Sentences with phrase «ecumenical church»

The ecumenical Church means a lot to me.

The theological themes of Christianity have been further defined and elucidated in the creeds and practices of the ecumenical church of the first six centuries.

But just as the Constantinian Church preserved and transformed the best of the dying civilization of classical antiquity, and planted the seeds of what became the great urban culture of the high Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance, so a post-Constantinian and ecumenical Church might preserve and transform the best features of the corrupted civilization of modernity in service to the next great culture of humanist sacramental urbanism.

Our view is not, as he suggests, that the Nicene Creed has binding authority over scriptural interpretation primarily because it represents a «truly catholic consensus» in the ancient ecumenical Church.

I combed through Roman but Not Catholic in search of an answer to this question, and the only plausible candidate I could find was an appeal to the «truly catholic» character of the pre-schismatic «ancient ecumenical Church,» which is implicitly an appeal to broad consensus among Christians.

To take only one example of this failure, why is it that our denominations seem ready to engage in this great upheaval over gay and lesbian ordination all alone, with hardly a reference to the struggles and decisions of other parts of the ecumenical church?

If we're going to be silly and suggest that Christianity does NOT have to talk about «Incarnation» and «Trinity» in order to be Christian, then it stands to reason that ecumenical Church history, the creeds and confessions, the Fathers, mean diddly squat in defining what «Christianity» is.

This keeps them from putting forward their «system» as a possible basis for the ecumenical church.

The decisive pronouncement has been made by Paul for the ecumenical church: «But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ.

An ecumenical church meeting such as the World Council has to come to its conclusions through hearing and integrating many diverse voices.

I think we are in for a longer and more arduous struggle than we have yet recognized, for our vision is tarnished and the message of the ecumenical church unsure.

Winner of the Albert C. Outler Prize in Ecumenical Church History and of two other prestigious academic awards, Nathan Hatch's book has already become a standard reference on American religious history.

We are in for a longer and more arduous struggle than we have yet recognized, for our vision is tarnished and the message of the ecumenical church unsure without whose mainstays people make decisions according to their own interests — and the interests of the powerful generally prevail.

In principle, the ecumenical churches hold that the symbols of Scripture and doctrine grasp and convey something of the very being of God.

In those bodies, once describing themselves as the ecumenical churches, it seems that nobody of influence is pressing for or is even seriously thinking about the visible unity in full communion under discussion here.

The historically ecumenical churches have for the most part become ciphers in this respect, and uniting them is a matter of joining weakness to weakness, while the evangelicals and Pentecostals who do have political weight are un-ecumenical or anti-ecumenical.

Perhaps more than any other single voice, Hoekendijk redefined the mission of the ecumenical churches.

Not exact matches

«The ecumenical movement has broadened my viewpoint and I recognize now that God has his people in all churches,» he said in the early 1950s.

In March of 2014, the leaders of all the autocephalous (independent) Orthodox Churches met in Istanbul, the sacred see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which historically (since at least the fifth century) coordinates such....

In March of 2014, the leaders of all the autocephalous (independent) Orthodox Churches met in Istanbul, the sacred see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which historically (since at least the fifth century) coordinates such assemblies, facilitating unity while serving as a center of appeal among these cChurches met in Istanbul, the sacred see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which historically (since at least the fifth century) coordinates such assemblies, facilitating unity while serving as a center of appeal among these churcheschurches.

In his toast this past Thursday night on the eve of the Holy and Great Council, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the first among equals of the bishops of the Orthodox Church, expressed his sympathy for the Church of Antioch, which is suffering in the face of militant Islam.

If the Ecumenical Patriarch were to bring Antioch's issue into open council, so that all the Orthodox churches could discuss it and form a binding agreement, he would demonstrate his primacy — showing himself the first among equals that many Orthodox Christians hope he can be.

Another misconception that has been repeated in statements and reports (especially by spokesmen of the Ecumenical Patriarchate) is that the convocation of the council was unanimous, signed onto by all fourteen of the universally recognized autocephalous (self - governing) Orthodox Churches.

For instance, the ecumenical openness of an otherwise profoundly traditional church is of crucial importance, especially in light of conservative and traditionalist circles in the Greek and Slavic worlds.

Cardinal Müller: Not even an ecumenical council can change the doctrine of the Church, because her Founder, Jesus Christ, entrusted the faithful preservation of his teachings and doctrine to the apostles and their successors.

Arguably the foremost decision unanimously agreed upon at that assembly of church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians today.

Despite news reports to the contrary, the Orthodox Church has had numerous such councils since either the eighth or eleventh century — depending on whether the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787) or the Great Schism (1054, roughly) is the supposed occasion of the last meeting.

That is why, if the Ecumenical Patriarch would dedicate himself to solving Antioch's problem, he could show himself a truly honest broker and not merely a representative for the Hellenic churches of Orthodoxy.

For that reason, the representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Bishop's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) who authored the work are to be commended.

(5) The most urgent ecumenical dialogue between Russia and Rome today must focus on a new generation of Russian Orthodox thinkers: those who, having looked hard at the crisis in Ukraine and their Church leadership's propaganda activities on behalf of the Putin regime, have concluded that Russian Orthodoxy needs a new theory of Church - and - state — and should develop one in vigorous conversation with serious scholars of Catholic social doctrine.

Confessional Protestants — those whose churches explicitly hold to one of the great Protestant confessions of the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries and who value classical orthodox formulations as being faithful to scripture — should focus their ecumenical energy in dialoguing and working with those denominations which share their most basic commitments, especially to the Nicene Trinitarian identity of God.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

As for the ecumenical part of the equation, the Holy See seems to accord highest priority to avoiding anything that might give offense to the Russian Orthodox Church, which it perceives to be one key to advancing a broader agenda of ecclesial reconciliation between Christian West and Christian East.

In particular, the movement of some LWF churches to break with the Church's historic understanding of Scripture and natural law by blessing same - sex marriages and ordaining homosexual ministers has led to division within the Lutheran World Federation and strained relations with ecumenical partners.

Acting as it does as a summary and analysis of five decades of Lutheran - Catholic dialogue, 2015's Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist will undoubtedly be a helpful touchstone in future ecumenical discussions between the two traditions.

This living tradition includes the early creeds, the ecumenical councils, and the writings of the Fathers of the Church.

He refused to believe that Vatican II, the ecumenical council he had experienced as a powerful work of the Holy Spirit, could only lead to permanent incoherence and division in Catholicism; and by providing an authoritative interpretation of the Council, John Paul II's pontificate energized the living parts of the Church and made Vatican II the launch platform for the new evangelization and for the Church's rediscovery of itself as a missionary enterprise.

Bishop Angaelos, the General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK wrote on Twitter: «Farewell to a friend and brother, and a fellow traveller along our shared ecumenical journey in Britain.»

When the clergy abuse scandal has sent multitudes of Catholics to swim the Tiber away from Rome to either liberal or evangelical Protestantism, and the church is beset with both clergy and parishioners who ignore or defy Rome, one would hope for a bit of ecumenical modesty.

Mainline liberals tend to define overseas mission exclusively in terms of partnership with overseas churches (or ecumenical agencies).

It also places it in continuity with the experiences of the early church, and within the continuing narrative of the development of Christian thought — as people have struggled to make sense of and articulate their lived experience of God — which produced the great ecumenical creeds (with their clear progression of understanding about God, Christ and the Holy Spirit)- and which continues on today.

For mainline liberal / ecumenicals, «mission of the church» has replaced «missions.»

Since my early days as assistant at my teacher Edmund Schlink's Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg and afterward during many years of regular ecumenical discussions, especially with Roman Catholic theologians, I became increasingly aware that Christian theology today should not limit itself to some narrowly defined confessional loyalty inherited from the past but should help to build the foundations of a reunited, if to some degree pluralistic, Christian church that should become more and more visible within the foreseeabEcumenical Institute at Heidelberg and afterward during many years of regular ecumenical discussions, especially with Roman Catholic theologians, I became increasingly aware that Christian theology today should not limit itself to some narrowly defined confessional loyalty inherited from the past but should help to build the foundations of a reunited, if to some degree pluralistic, Christian church that should become more and more visible within the foreseeabecumenical discussions, especially with Roman Catholic theologians, I became increasingly aware that Christian theology today should not limit itself to some narrowly defined confessional loyalty inherited from the past but should help to build the foundations of a reunited, if to some degree pluralistic, Christian church that should become more and more visible within the foreseeable future.

At the beginning of the Sixties, the National Council of Churches, ecumenical embodiment of mainline Protestantism, was as secure in the pantheon of influential American institutions as the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association.

He has been a teaching fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary, an international consultant to the Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations, National Board of Missions, of the United Presbyterian Church (USA), and is founder and Director of the Christian Center for Asian Studies, and Director of the Doctor of Ministries Studies, a joint program with San Francisco Theological Seminary.

In a historical event, ten mainline churches in India (including the Church of South India and Mar Thomas Syrian Church) participated in an Ecumenical Consultation.

So writes Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the Russian Church's ecumenical officer, to the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Beyond the considerable body of research that has emerged in the past three decades which demonstrates that women played a far more generous role in the early Church than perhaps Neuhaus has imagined, my own Wesleyan holiness tradition has apparently escaped his ecumenical vision as well for it was already ordaining women in the nineteenth century.

But certain pronouncements — like the theological statements of the Ecumenical Councils — have long been recognized by the Church at large as true and faithful understandings of Scripture.

We affirm the authority of the Scriptures and the doctrines represented in the ecumenical creeds of the Church.