Oh I know the circumstances. And since I don’t see anything specific about Methodists we are to take away versus say the Lutherans, I am assuming it was done for PR purposes. That makes sense.The comment was made as the Methodists are opening an Ecumenical Office in Rome. It was in the first post.
Probably not; but it seems that if the Pope says anything, everyone has to wade in with an opinion; what I am surprised about is how much negative opinion is generated.Oh I know the circumstances. And since I don’t see anything specific about Methodists we are to take away versus say the Lutherans, I am assuming it was done for PR purposes. That makes sense.
I just wondered if any heard that and would actually ask “what specifically about the Methodists can we learn from?” (The implication being it is unique to them…)
Why did you only attack my responses? There were conversations going on throughout this post. I responded to some of them. Others had their opinions also. You chose all my posts to make your point. Am I not allowed to have a different view than you? I get this a lot on this forum. If you disagree with something someone has said, or have another opinion, especially if it goes against something the Pope has said or done, you will be attacked, or ridiculed, or scolded by these people.And I gave a response too. The Pope has not said we need to go adopt their theology where they part company from the Church, but that implication seems to be at the heart of your response. And I don’t think anyone else here is suggesting that any Catholic do that either.
I am a bit amazed at some of the comments made in this thread.
While I might, for example, not agree entirely with some things Eric Bonhoeffer said or wrote, We all have a lot to learn from him. And that is just one example.
Then, again, some on this thread might not want to waste their time reading him; if one reads only to try to find error, rather than to be open to what one can learn, then it is a waste of time.
What some don’t seem to get is that there is a difference between doctrine and faith. On doctrine, the Methodists and we have parted company. But faith is in essence following Jesus; for those who think they have nothing to learn, I suggest removing blinders.
The Church calls us to be evangelical. Nowhere has anything been said by the Church that doing so means denying what the Church teaches. And being evangelical in part requires understanding not just the doctrines of the Church, but how those doctrines should shape out daily lives. We share ore with the Methodists than we disagree upon (and that does not mean our disagreements don’t matter), and how each Methodist lives out those things we share can be an instruction to us in how we need to live out what Christ gave us.Why did you only attack my responses? There were conversations going on throughout this post. I responded to some of them. Others had their opinions also. You chose all my posts to make your point. Am I not allowed to have a different view than you? I get this a lot on this forum. If you disagree with something someone has said, or have another opinion, especially if it goes against something the Pope has said or done, you will be attacked, or ridiculed, or scolded by these people.