https://freerepublic.com/tag/centralityofchrist/ en-us Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:41:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4395413/posts Müller warns of an "internal apostasy" in the West in the face of the expansion of Islam Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller has warned that the expansion of Islam in Europe coincides with a profound identity crisis in the West, which is abandoning its Christian roots. “Muslims do not respect a weak Christianity that is ashamed of the Cross and reduces itself to a charitable organization or an environmental watchdog body,” stated the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.Müller made these remarks in a prepared address for the Tavole di Assisi 2026, a gathering held on... InfoVaticana https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4395413/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:41:19 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1101129/posts We take the Epistles and we think of them as having to do within the building of the Church and the churches, the superstructure of Christianity, and so we take the technique of the Acts and the Epistles as a technique, as a system of doctrine and a system of practice, a system of Christian order, and the Epistles become - and have become for so many and for Christianity in general - a crystallized system of practice, order, form, teaching; and the weakness in the whole position is just this, that that is something as in itself and the... T. Austin Sparks On-Line Library https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1101129/posts#comment Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:39:16 GMT