want to be Christ to more people. And so do we all.
Despite the differences, the various groups get (i.e. understand) a lot of Christianity. I'd wager that this applies to the millions of non-Chalcedonians.
How do we know that exaggerating and focusing on the differences is truly the right thing to do? What if the right thing to do is to keep feelers out, and try to encourage people to come together? If any thought of trying to do that is met with withdrawal, and if that 'walling off' is correct, then the result is that the Church will be tinier and tinier and tinier, and how can that be correct? Especially when you interact with people and see that they are not so very far wrong? Any thoughts?