Digging Out the Embedded Church - The Maranatha Community

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Karl Adam – 20 th Century: „Nothing is more like an Evangelical who really prays than a Catholic who really prays. …Though we cannot create any final unity in Christendom (we) must do everything possible to prepare the way for dynamic unity, a unity of hearts and minds.‟ J A Komensky – 17 th Century: „The second long and difficult labyrinth were my irenic labours, ie my wish to reconcile Christians (if it should please God), who in various ways to their own hurt and near ruin wrangle concerning the faith. I expended much labour in this matter. So far, almost nothing has been accomplished, but perhaps my labours shall succeed yet… There are but a few who hope for results. Fear is a poor guarantee of lasting friendship.‟ Thomas M’Crie – 19 th Century: „When dissensions arise in the Church of God, and it is divided into parties, whatever the occasion or matter of variance may be, there must be guilt somewhere.‟ William Temple – 20 th Century: „The secular world has lost all experience of unity and can do no more than play with the aspiration towards it. The Christian world is moving steadily and rapidly towards deeper unity, and has an actual experience of Christian fellowship across all secular divisions which is full of hope for the future of Christendom and through it for mankind. I believe in the Holy Catholic Church and sincerely regret that it does not at present exist.‟ Pere M J Guillou – 20 th Century: „It is no small thing to share a common love of Christ, the saviour of mankind, and a common acceptance of his gospel as the only saving truth.‟ John M Frame – 21 st Century: „Though I love the Reformed faith – I don‟t think it (or any other section of the church) can claim to represent the correct view in everything – heaven might give some surprises.‟ Gerard W Hughes – 20 th Century (when conducting retreats): „After a time I found that I was usually unaware of a person‟s denomination and saw clearly that the real division among Christians does not lie in the denomination to which they may belong, but in the way in which they relate to God and the world. There Page 59
are often much bigger divisions between people of the same denomination than between individuals of different denominations. Denominational differences – are rarely theological, but more usually results from cultural conditioning.‟ Alec R Vidler – 20 th Century: „Reuniting the existing churches seems laudable but is unrealistic as they are no longer potentially powerful institutions in modern society – It is more likely they will have to die, in order that by the grace of God and in His good time they may be born again. The moment has not yet arrived when we can do the decisive thing; we have to prepare ourselves and to prepare society for the fresh revelation of the arm of the Lord, and to apprehend His judgement in order that we may be ready to receive His mercy. The restoration of the universal Church may be as remote as the restoration of Christendom. The existing condition of the Church, its disunity, its worldliness, its acceptance of compromise – is certainly a scandal – but the weakness of the Church and her humiliation draws rather than repels the believer. It is not impossible that in the providence of God, Europe will be re-evangelised by what we now call “the younger churches”.‟ Cardinal Mercier – 20 th Century: „In order to unite with one another we must love one another; in order to love one another, we must know one another; in order to know one another, we must go and meet one another.‟ A R Cross – 20 th Century: „Christian unity – is not based on agreement on ecclesiology, baptism or ministry (though this is not to imply that these are unimportant), but in our common life in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.‟ Hans Kung – 20 th Century (speaking of Catholic and non-Catholic Christians): „There is already a deep communion, koinonia, between them and us; it is founded on one baptism, faith in one Lord, and love for him; and it is stronger and more important than anything that separates us. We are Christians, and they are Christians. What we need for reunion is that this communion which already exists should grow. What we need is that both sides should create more and more common ground between us, until at last what separates us becomes insignificant and full unity is a reality. This “perfect unity” will not be uniformity. As the Pope [John XXIII] has said, it will be unity in essentials, freedom in all else. Page 60
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Digging Out the Embedded Church Dis
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The Maranatha Community comprises t
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Introduction CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chr
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ead, nicely browned on top. He plac
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HOW DO WE DIG OUT THE EMBEDDED CHUR
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That the Church should express this
Page 13 and 14: For Alfeyev, „Faith is a gift, th
Page 15 and 16: „heresies„ of the Early Church
Page 17 and 18: Traditionally, the Church has made
Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER 1 CHRISTIAN UNITY IN THE EA
Page 21 and 22: A certain Docetic teacher, often id
Page 23 and 24: Novatianism When the persecutions o
Page 25 and 26: The fortunes of the Arian party in
Page 27 and 28: An attempt was made in 482 AD (29 y
Page 29 and 30: was development in the interpretati
Page 31 and 32: CYPRIAN AND AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The
Page 33 and 34: position would see baptism as not t
Page 35 and 36: The Eastern Church‟s relationship
Page 37 and 38: insisted from the second Lateran Co
Page 39 and 40: There is so much that Orthodoxy sha
Page 41 and 42: we do not talk to each other. Our t
Page 43 and 44: The question of heresy does not com
Page 45 and 46: They were missionary-minded and the
Page 47 and 48: Lollard ideas lingered in English r
Page 49 and 50: CHAPTER 4 THE SECOND GREAT SPLIT: W
Page 51 and 52: unity‟s sake in subsequent centur
Page 53 and 54: Erasmus wrote he asserts, through o
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Page 57 and 58: Regulations for the good ordering o
Page 59 and 60: Eucharist was not just a commemorat
Page 61 and 62: CHAPTER 5 QUOTATIONS ON THE THEME O
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Page 67 and 68: St Germanus of Constantinople - 8 t
Page 69 and 70: manner. He declared that men could
Page 71 and 72: S L Greenslade - 20 th Century: „
Page 73 and 74: CHAPTER 6 HOPES FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
Page 75 and 76: imminent return of Christ (Komensky
Page 77 and 78: a concern that merchant adventurers
Page 79 and 80: also anti-Socinian. Calixtus himsel
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Page 85 and 86: Women were not usually members of t
Page 87 and 88: work in America, shows him, though
Page 89 and 90: The aim of the conference was to br
Page 91 and 92: From 1768 Harris‟s home at Talgar
Page 93 and 94: twice more to congregations of Whit
Page 95 and 96: denominations was not their distinc
Page 97 and 98: It was from the overseas Protestant
Page 99 and 100: THE OXFORD TRACTARIAN MOVEMENT Anot
Page 101 and 102: the Church of England‟s doctrinal
Page 103 and 104: „We pray that… all who desire t
Page 105 and 106: thereof, in prayer, in the remembra
Page 107 and 108: honours the Lord and his Word; the
Page 109 and 110: apostolic church enjoyed, and that
Page 111 and 112: episcopate were too radical for mos
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In this Shanghai Conference‟s Rep
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With so much talk of unity and coop
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„The liturgical movement in weste
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• Sharing a corporate life of wit
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• Our acknowledgement of the Apos
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(h) The Evangelical Church in Germa
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It changed nothing in respect of do
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Some Evangelical Protestants want t
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• It is in continuity with the
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But things have changed. Richard Ma
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evangelism - (and) state what the r
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Repentance and faith are at the hea
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outcome of being justified. Agreeme
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Virgin‟s salutary influence on me
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h) Confession The sacrament of pena
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demanding way would be sin. The que
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If the opportunity for the Church t
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Ministers, priests and laypeople in
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West Kirby, near to my home, the Si
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n) Shared Study Courses There is a
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Even some Protestant churches today
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Vincent de Lérins spoke of a „pr
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It is not likely, in the foreseeabl
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Christ and are trying their best to
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upon the name of our Lord Jesus Chr
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Perhaps this dying process is now b
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economic factors giving rise to suc
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deeper ecumenism, one that does not
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APPENDIX 1 THE NICENO-CONSTANTINOPO
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APPENDIX 2 FOUR BIBLICAL TEXTS ON T
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The „apostles and elders‟ of th
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„The purpose of the Reformation C
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What all three traditions have in c
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Cromwellian period, in a treatise o
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS
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Cullman, Oscar, The Earliest Christ
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McCarthy, Tim, The Catholic Traditi
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Letter concerning the civil princip
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Coptic Orthodox Church, 10 Council
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Parousia, 24, 68, 93 Paul VI, 10, 1
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