Does God agree with ecumenism?

[Bohm_Bawerk]

Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

 

[Barbkw]

Jesus sat with the Samaritan woman at the well and used the Good Samaritan parable as a dig against the multiple Jewish laws that constricted people from entering heaven.

Pope Benedict to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowen Williams: ‘The Church is Called to be Inclusive, Yet Never at the Expense of Christian Truth.’

indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16745

catholicism.about.com/b/2010/09/20/pope-benedict-on-the-true-fruits-of-ecumenism.htm

“For Christians, “the dilemma facing all who are genuinely committed to the ecumenical journey” is that “In fidelity to the Lord’s will, as expressed in that passage from Saint Paul’s First Letter to Timothy, we recognize that the Church is called to be inclusive, yet never at the expense of Christian truth.””

 

[Catherine_S]

I believe Ecumenism has failed in many ways and is definately a part of the reason* why*** atheists and secular folks have accomplished** so much** in recent years.
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"In that sense, the return of Anglican congregations to Rome may represent the failure of ecumenism as commonly understood, but it represents** the success of the true ecumenism that takes seriously Christ’s prayer that His disciples may all be one, as He and the Father are one."
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I would add the additional words of Christ to the above scriptures…
so that, "the world might believe that you sent me".
If the world does not believe as it once did, why point fingers, judge, **or **complain! Are not christians to blame for this sorry state of affairs. Saying one thing and doing something else… can a house so divided be taken seriously as time moves forward.
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[mdgspencer]

I would think so, rand calls for unity in the Gospel of John are used to help explain its importance.
I particularly think God is beginning to call us to join into one Church with the Orthodox in time–but feel free to think that simply my opinion.
Some things done in the name of ecumenism are evil. During the 1960s when many things were breaking loose, I know a priest who concelebrated a mass with a Protestant minister. It would be possible to come up with an endless list of excesses done in the name of ecumenism.

 

[fhansen]

Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

God agrees that we should all be united in will with each other by being united in will with Him so ecumenism that doesn’t compromise the truth can only be a good thing.