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===Ecumenism=== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2021}} Leibniz devoted considerable intellectual and diplomatic effort to what would now be called an [[ecumenism|ecumenical]] endeavor, seeking to reconcile the [[Roman Catholic]] and [[Lutheran]] churches. In this respect, he followed the example of his early patrons, Baron von Boyneburg and the Duke [[John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|John Frederick]]{{mdash}}both cradle Lutherans who converted to Catholicism as adults{{mdash}}who did what they could to encourage the reunion of the two faiths, and who warmly welcomed such endeavors by others. (The House of [[Brunswick-Lüneburg|Brunswick]] remained Lutheran, because the Duke's children did not follow their father.) These efforts included corresponding with French bishop [[Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet]], and involved Leibniz in some theological controversy. He evidently thought that the thoroughgoing application of reason would suffice to heal the breach caused by the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]].
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