Irenics

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irenics \I*ren"ics\, n. (Eccl.)
     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}.
     --Schaff-Herzog.
     [1913 Webster]