I INVITE YOU TO JOIN the PRO-CATHORDOX FAITH Jesus is the "vine" and we are the "branches" ...and there are "many branches" and the main thing is that the vine, as a whole, bears FRUIT...this includes catholic, orthodox, protestant branches of the vine and ALL the sub-branches ! John 15.15
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 I THINK I'VE BEEN A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON RICK WARREN:"Rick Warren’s Call for Christians to Unite With Catholics, ‘Holy Father’ Raising Concerns" | Christian News Network http://christiannews.net/2014/12/02/rick-warrens-call-for-christians-to-unite-with-catholics-holyfather-raising-concerns/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:59 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Monday, December 1, 2014 ADD PROTESTANTS AS WELL!"Francis rolls out ‘social gospel’ case for Catholic/Orthodox unity " http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2014/11/30/francis-rolls-out-social-gospel-case-forcatholicorthodox-unity/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:32 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Sunday, November 30, 2014 EXCITING:"One thing that I seek as Bishop of Rome is communion with the Orthodox Churches" http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2014/11/one-thing-that-i-seek-as-bishop-of-rome-iscommunion-with-the-orthodox-churches/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 4:04 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Pope Francis issues call for unity" http://www.independent.ie/world-news/pope-francis-issues-call-for-unity-30785516.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:43 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 "Pastor Reveals the ‘Fifth Gospel’ and the One Key Question He Believes Christians Should Be Asking Themselves"| TheBlaze.com http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/14/pastor-reveals-the-fifth-gospel-and-the-one-keyquestion-he-believes-christians-should-ask-themselves/ 1
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Friday, September 26, 2014 "Faith traditions engage Scripture" | The Threefold Advocate http://advocate.jbu.edu/?q=node/1213 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 4:56 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Sunday, August 17, 2014 (Just found this)"Christian Churches Together — Enabling churches and national Christian organizations to grow closer in Christ in order to st..." http://christianchurchestogether.org/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:57 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Sunday, August 3, 2014 GOOD,PRAY4UNITY:"Evangelicals Praise Pope Francis' Visit to Pentecostal Church, Apologize for Evangelical Discrimination Against Catholics" http://m.christianpost.com/news/evangelicals-praise-pope-francis-visit-to-pentecostal-churchapologize-for-evangelical-discrimination-against-catholics--124099/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:07 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Sunday, June 29, 2014 "Pope Francis meets Delegation of Ecumenical Patriarchate" ""We know very well that this unity is a gift of God, a gift that even now the Most High grants us the grace to attain whenever, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we choose to look at one another with the eyes of faith and to see ourselves as we truly are in God's plan, according to the designs of his eternal will, and not what we have become as a result of the historical consequences of our sins," he said..." http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/06/28/pope_francis_meets_delegation_of_ecumenical_patri archate_/1102283 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:32 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 "WEA Mission Commission Concludes Global Consultation, Sends ‘Letter from Smyrna’ to the Global Church" 2
"...The ancient creedal declaration that the church is "one, holy, catholic1, and apostolic", speaks powerfully to us today. We call on the evangelical family to repent of competitiveness, duplication, and fragmentation, and to strive for the unity of fellowship, witness, and life that the Lord declares to be a fundamental sign of the credibility of the gospel. We commit ourselves, and call upon the church, ..." http://www.worldea.org/news/4395/wea-mission-commission-concludes-global-consultationsends-'letter-from-smyrna'-to-the-global-church Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 3:02 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 GOOD REMINDER 4 ALL of US: "Letter from Smyrna to the Global Church"(WEA MC Global Consultation, 2014) - News - WEA Mission Commission http://mc.worldea.org/news/letter-from-smyrna-to-the-global-church-wea-mc-globalconsultation-2014 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:18 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Joel Osteen, in the Spirit of Ecumenism, meets Pope Francis (Video)" http://www.worthynews.com/14865-joel-osteen-in-the-spirit-of-ecumenicim-meets-pope-francis Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:47 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Thursday, June 19, 2014 WASH POST COMMENTARY re CRC & RCA "Burying the hatchet (almost literally) -" The Washington Post I remember when Michaelson was leading the RCA..he was on my mailing list for a while. The Lund Principle is a good point of reference. I applaud reconciliation,albeit I'm not comfortable with church members also being freemasons or other secret societies. ".Delegates were presented with a proposal to adopt the so-called "Lund Principle," which originated out of a World Council of Churches gathering in 1952. The document has captured the ecumenical imagination for half a century, particularly its call to "act together in all matters except those in which deep differences of conviction compel us to act separately." The Lund Principle flips the paradigm of ecumenical relationships, asserting that the starting point is always acting together, and demanding a conviction to justify acting apart. The proposal resonated among the delegates, and in good Reformed fashion, they even tried to amend it. In the end it was adopted in a miraculously unanimous vote..." 3
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/commentary-burying-the-hatchet-almostliterally/2014/06/18/15aad198-f726-11e3-9e63-ec28e320b8bf_story.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:17 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 "Global Gathering of Key Theological Educators" - The Lausanne Movement http://www.lausanne.org/en/about/news-releases/2269-theological-educators-gather.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 8:07 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 "Vatican: no formal confirmation of plan for 2025 ecumenical gathering in Nicea" : News Headlines - Catholic Culture http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=21589 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:05 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 Re (Manila,1989,Lausanne II),GOOD: "The Manila Manifesto - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/documents/manila-manifesto.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:46 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Re (Manila,1989,Lausanne II): "Second International Congress on World Evangelization" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International_Congress_on_World_Evangelization Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:46 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
VITALLY IMPORTANT: "Lausanne Movement Convenes Global Consultation on Islam - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/about/news-releases/2250-global-consultation-on-islam.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:30 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
(Correction,5/2014): "40 Years Later: Back in Lausanne - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/blog/2258-40-years-later-back-in-lausanne.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:28 AM No comments: 4
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4/2014 "40 Years Later: Back in Lausanne - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/blog/2258-40-years-later-back-in-lausanne.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:27 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"The Cape Town Commitment - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/documents/ctcommitment.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:15 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Tom Lin named as new North American IDD - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/about/news-releases/1599-tom-lin-named.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:12 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"A Call to Seasoned Ministry Leaders - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/connect/regions/north-america/updates/2129-a-call-to-seasonedministry-leaders.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:11 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"North America - The Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/connect/regions/north-america.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:09 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Home - Lausanne Movement" http://www.lausanne.org/en/?device=desktop Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:08 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Don Sweeting, Reformed Theological Seminary's Orlando campus president, to Speak at Lausanne Movement Consultation in Brazil..." http://crossmap.christianpost.com/news/don-sweeting-reformed-theological-seminarys-orlandocampus-president-to-speak-at-lausanne-movement-consultation-in-brazil-10713 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:05 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Saturday, May 31, 2014 Re MANHATTAN DECLARATION: "Christian Right Seeks Renewal in Deepening Catholic-Protestant Alliance" | Political Research Associates 5
"...BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE: THE MANHATTAN DECLARATION The turning point was the November 2009 publication of a manifesto titled Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience . Originally signed by 150 Christian Right religious and political leaders, its distinct achievement has been to broaden and deepen the emerging alliance between conservative Roman Catholics and rightwing evangelical Protestants. Indeed, the historic convergence of evangelical institutions and activists with the American Roman Catholic Church is underscored by the fact that fully 50 sitting bishops, archbishops and cardinals窶馬ot merely..." http://www.politicalresearch.org/2013/07/23/christian-right-seeks-renewal-in-deepeningcatholic-protestant-alliance/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:46 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
4/28/14 "Christian-Catholic coalition issues global call to prayer" - Mission Network News http://www.mnnonline.org/2014/04/28/christian-catholic-coalition-issues-global-call-prayer/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:36 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"The B.C. Catholic Paper - Ecumenical efforts continue, thanks to positive response" http://bcc.rcav.org/the-news/3906-ecumenical-efforts-continue-thanks-to-positive-response Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:50 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
LONG-TERM OUTLOOK,GOOD: "Pope Francis And Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Announce United Gathering In 2025" http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5419114 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:38 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Thursday, May 29, 2014 Fwd: , catholic,orthodox,pope francis,bartholomew,pope paul vi,athenagoras;*read more
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5/28/14 re VERBATIM of POPE & PATRIARCH DECLARATION,search:(we pray for greater unity amongst ALL branches of the body of Christ!), catholic,orthodox,pope francis,bartholomew,pope paul vi,athenagoras;*read more at http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/25/full-text-common-declarationof-pope-francis-and-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i/ "...since that blessed day of fifty years ago. 2. Our fraternal encounter today is a new and necessary step on the journey towards the unity to which only the Holy Spirit can lead us, that of communion in legitimate diversity. We call to mind with profound gratitude the steps that the Lord has already enabled us to undertake. The embrace exchanged between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras here in Jerusalem, after many centuries of silence, paved the way for a momentous gesture, the removal from the memory and from the 7
midst of the Church of the acts of mutual excommunication in 1054. This was followed by an exchange of visits between the respective Sees of Rome and..." http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/25/full-text-common-declarationof-pope-francis-and-ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-i/ ***** "Therefore, my dear brothers , stand firm . Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord , because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15 :58 ,posted by vk *DefendRealMarriage("TraditionalMarriage") (DRuMTiMe) *ProtectUnbornLife (Adoption!) (pula) *Read the Bible Daily & Connect w/ Believers (RoBDaCoB) *Pray 4Chapels in the Public Schools (p4cps) *Stop Violence v Women! (svw) --Say NO 2 ALL Abusive Relationships (snaarl) *Be a Suicide Stopper! (bass)Give Hope! *Fight4Kindness, (f4k) --Commit Kindness Actions (CoKA) *LoveOneAnother (aLOhA) *Please Support Christian Missionaries! *I baptize you in the name of the Father-Son-&-Holy Spirit ! (Re Matt 28:18-20) (I'veBeeNFiSHing)(1 Corinthians 12:13-14,27) *Father-Son-&-Holy-Spirit,Thy Will be Done (FiSHeS,TWilaBD) Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 10:21 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 "Report: Russian Orthodox Church distances itself from Ecumenical Patriarch’s meeting with Pope" : News Headlines - Catholic C... http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=21522 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:41 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
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HISTORICAL MOMENT: "Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Arrives in Israel to Meet with Pope Francis" | News from Greeks in Africa, Asia, and South A... http://world.greekreporter.com/2014/05/23/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew-arrives-in-israelto-meet-with-pope-francis-video/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:08 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Thursday, May 22, 2014 "Called to Communion - Catholic and Reformed Dialogue" http://www.calledtocommunion.com/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:07 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 EXCITING: "The 1,000-Year-Old Schism That Pope Francis Seeks To Heal" : Parallels : NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/05/21/314270024/the-1-000-year-old-schism-that-popefrancis-seeks-to-heal Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 10:30 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Jesus is the "vine" and we are the "branches" ...and there are "many branches" and the main thing is that the vine, as a whole, bears FRUIT...this includes catholic, orthodox, protestant branches of the vine and ALL the sub-branches ! John 15.15 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:36 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: john 15.15, vine and branches
Sunday, May 18, 2014 "Ecumenism one focus of Orthodox patriarch's visit "| World | DW.DE | 11.05.2014 9
http://www.dw.de/ecumenism-one-focus-of-orthodox-patriarchs-visit/a-17628456 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 4:20 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Effort in La Verne provides spiritual, resource help to female veterans" "...Member churches of the 102-year-old council include Lutheran, AfricanMethodist-Episcopal, AME Zion, American Baptist, Armenian Church of American, Disciples of Christ, Christian-MethodistEpiscopal, Church of the Brethren, Community of Christ, Old Catholic, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Greek Orthodox, United Church of Christ, United Methodist and other denominations from Santa Barbara to San Diego..." http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/social-affairs/20140518/effort-in-la-verne-provides-spiritualresource-help-to-female-veterans Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:56 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Friday, May 2, 2014 "BANGLADESH Ecumenical conference held to strengthen unity among Bangladesh Christians" - Asia News http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Ecumenical-conference-held-to-strengthen-unity-amongBangladesh-Christians-30974.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 9:15 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Saturday, April 19, 2014 Re (the late) Chuck Smith Sr & his Son Chuck Smith Jr: Both Pastors,but Different Directions http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/02/local/me-smiths2 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:39 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Re "Five Streams of the Emerging Church" | Christianity Today http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html#bmb=1 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:15 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
"Easter Not a Sunday For Seventh-day Adventists "- Redlands-Loma Linda, CA Patch 10
http://redlands.patch.com/groups/breast-cancer-awareness/p/easter-not-a-saturday-for-seventhday-adventists Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:13 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
This year,ORTHODOX EASTER 2014 is SAME DATE AS PROTESTANTCATHOLIC EASTER (April 20) "Orthodox Easter in United States" http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/orthodox-easter-day Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:06 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Thursday, April 17, 2014 GOOD: "Reformed-Catholic Dialogue focuses on justice :: World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)" "Reformed-Catholic Dialogue focuses on justice Theologians from the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) met together 6-12 April at Coatbridge, Scotland, for their fourth session in the fourth phase of the International Reformed-Catholic Dialogue..." http://wcrc.ch/news/reformed-catholic-dialogue-focuses-on-justice Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 5:16 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Monday, March 24, 2014 ecumenical !
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Friday, December 13, 2013 WELCOME !
WELCOME! I am here to tell you about a NEW FAITH, which I invite you to join. I have named it the Pro-Cath-Ordox faith because it endeavors to united Protestants, Catholics, & Orthodox under one united church of Christ called "Pro-Cath-Ordox". The requirement for joining is first and foremost that you profess Jesus Christ as your Savior. Second, depending upon to which "branch" of Christianity you belong you must be able to accept brothers & sisters from the other branches as equal brothers & sisters in Christ. For example, if you are Roman Catholic you must accept your Protestant & Orthodox sisters & brothers as equal to you, neither superior nor inferior, as they must accept you likewise. This new faith should NOT be perceived as a "threat" to the already-organized individual congregations around the world, nor to the Vatican or the various headquarter(s) of other 12
denominations. It is not my endeavor to abolish the protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox faith and to replace them with Pro-CathOrdox , but to provide a way for people to see themselves better as united-in-Christ. Like it or not, individual pastors & priests despite voicing the notion of unity of the worldwide body of Christ inevitably become "competitive" to make their individual church property bigger & better, and inevitably become bogged down with financial concerns about "their church." In the process the congregation consciously or subconsciously gets drawn into this way of thinking likewise, and concern about "my church" above the larger worldwide body of Christ often ensues. This is not to place blame on anybody in particular, neither the church leader nor the congregants, but it's just a subtle process that overcomes most individual churches. And of course most churches recite the Nicene Creed which is supposed to be a reminder of our larger 13
unity, but too often it goes in one ear and out the other and I have rarely, if ever, heard a church leader expound on the notion of the larger body of Christ worldwide. Of course, every now and then there may be an annual "inter-faith" service that attempts to combine a local protestant church with a catholic church, etc. but once again it's usually once-per-year and that's not enough to really help people appreciate the idea of Christian unity. But we are CALLED by GOD to be brothers&-sisters in Christ, united worldwide, and so it is my HOPE that people will embrace the "Pro-Cath-Ordox" faith and envision yourself more than just Catholic or just Protestant or just Orthodox, but united-inChrist as pro-cath-ordox ! How to join: There's no need to do anything to become a member of the pro-cath-ordox faith apart from intellectual, emotional, & 14
spiritual agreement with the jist of what I have tried to convey in the above introduction. If you agree, in spirit & in truth, with the aforementioned theme of Christian unity, you are a member of the procath-ordox faith. Welcome, and pass it on ! By the way, I must reiterate the importance of Jesus Christ being the central, common denominator of the pro-cath-ordox faith. We welcome people from any and all faiths or religions as long as they profess faith in Jesus Christ, & salvation only thru Jesus Christ. I will be periodically posting some thoughts, ideas, other contributions and links etc . God bless you . Keep the Faith ! Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 3:08 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: catholic, christ, christian, christian unity, christianity, jesus christ, messiah, orthodox, pro-cath-ordox, procathordox, protestant, salvation Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)
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