Conradie, Ernst12/12/201412/12/20142013Conradie, E.M. (2013). Notions and forms of ecumenicity: some South African perspectives. In Conradie, EM (ed): South African perspectives on notions and forms of ecumenicity. Stellenbosch: SUN Press, pp. 9-22978-1-920689-07-0https://hdl.handle.net/10566/1322This contribution addresses the abstract question of how the adjective �ecumenical� may be understood. What notions and forms of ecumenicity may be identified? There may be no single authoritative definition, but one may identify a range of specific connotations attached to the term �ecumenical�. Here I will have to fly a bit higher in order to gain an �overview� that is wider than South Africa. I will offer some South African perspectives where appropriate. In what follows below I will identify and briefly describe some 23 distinct ways in which the term �ecumenicity� can and has been understood in different historical epochs and contextsenCopyright Ecumenical Foundation of Southern Africa and Ernst Conradie. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Ecclesiastical historyPolitical developmentsKairos DocumentSouth AfricaChurch leadersBook chapter