Being churches together: celebrating a reconciling vision of #hope

“People do want to hear hopeful messages and stories of leadership, such as… positive outcomes over the decades of Irish Council of Churches and Irish Inter-Church Meeting work — an increase of trust amongst the churches, more joint projects, and more inquiries about the organisations’ works.”

Read our summary article by Allan LEONARD 👉 https://sharedfuture.news/being-churches-together-celebrating-a-reconciling-vision-of-hope/

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #ecumenism #ICC #IICM @mrulster

H/t to @fulelo for highlighting this piece on Russian #disinformation and false #history aimed at #Norway. I note that the Russian #Orthodox Church has acted as an arm of the state in these efforts. It's a #church which should be shunned by other Christian churches #ecumenism
#ROC #RussianOrthodoxChurch #theology #religion #Russia @religion @theologidons
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2023/09/norway-under-russian-pressure-memory-diplomacy-security-policy

H/t to @fulelo for highlighting this piece on Russian #propaganda and #disinformation aimed at #Norway. I note that the Russian #Orthodox Church has acted as an arm of the state in these efforts. It's a #church which should be shunned by other Christian churches #ecumenism
#ROC #RussianOrthodoxChurch #theology #religion #Russia @religion @theologidons

Vor kurzem war ich bei der Generalversammlung der Konferenz europäischer Kirchen. Wie das aussah, könnt ihr hier entdecken.🇪🇺⛪⬇️
A new journey into #european #ecumenism in June this year at the General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches. See for yourself☺️

By now, humanity should have learned the lessons of the terrible periods of religious conflict in past centuries. It is vital to take all necessary steps to prevent religious extremism and violence. Whatever our religious beliefs, it is essential that all people live together in harmony. #Harmony #Ecumenism #Respect #Coexistence #Religion #Peace

50 years of the #LeuenbergAgreement, which brought the historic #Lutheran and #Reformed churches of #Europe into a shared #church #fellowship, leaving behind #theology differences between the descendants of #Luther and #Calvin dating back to the #Reformation era. The biggest #churches include almost every national #Protestant church in #Europe (including the #ChurchOfScotland), but not the #ChurchOfEngland- because #England always liked a European opt out?!
#ecumenism
https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-praises-50-years-of-agreement-between-lutheran-reformed-and-united-churches-in-europe

50 years of the #LeuenbergAgreement, which brought the historic #Lutheran and #Reformed churches of #Europe into a shared #church #fellowship, leaving behind #theology differences between the descendant of #Luther and #Calvin dating back to the #Reformation era. The biggest #churches include almost every national #Protestant church in #Europe (including the #ChurchOfScotland), but not the #ChurchOfEngland- because #England always liked a European opt out?!
#ecumenism
https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-praises-50-years-of-agreement-between-lutheran-reformed-and-united-churches-in-europe

I found this film interesting.

JESUS AND BUDDHA: PRACTICING ACROSS TRADITIONS

It's basically in three parts:
1: the film's trailer
2: the film
3: a silent scroll of related text that's worth reading

#Jesus #Buddha #Christianity #Buddhism #ecumenism #faith #religion #interfaith #dialog #mystics
https://youtu.be/9QpstRMJVcU

I have started listening to the book, "Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian" by Paul F. Knitter.

I am finding it fascinating and rather in line with my own thinking, searching, and experiences. I don't know where the book will end or where I stand on it all, but I figured some of you might also find this interesting for your own reasons.
#Buddhism #Christianity #Buddhist #Christian #faith #religion #interfaith #ecumenism

https://youtu.be/LN1KiRJGoDQ

This Sunday is the Sunday within the #WeekOfPrayerForChristianUnity! We're blessed to host in our Protestant church the catholic priest and community of our city for a common celebration of the Word.

#ecumenism #prayer #Christianity

If you are a #theology student or recent graduate and interested in global justice & ecumenical conversation, apply to the World Council of Reformed Churches' Global Institute of Theology "Unsettling the Word in an unsettled world," taking place on Fiji June 15-30, 2023. Applications are due 1/31!
www.wcrc.ch/git

#ReformedTheology #EcumenicalTheology #Ecumenism #GlobalJustice

When #justice continually gets sacrificed at the altar of #ChristianUnity, one must question the value of Christian unity. #ecumenism

https://oneworldhouse.net/2023/01/03/the-nightmare-of-christian-unity/

When #justice continually gets sacrificed at the altar of #ChristianUnity, one must question the value of Christian unity. #ecumenism

https://oneworldhouse.net/2023/01/03/the-nightmare-of-christian-unity/

The Latin American / Caribbean Ecumenical Communication Agency put out a bulletin describing the first Reformed Symposium featuring the theology of Kim Yong-Bok. I had a wonderful time participating in it and visiting the city of Rome for the first time! #theology #theologidons @religion @theology #ecumenism #Reformed https://alc-noticias.net/es/2022/12/12/simposio-en-honor-a-la-teologia-de-kim-yong-bok/

The Latin American / Caribbean Ecumenical Communication Agency put out a bulletin describing the first Reformed Symposium featuring the theology of Kim Yong-Bok. I had a wonderful time participating in it and visiting the city of Rome for the first time! #theology #theologidons @religion @theology #ecumenism #Reformed https://alc-noticias.net/es/2022/12/12/simposio-en-honor-a-la-teologia-de-kim-yong-bok/

New instance, new #introduction (1/3).

When I set up shop in Mastodon last month, I found I missed #CatholicTwitter -- which for all its toxicity, had pockets of sanity that made it bearable. So, I created a second Mastodon presence with which to find my faith tribe. I've relocated that presence to deacon.social.

I'm a #RomanCatholic wife and mom of a teenager, as well as a befuddled first-time #CCD teacher. Interests include:

#Mystics
#Prayer
#Theology
#DivineMercy
#Rosary
#Ecumenism

Instead of going to Church today I attended a Catholic Mass online. As part of getting to know Gods family, partly because I'm home alone and partly because I'm pursuing church membership in my baptist congregation and attending a wide range of services seems appropriate to me as part of that journey. Anyway thought I'd share my thoughts.

First despite the differences it felt like 'my people' with the same Lord. I like the liturgy and the response and call. Even the differences I'm about to mention, whilst being significant. I didn't feel 'oh I better hide in the theological closet, things could get ugly if they know what I think', (something I've felt when crossing progressive/traditional theological boundaries when visiting churches). The cultural context and long history is probably part of this. Anyhoo.. The differences.

- The high place of Mary. The Service started with a Hail Mary. Was later referred to as Queen. I have different Mariology, this felt inordinate to me.

- Reading from the Apocraphya. Whilst not a surprised I'm confused about the lectionary (we don't have one) I was expecting four readings similar to https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/. I realise as I type this the Mass is from 28/11/2021 NOT 28/11/2022...

- Homily referred to Judgement and included purgatory and Hell. It's very rare I hear in sermons a about Gods Judgement. I can't remember the last sermon I've heard that referred to Hell (It came up in Bible study last month though). So kudos for going there. We don't believe in purgatory, hearing it referred to as a Mercy instead of as an act of Judgement/Justice was a surprise, but I'm ignorant on purgatory.

- I like the call and response. Interactivity is hard on a one way video stream. In my church we have a roving mike, Q & A, joint worship, doodling/note taking supplies on the tables and prayer (kinda-interactive, it tends to be one person at the front praying and it's hard to stay focused. Call and response would be great to use here).

- The use of saints. We don't refer to saints, they aren't part of our service. I feel this is a weakness on our part. That a connection to Christendom, how we got here. Our dead brothers and sisters. The closet we have to that is a wall of honour from WWI & WWII with names of people from our church and an accompanying book called names to lives and some photos in the church hall of the recent past and newspaper clippings from further ago. As a mental exercise I could imagine talking to a saint (eg: MLK what do you think of this?) but I can't imagine asking for them to interceed, when I could go straint to Jesus. I suspect this is a reflection of protestant Theology (Priesthood of all believers).

The mass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAo-thevNPc

#Baptist #Catholic #Ecumenical #Ecumenism #Christian

Mascall produced lots of constructive work in theology and the philosophy of religion, but I'm fascinated by his continual return to the question of what theology is for, and how it should work. I have an article under review on his rejection of modernism and #Barth, and an embrace of #Aquinas, in the 30s/40s. And his opposition to Anglican-Methodist reunion in the 60s is fundamentally about epistemology/theological method.
(There's an article on that, at https://peterwebster.me/2020/10/15/theology-providence-and-anglican-methodist-reunion-the-case-of-michael-ramsey-and-eric-mascall/ ) 3/
#ecumenism

@sadgrove ah my local Abbey. Planning a visit tomorrow for the Christmas fair and then lunch next week with the town church leaders, including the Vicar of Romsey. #ecumenism

🤔​ my instance is one of the 2,965 instances on fediblock.
"allows all sorts or bigotry as long as they're christian. the admin does try to process reports though, so we only silenced the instance for now. ".
I'm not the admin but, considering I'm ecumenical. I want to have relationships with all Christians regardless of their state of sanctification or theology. I'm in the right spot.
I also appreciate the hours our moderator puts in.
https://theres.life/about
#Fediblock #Christian #ChristianDiversity #ecumenism #ecumenical