Posted on 12/22/2014 6:17:46 AM PST by marshmallow
(LWI) – Rev. Martin Junge, General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) says relations between the Lutheran and Catholic churches have reached an epoch-making turning-point.
Speaking during a panel discussion, held 18 December, in the Lutheran church in Rome, Junge emphasized that the relationship between Lutherans and Catholics was being transformed “from conflict to communion.” Precisely in a world “in which religion and faith are regularly portrayed and perceived as trouble makers,” he said it was a phenomenal testimony that the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches continued to move “towards a profound communion that frees us to serve God and the world.”
Alongside Junge on the panel were, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) Kurt Cardinal Koch, the Catholic representative of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany Bishop Karl-Hinrich Manzke, and the chairperson of the Ecumenism Commission of the German Episcopal Conference Bishop Gerhard Feige.
Junge and Koch took the opportunity to announce plans for a common liturgical guide in connection with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, of which publication is scheduled for 2015. Looking towards 2017, the Lutheran - Roman Catholic material is intended to enable churches all over the world to review the 500 years of Reformation. The guide will follow on from the dialogue document From Conflict to Communion published by both partners in 2013, and transpose it into liturgical acts. The material will reflect the structure of this document with its triple form of penitence for the wounds mutually inflicted; joy at the insights and dimensions of the Reformation; and hope for unity.
The panel also discussed the question of what exactly was to be commemorated in 2017. “Not church division, nor the 500th anniversary of a church and certainly not any heroic actions,” Feige was.......
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Revisionist history...and frankly, I need a legitimate voice of Catholicism, not a malcontent. More unity baby.
Didn't have any, indulgences should be free. I'm sorry though I need a Catholic voice that is genuinely Catholic, not a Pope-hater.
Oh he wrote a terrible tract on the Jews, he even railed against them in public. But Luther had no secular power. But an org contemporary with Luther did. Let's see how they acted towards the Jews: Timeline
Even better, the saint you quote on your home page expelled the Jews from the Papal states after Luther was dead. Dang Luther was powerful. St Pius V a notorious anti-semite, expeller of Jews. Great saint Catholics! Had the Germans won WWII, could the world have expected Saint Adolf?
Says Catholic agitprop, still both great.
The Holy Spirit has taught that to believers since there was scripture to interpret. Probably why a rebellious Catholic is unfamiliar.
Unity with heretics? No way.
The lib lutherans claim the doctrine, but manifestly don't follow it. Not that tough.
You'll have no say in the decision, the Catholic infallibles, pope or magisterium will be making that call for you and the OTC.
It will never happen.The Gates of Hell will not prevail.
Then why does your “scripture” keep interpreting itself in opposite ways?
Take for instance the indissolubility of the Sacrament of Marriage?
I see cherry picking isn’t confined to scripture for Catholics.
No scripture that time. It’s confined to quoting Luther’s own words.
What say you? Do you believe in and obey the Ten Commandments?
It's coming. The worst part for Catholics will be that the org will promote it and laity will eat it. Gates of Hell not prevailing pertains to Christ's church. That appellation passed from the Catholics centuries ago when you traded for secular power.
No it wasn’t scripture, it was cherry picked out of context. Print the context.
Catholics made it a sacrament. As for the desirablity of the indissolubility of marriage, you will get no argument from me. Your Pope and the upcoming synod OTOH.
The Apocolypse will come before True Church fully “communes” with Luther’s sect.
Or my church.
Who said anything about communing with Luther's sect? You're gonna commune with the lib rejects from Luther's sect. First the Joint Declaration on Justification and and now what else with the libs? Francis will fill you in, not to worry.
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