Unity Among Christianity

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🤷 I know the non-Catholic clergy coming into communion with the Church are from all different backgrounds, not just mainline Protestantism.
The impression I got from the words you selected is that conservative protestants were among the throng of those crying out for unity. I don’t see this outpouring from where I stand and that is what I said but this is a mistake on my part?
 
The impression I got from the words you selected is that conservative protestants were among the throng of those crying out for unity. I don’t see this outpouring from where I stand and that is what I said but this is a mistake on my part?
Conservative? What does their politics have to do with anything?
 
What exactly are Protestant beliefs?
Allow me to amend my statement to read “those protestant beliefs that are in conflict with the teachings of the Romans Catholic Church”. My bad for not making this clear as I thought it was well known on this board what I was referring to. I’m sure Patrick understood what I was trying to communicate but I do apologize for the inconvenience all the same.

I’m not really looking for a response btw, just food for thought.
 
Allow me to amend my statement to read “those protestant beliefs that are in conflict with the teachings of the Romans Catholic Church”. My bad for not making this clear as I thought it was well known on this board what I was referring to. I’m sure Patrick understood what I was trying to communicate but I do apologize for the inconvenience all the same.

I’m not really looking for a response btw, just food for thought.
Anything that is in conflict with the teaching of the Church is in error - the Church is “the pillar and foundation of truth.” (1 Tim 3:15).
 
Anything that is in conflict with the teaching of the Church is in error - the Church is “the pillar and foundation of truth.” (1 Tim 3:15).
Help me Sir, to understand your motive for shutting down the OP question asked by Patrick Ambrose? Explain, if you can how your tactics will help Roman Catholics achieve their desired unity with protestants?
 
Help me Sir, to understand your motive for shutting down the OP question asked by Patrick Ambrose? Explain, if you can how your tactics will help Roman Catholics achieve their desired unity with protestants?
There is a significant error in the OP’s post.
I am Catholic and raised to believe in a unity among all Christianity. I’ve always spoke with others of other Christian churches and spoke of similarities. The main one? Christ crucified, died and rose from the dead for our sins. It’s interesting to me that we start there and then all of a sudden, in some case, conflicts are brought up. Then, the next thing I notice is that I’m attacked for things half truths of what I believe. So, I’d like to see how long this string can go without someone taking a jab at another Christian faith (or, for that matter, negativity toward any other religious group). I say, let’s try and keep this going and see where it leads. If you don’t have anything positive to say (even if it is a belief that is unlike mine); just move onto another site. But if there is something positive to say, please post it. Sound good?
First: there are no other “Christian churches”, Christ only established one Church, the Catholic Church.

Dominus Iesus
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On the other hand, the ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery,61 are not Churches in the proper sense; however, those who are baptized in these communities are, by Baptism, incorporated in Christ and thus are in a certain communion, albeit imperfect, with the Church.62 Baptism in fact tends per se toward the full development of life in Christ, through the integral profession of faith, the Eucharist, and full communion in the Church.63
“The Christian faithful are therefore not permitted to imagine that the Church of Christ is nothing more than a collection — divided, yet in some way one — of Churches and ecclesial communities; nor are they free to hold that today the Church of Christ nowhere really exists, and must be considered only as a goal which all Churches and ecclesial communities must strive to reach”.64 In fact, “the elements of this already-given Church exist, joined together in their fullness in the Catholic Church and, without this fullness, in the other communities”.65 “Therefore, these separated Churches and communities as such, though we believe they suffer from defects, have by no means been deprived of significance and importance in the mystery of salvation. For the spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as means of salvation which derive their efficacy from the very fullness of grace and truth entrusted to the Catholic Church”.66
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There are elements of truth in other Christian communities, but they are not properly called the Church which possesses the fullness of truth.

If the OP is expecting the Gospel to not be contentious they are mistaken:
[bibledrb]matthew 10:32-40[/bibledrb]
 
An observation.

First, as an individual who has moved around in fundamental/conservative/evangelical protestant circles in addition to having some exposure to the “liberal” maineline protestant groups, I can say that there are few in those circles who make unity with Rome a real priority. The only place that there is really any interest from my vantage point is in the mainline wing.

Unity, from what I can see is being held up by only one thing and that is the refusal of protestants (and or Orthodox) to embrace the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. If correct, the only way to achieve unity would be for each and every professed christian to convert to the Catholic Church. To put it another way and make it personal, If I had a strong desire to see unity, as defined by the OP, I would simply become a Roman Catholic.
Hey Jon, let me ask you something? Since you have moved around within fundamental/conservative/evagelical circles,do you find within those faiths any sense of unity before they were even to consider Catholicism?
 
The Anti-Christ is getting stronger and stronger as years go on, the only way we can win is by unity.
Jesus told us in Mat 12:25 that: "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. "

If we are the Church of Christ WHY aren’t we united?
It’s the Satan’s plan to keep us away… We all have to work to fill the gap between us, and defeat the Anti-Christ plan…

We should all pray for this unity and work hard… We are all Christians, we should not fight each others! We should be united against the Anti-Christ’s plan…
 
Hey Jon, let me ask you something? Since you have moved around within fundamental/conservative/evagelical circles,do you find within those faiths any sense of unity before they were even to consider Catholicism?
Good question. “The church” is defined differently and has a different mission. It would be very hard to answer that question in the brief space alloted here.

On a personal level, I don’t feel any need to be a part of bringing together church groups. If a person tells me that they have confessed their sins and are trusting in Christ’s shed blood as the only acceptable payment for their sins and by faith believe that Jesus is able and willing to grant them salvation by faith and nothing else then as far as I’m concerned, that person is my brother in Christ. If that person feels that the Lord Jesus is leading them to a church that has a different name on it than mine, then that person is still my brother in Christ.

Along with this, I don’t fully understand why Catholics put so much effort into abtaing working relationships with non-catholics. Right here on this forum there is no shortage of Catholics who will point out that protestants are not in the body of Christ even on a good day. So allow me to ask you Nicea325 a question, does the RCC and or Catholics work to bring about unity between different protestant groups or do they focus primarily on unity with itself?
 
If a person tells me that they have confessed their sins and are trusting in Christ’s shed blood as the only acceptable payment for their sins and by faith believe that Jesus is able and willing to grant them salvation by faith and nothing else then as far as I’m concerned, that person is my brother in Christ. If that person feels that the Lord Jesus is leading them to a church that has a different name on it than mine, then that person is still my brother in Christ.
A Mormon could say that. Are you saying that Mormons are Christian?
 
… We are all Christians, we should not fight each others! We should be united against the Anti-Christ’s plan…
Not according to post #47. Seems that there is disunity between you and 1holycatholic.
 
Good question. “The church” is defined differently and has a different mission. It would be very hard to answer that question in the brief space alloted here.

On a personal level, I don’t feel any need to be a part of bringing together church groups. If a person tells me that they have confessed their sins and are trusting in Christ’s shed blood as the only acceptable payment for their sins and by faith believe that Jesus is able and willing to grant them salvation by faith and nothing else then as far as I’m concerned, that person is my brother in Christ. If that person feels that the Lord Jesus is leading them to a church that has a different name on it than mine, then that person is still my brother in Christ.

Along with this, I don’t fully understand why Catholics put so much effort into abtaing working relationships with non-catholics. Right here on this forum there is no shortage of Catholics who will point out that protestants are not in the body of Christ even on a good day. So allow me to ask you Nicea325 a question, does the RCC and or Catholics work to bring about unity between different protestant groups or do they focus primarily on unity with itself?
I believe it is called ecumenism. By all means, I am not an expert on ecumenical issues,but if I am correct the RCC focus is on unity as a whole. Many people do not know but prior to Vatican II (1962-1965) many non-Catholics were invited to attend the council sessions. If I am correct, a good % of non-Catholics did present themselves there. It has been a few years since I read the book called: What Really Did Happen at Vatican II?
 
Of course they could, Catholics could also. What exactly is your point? What message are you trying to communicate?
Many groups hold scripture alone as a tenet of their faith. If they’re all using the same method, by what authority can you claim their beliefs about the exact same words are wrong?
 
I believe it is called ecumenism. By all means, I am not an expert on ecumenical issues,but if I am correct the RCC focus is on unity as a whole. Many people do not know but prior to Vatican II (1962-1965) many non-Catholics were invited to attend the council sessions. If I am correct, a good % of non-Catholics did present themselves there. It has been a few years since I read the book called: What Really Did Happen at Vatican II?
I think I owe you an appology for not being clear. Let me rephrase my question.

Do Catholics, either the Clergy or the laymen promote unity between non-catholics? In other words, do they promote unity between let’s say Methodists and Presbyterians? Or do they just promote unity between themselves and other groups?
 
Many groups hold scripture alone as a tenet of their faith. If they’re all using the same method, by what authority can you claim their beliefs about the exact same words are wrong?
OK, start a new thread, you are straying too far off topic. Or better yet, do a search, this topic has been beaten into the ground approx 1 million times.
 
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