[gost2]

Ecumenicalism. The Roman Church never tires of brandishing about this word.

They are like the democrats. Nonpartisanship to a democrat is when the pubbies lay down or bend over and say, “OK we’ll do it your way.”

I hate the word ecumenical. It is a farce. I’ll agree with Roman Catholics the day they accept the Protestant Reformation.

[Boagenes]

Look, I'm Protestant too, but Christ prayed for our unity, that we would all be one, in the Gospel of John. We have to take that seriously. It is scandalous that Christianity is divided. So ecumenism is called for, and the Holy Spirit should teach us all that lesson. I don't if or how it can or will ever be achieved, I sometimes see it as an insurmountable challenge, myself. But we should always be open to it, and no Protestant should be closed to the idea, especially when our Catholic brothers and sisters are reaching out to us.

Remember that Catholics are Christians, first and foremost, and as such we all owe each other the love and respect that Christ would expect of us. I sometimes fall down too, get a tad testy, even angry, when discussing things with Catholics, but keep Christ in mind - first and foremost. Think about how he'd want you to respond.

[CTrent1564]

I have a question, whose version of the Protesant Reformation? It it the Anglican 39 articles as expoused by Thomas Cranmer, is it the Lutheran Confessions or the Calvinist_Westminster COnfessions, is it the form of Protestantism articulated by Zwingli?

What seems simple is not so simple when you start seriously looking into it.