Pope Encourages Methodists and Waldensians to Walk Path to Full Christian Unity

Vatican Radio ^ | 8/21/17

[marshmallow]

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has urged Methodist and Waldensian Churches to continue to walk together with the Catholic Church on the path towards full Christian unity pointing out that in a world lacerated by violence and fear it is all the more important to live and to convey the Christian message of welcome and fraternity.

The Pope’s words of friendship and closeness came in a message on Monday to the annual Synod of the Italian Methodist and Waldensian Churches taking place in Torre Pellice - near Turin - from 20 to 25 August.

Recalling recent encounters between the Churches and a shared celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, the Pope said “May Jesus’ gaze brighten our relationship so that it is never just formal or proper, but fraternal and lively.

“The Good Shepherd – he continued – wants us to walk together and his gaze embraces all of his disciples whom He wants to see fully united”.

Francis also said that to walk towards full unity with the hope that derives from the knowledge that God’s presence is stronger than evil, is all the more important today, “in a world scarred by violence and fear, by wounds and indifference, in which the egoism of self-affirmation to the detriment of others overshadows the simple beauty of welcome, sharing and loving”.

“Our Christian witness, he said, must not yield to the logic of the world: let’s help each other to choose and live the logic of Christ.”

[ebb tide]

>>The Waldensians bless homosexual pseudo-marriages, oppose religious symbols in public spaces, are in favor of gay ideology, contraception, abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide and stem cell research. They interpret the Bible in a relativistic way against its wording, in order to make it say, what they want to hear. Accordingly, the Waldensians are on the brink of extinction.<<

https://gloria.tv/article/71jq423FVAtu2jicrtuLkyVUh

[marshmallow]

LOL.....yeah that sounds about right!

[delayah]

Astonishing claims by Y’shua(Jesus):

Y’shua(Jesus):
“If you love me, keep my commandments.”

Y’shua(Jesus):
“Before Abraham existed, I existed.”

He is;
possessing all authority (power) in heaven and earth (Mt 26:24, 28:18; Lk 10:22; Jn 13:3, 13)

equal with God (Jn 5:18, 8:19, 12:44-45, 14:7-9, 16:15, 17:10);

Always does what is pleasing to the Father:
i.e., doing what the Father does (Jn 5:19)

as the Father works, so the Son works (miracles) - (Jn 5:17)

as the Father gives life, so the Son gives life (Jn 5:21)

as the Father is judge, so the Son is judge (Jn 5:22)

as the Father is to be honored, so the Son is to be honored (Jn 5:23),

as the Father has life in himself, so the Son has life in himself (Jn 5:26),

as the Father sends with all authority and power, so the Son sends with all authority and power (Jn 20:21; Mt 26:24),

as the Father confers the kingdom, so the Son confers the kingdom (Lk 22:29),

as the Father is Lawgiver, so the Son is Lawgiver (Mt 5:23-47, 12:7-8; 19:9, 21:23-27, Chp 23)

Thank you Father! Thank you Y’shua

[SoConPubbie]

Same thing can be said for the modern-day Methodist church as well.

However, if Wesley were alive today, he would have pulled a “Jesus in the Temple with a whip driving out the money-changers” on the Methodist church for the blasphemous church it has become with respect to the Gospel.

[Slyfox]

Also: “Feed my sheep. Feed my lambs. Feed my sheep.” - Jesus

[utahagen]

Pope Frankie should feel free to leave the Catholic Church, in which he obviously lost faith long before he arrived in Rome, and join the Methodists and Waldenwhatevers any time he'd like. We real Catholics would do much better without him. Come to think of it, Frankie should demonstrate true solidarity with Muslim migrants by joining with them and moving into a refugee center in, say, Germany. Maybe Angela Merkel could stop by for a visit. What a great photo op that would be!

[livius]

Why doesn’t this condescending little pea-brain just shut up. The affairs of other churches are none of his business, particularly when he’s doing his best to destroy the source of all Christian churches and the one that is theoretically his own.

[piusv]

He, like others who follow the Vatican II false religion, don’t profess or believe in true Catholic teaching on religious unity:

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius11/p11morta.htm

[piusv]

*doesn’t* not “*don’t*

[Pollard]

welcome to the church of the new world order where all denominations are made equal.