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very senior Anglican bishop that differences of modes of baptism need not hinder visible unity in the Church. f) The Warrington Church History Society Societies for the study of Church History can be a fruitful means of ecumenism. The Warrington Church History Society was founded in 1980, and this interdenominational group has enjoyed many fascinating and informative lectures and outings to a wide range of historical sites. Each year the Society enjoys a traditional carol service in one or other of the Warrington churches. The particular value of a Church History Society is that local histories are often part of the curriculum as well as general Church History, and this brings a sharing of the Christian heritage of a locality. g) Social and Political Action Christians are combining forces today to address many issues affecting Christian morality and faith. All traditions are finding how much they have in common in concerns over abortion, the regulation of drugs, the expansion of gambling casinos, the Sexual Orientation Regulations, incitement to religious hatred measures, third world debt, environmental issues, and religious discrimination. The Maranatha Community gives a lead in many of these concerns and its voice is well respected in Parliament. The Community works alongside other interdenominational groups who are doing similar work. As an example of cooperation on these issues, Maranatha cites at least 13 or 14 agencies concerned with the issue of abortion. 182 h) Shared Publicity and Public Relations Many parish magazines publicise all the activities of the churches in their area instead of just their own. Also agencies like Christian Publicity Organisation provide publicity and outreach materials for use by Churches. i) Shared Resources In some areas Roman Catholic schools welcome such interdenominational bodies as Youth for Christ into their assemblies and even their classes. j) Ecumenical Centres and Communities Ecumenical centres like Taizé in France still attract many Christians of all denominations, and there are many Sisterhoods and Brotherhoods throughout the UK which gather together Christians of all denominations for worship and witness. There is one such Sisterhood in 182 Maranatha‟s Trumpet Call, May 2007. Page 145
West Kirby, near to my home, the Sisters of Jesus’ Way, modelled on the Evangelical Sisters of Mary of Darmstadt in Germany. k) Shared Evangelism The Alpha Course from Holy Trinity Brompton, an Anglican Church in London, has crossed has crossed denominational barriers in a remarkable way, though it did not set out to be an ecumenical venture. Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, who has served as the Preacher to the Papal Household since 1980, has visited and spoken at Holy Trinity, and highly commends the course to Roman Catholics – an Alpha Course for Catholics was set up in 2003. He has urged Alpha to continue as a ministry to the whole Church of Christ. The course began in 1992 as an introduction to the Christian faith, and is now used by all the major denominations, worldwide. Every two years about 1,000 church leaders from 76 countries attend Alpha‟s international week in London. In May 2007 this conference was attended by the Catholic Archbishop of Moscow, three Catholic bishops from Peru, and three Anglican bishops from India, and more than 30 denominations were represented. A delegation from Zambia reported that every prisoner in their country was able to listen to Alpha talks by radio and a report from Russia announced that „on the stage today we have Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox, all together running Alpha.‟ 183 Alpha is Evangelical and Charismatic in style and doctrine and some Evangelicals on the Reformed wing reject it as being too Charismatic and/or as compromising Evangelical truth. The fact that Alpha stresses the need for a personal conversion experience and an encounter with the Holy Spirit shows how much traditional Charismatic Evangelicalism has reached into areas not considered traditionally Evangelical. The success of Alpha (in some 7,000 UK centres, embracing 25% of all UK churches, and through 31,000 courses worldwide) demonstrates how denominational antagonisms are less and less apparent in today‟s Church. 184 l) Shared Community Action Inter-church cooperation in serving the community has been successfully undertaken in several cities over the past few years. This has been with an enthusiasm for united witness which has not been seen before. The aim of these ventures, particularly in inner-city areas, was to renovate and restore neglected areas physically, socially and spiritually. Examples have included Soul Survivor, Soul in the City in London, Merseyfest on Merseyside, and Hope 08 nationally. 183 A feature in Church of England Newspaper, UK Focus, July 2007. 184 Brookes, Andrew, The Alpha Phenomenon, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, 2007, pp 22, 27. Page 146
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Introduction CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chr
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HOW DO WE DIG OUT THE EMBEDDED CHUR
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That the Church should express this
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For Alfeyev, „Faith is a gift, th
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„heresies„ of the Early Church
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Traditionally, the Church has made
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CHAPTER 1 CHRISTIAN UNITY IN THE EA
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A certain Docetic teacher, often id
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Novatianism When the persecutions o
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The fortunes of the Arian party in
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An attempt was made in 482 AD (29 y
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was development in the interpretati
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CYPRIAN AND AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The
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position would see baptism as not t
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The Eastern Church‟s relationship
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insisted from the second Lateran Co
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There is so much that Orthodoxy sha
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we do not talk to each other. Our t
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The question of heresy does not com
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They were missionary-minded and the
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Lollard ideas lingered in English r
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CHAPTER 4 THE SECOND GREAT SPLIT: W
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unity‟s sake in subsequent centur
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Erasmus wrote he asserts, through o
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attle-cry, is perhaps the most famo
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Regulations for the good ordering o
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Eucharist was not just a commemorat
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CHAPTER 5 QUOTATIONS ON THE THEME O
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How rare then it is to meet a man w
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are often much bigger divisions bet
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manner. He declared that men could
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CHAPTER 6 HOPES FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
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imminent return of Christ (Komensky
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a concern that merchant adventurers
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also anti-Socinian. Calixtus himsel
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The Eastern Churches were not rent
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everyone - from outward forms to in
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Women were not usually members of t
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work in America, shows him, though
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The aim of the conference was to br
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From 1768 Harris‟s home at Talgar
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twice more to congregations of Whit
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denominations was not their distinc
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It was from the overseas Protestant
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Page 111 and 112: episcopate were too radical for mos
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Page 117 and 118: With so much talk of unity and coop
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Page 121 and 122: • Sharing a corporate life of wit
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Page 125 and 126: (h) The Evangelical Church in Germa
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Page 153 and 154: n) Shared Study Courses There is a
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Page 167 and 168: economic factors giving rise to suc
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Page 171 and 172: APPENDIX 1 THE NICENO-CONSTANTINOPO
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Page 179 and 180: What all three traditions have in c
Page 181 and 182: Cromwellian period, in a treatise o
Page 183 and 184: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS
Page 185 and 186: Cullman, Oscar, The Earliest Christ
Page 187 and 188: McCarthy, Tim, The Catholic Traditi
Page 189 and 190: Letter concerning the civil princip
Page 191 and 192: Coptic Orthodox Church, 10 Council
Page 193 and 194: Parousia, 24, 68, 93 Paul VI, 10, 1
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