Posted on 02/21/2017 1:10:02 AM PST by Jeff Chandler
Ecumenism is everybody’s responsibility. That was the message shared by two nationally-renown speakers at the annual Prayer for Christian Unity, held Jan. 23 this year at St. Mary’s Basilica.
Fr. John Crossin, OSFS, and the Rev. Lowell Almen from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, both members of the U.S. Catholic-Lutheran dialogue, each reflected on the ecumenical progress that has been made. The presentations served as the homily for the annual prayer service which is sponsored by the Arizona Faith Network. The theme this year was “Toward Greater Communion: Reflecting on the Reformation after 500 years,” ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Representatives from multiple denominations led different parts of the service, with Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares reading one of the passages and Bishop John S. Pazak of the Byzantine Eparchy of Phoenix proclaiming the Gospel.
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Source: http://search.elca.org/Pages/Results.aspx?k=homosexuality
The application of Jesus' ethic to sex and coupling, whether hetero- or homosexual, can never produce universal rules
homosexual sex is also moral under the same circumstances.
Those who say homosexual behavior is morally wrong in principle and should not be tolerated in the church must justify that judgment in terms of the principles of love and forgiveness. We cannot rely on St. Paul to do that for us in the 21st century.
Is this the direction the One Holy Catholic Church is headed? God forgive us.
Ecumenism is the cause of the New Vatican II religion. It is not Catholic.
ELCA is not real Lutheranism.
Y’all want to be all ecumenical with the ELCA have at it!
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