Posted on 02/20/2014 11:57:12 AM PST by NYer
I don’t disagree with anything he said.
For the night is coming when no man can work.
Translation: Let's follow emotions rather than having a honest debate on objective truth in God's Word.
NO SALE.
Agree.
So, is the Pope proposing to initiate communion or full communion with a church that ordains women as deacons and priests?
Christian unity is also important so as to repel their common enemy — Islam.
The infamous Rodney King solution to every problem: “Can’t we all just get along?” And the answer is always,”No, unless you give in to me.”
As an Evangelical, I am honestly confused about why the 1999 Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification has not resulted in more unity. It seems that the 14 year old news that we agree on the basics of the gospel has not filtered down to the masses.
My active practicing Catholic relatives do not seem to believe that salvation is “by grace alone, in faith in Christ’s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us to good works.” And unfortunately, many of my Evangelical friends do not believe Catholics can be Christians, because they think Catholicism teaches a works based salvation.
I’d be interested in knowing what the Catholic FReepers think. I came to Christ primarily because my Catholic mother-in-law prayed for me to accept Christ as my Savior for over 10 years. I am convinced she is in heaven today because of her faith. She wept with joy the day my husband and I told her we had accepted Christ and had become active in and Evangelical church.
As a Presbyterian I can agree with him. The world is against the Christian faith and we must stand together for our belief in Christ although each faith may do things differently. Christ said, ‘love one another’.
I seem to remember this was agreed upon at the meeting, but higher headquarters in Rome said no dice.
Plus the RC on FR seem to disagree with this statement.
We want unity too, but that doesn't mean I am unifying with a group that denies that we are saved by faith alone in Christ alone.
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Late one night, the Pope awoke to a vision from God —
God: “I am sorely displeased that my children have not heeded my voice and are violently divided from each other, rather than united in truth and love. The Good News is that I am creating a new dispensation in which all men shall be united as members of one faith.”
Pope: “Oh! Praise! Lord, that IS good news!”
God: “The Bad News is, I’m calling you from Salt Lake City.”
If it was nixed, I presume it was for a different reason, as the Church has affirmed salvation by grace alone since the second synod of Orange.
Not just the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. Here, in Latin America and elsewhere, the evangelical and Pentecostal movements are too big, with too many former members in their flock, for the Church to ignore.
With the upcoming Easter this year being shared by all the Christian Churches, this could be a true blessing in itself.
Correction: debate begins with God's Word.
.....And much more so, the enemy.
There are certainly areas where we can work together. But that pope might have looked like a foot washing Baptist for a little bit, but he just called us to go to confession. That Pope’s Catholic!
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