Albert Tatlock Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 From The Times: "Radical proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope are to be published this year, The Times has learnt. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Safety in numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjDan Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Safety in numbers? Probably something like that. As the Anglicans’ squabbles over the fundamentals of Christian doctrine continue — with seven of the conservative primates twice refusing to share Communion with the other Anglican leaders at their meeting in Tanzania — the Church’s credibility is being increasingly undermined in a world that is looking for strong witness from its international religious leaders. It comes as no suprise really. A church built on the ideas of men will always change... time and time again. After they become catholics (if they do) they'll divide again and follow some other idea. Christianity is falling apart, and both these churches/denominations have played a great part in its downfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 So the Mormon schism in the 19th century has nothing to do with creating a splintered church then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjDan Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 It comes as no suprise really. A church built on the ideas of men will always change... time and time again. All churches are built on the ideas of men - including your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Very interesting, given the number of lives lost over the centuries to keeping the two apart! BTW, have not looked at the link as I suspect that this is just the last ditch attempt to consolidate Christianity plc into a leaner, keener multinational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Was stopped by a Mormon guy in a high street in the UK today. Reminded me of one of those baddies in the sixties sci-fi show 'The Invaders'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I don't think so Gladys. This is the fact that the Anglican Church in the more socially respressive African states cannot reconcile their more fundamentalist beliefs with those of the more liberal Anglican departments. I am shocked they would go quite as far as linking up with the Catholics. I suppose the more fundamentalist Anglican churches find their SOCIAL attitudes more in common with those of the Vatican and seeing this similarity want to explore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 So the Mormon schism in the 19th century has nothing to do with creating a splintered church then? Before Joseph Smith no one ever imagined that god would be the kind of crazy old trickster who might bury the third testament in a ditch in North America, so I suppose technically there wasn't a true church for the Mormons to splinter from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I don't think so Gladys. This is the fact that the Anglican Church in the more socially respressive African states cannot reconcile their more fundamentalist beliefs with those of the more liberal Anglican departments. I am shocked they would go quite as far as linking up with the Catholics.I suppose the more fundamentalist Anglican churches find their SOCIAL attitudes more in common with those of the Vatican and seeing this similarity want to explore it. What is more shocking, the fact that the certain parts of the Anglican church want to preserve their fundamental beliefs, or that they may be linking up with Catholics? I think if you chip away, you will find that the main driver of this is economic, not theologic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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