Baptist-Catholic Dialogue Moves Forward

[mark_a]

Story from Zenit.

zenit.org/article-21213?l=english

The pope’s address to Baptist world alliance.
zenit.org/article-21212?l=english

One of the articles states
“The Baptist World Alliance is a fellowship of 214 Baptist conventions and unions comprising a membership of 36 million baptized believers and a community of 105 million.”

Why the difference between the numbers of baptized and the total in the community?

 

[Ahimsa]

Watch out for those Baptists. They’ll anathematize you before your tobacco hits the spittoon.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Watch out for those Baptists. They’ll anathematize you before your tobacco hits the spittoon.

Our Baptists must be a lot more benign than others’. Ours have firm beliefs in being saved, but grant that any path to heaven works. Most of them even allow that a Catholic can go to heaven. Maybe their KKK affiliation and rabid anti-Catholicism in the past just plain wore them out. I kind of like Southern Baptists myself. They’re particularly fun to drink with. (Oh? You didn’t know that? Shhhhh)

 

[Ahimsa]

Most of them even allow that a Catholic can go to heaven.

:bigyikes::bigyikes::bigyikes:

 

[Atemi]

Baptist-Catholic Dialogue Moves Forward

I wonder if any of those Baptists know that when the Catholic Church talks about Christian “unity” it really means the Baptists becoming Roman Catholics and obeying the man they are meeting with as if he spoke for Christ?

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[allischalmers]

The “World Baptist Alliance” is a liberal bunch and you will never ever see an GARBC Baptist there

 

[paarsurrey]

Baptist-Catholic Dialogue Moves Forward

Hi

I think it is an encouraging sign, must be welcome by everybody.

Thanks

 

[Zenas]

The “World Baptist Alliance” is a liberal bunch and you will never ever see an GARBC Baptist there

What is GARBC?

 

[allischalmers]

What is GARBC?

General Assn. of Regular Baptist Churches

 

[ralphinal]

General Assn. of Regular Baptist Churches

Are the Southern Baptists included in this group?

 

[Ahimsa]

Are the Southern Baptists included in this group?

Short answer: No. GARBC makes Southern Baptists look like Unitarians.

 

[ALLGIRLS]

Short answer: No. GARBC makes Southern Baptists look like Unitarians.

I know the Independant Fundamentalist Baptists find the Southerns way too liberal (this cracks me up as I just can’t believe anyone would think my Southern Baptist in-laws are liberal ), how do they get along w/ the GARBC? Or does “liberal” simply mean “believing that people who aren’t Baptist (most especially Catholics) can maybe, possibly go to heaven” in IFB and GARBC jargon?

In Christ,

Ellen

 

[mark_a]

The “World Baptist Alliance” is a liberal bunch and you will never ever see an GARBC Baptist there

I’d expect nothing less from you Allis!

 

[ralphinal]

Ok, I can see how in the 1970s, when the SBC was under a different mentality, some could call them liberal. They endorsed a woman’s right to an abortion and more. IN the 1980s, that shifted. Now they seem to be very non-liberal. Can someone explain?

 

[Ahimsa]

Ok, I can see how in the 1970s, when the SBC was under a different mentality, some could call them liberal. They endorsed a woman’s right to an abortion and more. IN the 1980s, that shifted. Now they seem to be very non-liberal. Can someone explain?

Roe v. Wade, and various results from the swingin’ '60s, led to a resurgence in conservatism among both Protestants and Catholics. In the SBC, the conservatives battled the moderates for power, and the conservatives had won by the '90s.

But they’re still liberal, in GARBC’s eyes.

 

[ralphinal]

Roe v. Wade, and various results from the swingin’ '60s, led to a resurgence in conservatism among both Protestants and Catholics. In the SBC, the conservatives battled the moderates for power, and the conservatives had won by the '90s.

But they’re still liberal, in GARBC’s eyes.

Yes, but WHY? Do these people have a reason or is it typical “you are not us, you are wrong” rhetoric?

 

[Ahimsa]

Yes, but WHY? Do these people have a reason or is it typical “you are not us, you are wrong” rhetoric?

Who is the “you” you’re referring to?

 

[ralphinal]

Who is the “you” you’re referring to?

No one in particular. Many people have a my group is right, everyone else is wrong thing going. they need no evidence and have no proof. It’s just we are right and they are wrong. Does that make sense?

 

[Ahimsa]

No one in particular. Many people have a my group is right, everyone else is wrong thing going. they need no evidence and have no proof. It’s just we are right and they are wrong. Does that make sense?

It doesn’t make sense, but the internet would be boring without it.

 

[Fred_4]

I found the report that the Vatican is dialoging with Baptists very interesting. I suppose they have to try. But from my point of view, what a waste of time! Having been a fomer member of both GARBC and Southern Baptist Churches, I just don’t see the point. The main thing about Baptists is… there is no real organization. For us the Church is the Church. For them the church is their church. But even within that, every man’s a pope with his own Bible. So while the Vatican can make pronouncements which are binding upon the faithful, and officially teach the Catholic viewpoint, there is no Baptist counterpart. Any agreements or understandings arrived at would have no effect upon Good Book Baptist Church down the street, or John Q. Baptist. They’re all free to think what they want. And a good many of them ain’t gonna be lookin’ too kindly on any o’ that vaticano nonsense. Nosiree, bobby!