Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Cooperate on politics, social issues and missionary efforts The World Council of Churches (1948)
The Lausanne Conference of Faith and Order (1927) The Uppsala Conference (1968) The Nairobi Conference (1975) The Vatican II Council (1962- 1965) Pope John XXIII The emphasis was to be pastoral and not doctrinal (no challenges to Papal Infallibility, the doctrine of Mary, etc) Protestants were to be described as separate brethren not heretics Mass was to be held in the vernacular; the laity could take the cup and were the people of God Bible reading by the laity now encouraged The Bible and Tradition were now seen as one common expression of the Holy Spirit December 7, 1965: Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras lifted the order of excommunication
1980: The Year of the Evangelicals and entry into the political arena
Process Theology
The Church is neither as strong as she seems nor as weak The Challenges of the 21st Century mirror the challenges of the 1st Century as secularization and urbanization continue to increase Technology is a tool; not an end in itself and it can be used to do either Satans work or the Lords work The Word of God is the same yesterday, today and forever and we deviate from it at our own peril as exemplified in Church History The Church is far more than an institution or a building and God is far more interested in His people being unified in purpose and in action as opposed to unified in one practice God loves the Church and works through it; shouldnt we?
References
Brown, Colin. Christianity and Western Thought vol. 2 Cairns, Earle E. Christianity Through the Centuries Cross, F. L. and E. A. Livingstone ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Lewis, Clive Staples. The Complete Works of C.S. Lewis Wells, David. _________ _________ No Place for Truth Losing Our Virtue God in the Waste Land