This is nothing new. They’ve been talking like this for a generation. Nothing will ever come of it unless the Lutherans put themselves under the authority of the Pope.
just erase history
A sign that the Holy Spirit is at work to bring the Christians back together as Jesus prayed that all His followers will be one.
Luther was of the Other
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As I have said on a gazillion threads, what unites us is far greater than what divides us.
I’m a staunch 5-point Calvinist. I also recognize that there are plenty of Catholics who love Jesus and want to serve Him as best they can. There are also plenty of cultural “Catholics” whose faith is completely nonexistent. The very same can be said of Protestants - plenty who love Jesus, plenty who are Christians in name only.
The divides between Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic are nothing more than family squabbles.
Common heritage - like, ummm, Yashua???
For what its worth, I was at a training session in the Spring, for the Alpha program in Calgary. The goal, Alberta-wide, is to have 30,000 do the Alpha course. The meeting was held at a large evangelical church and had attendees from 25-30 churches. Among the speakers was the Alpha Co-ordinator for the Calgary Diocese(sp?). He explained that the Alpha program, as presented in Alberta RC churches was the same as that presented by the Protestant churches.
The ELCA and the LWF--the usual suspects. Extremely LIBERAL "Lutherans." The real Lutherans, the confessional ones, are not party to this farce.
Missouri Synod?...