Divisões na Igreja: desafios para o ecumenismo hoje.

This article examines the divi sions among Christians by retrieving the motivations and dynamics of the his torical and theological events that caused them. It proposes a rereading of such elements as a way to overcome their di visive potential for the present and the future of the Church. The text concludes that overcoming the divisions among Christians requires an evaluation of the Christian and ecclesial identity, healing the memory and performing a structural re view or the Church's organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]