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Name: Ken Home: Edmonton, Canada My Blogger Profile Recent Posts Pope Benedict XVI: Some of His Views Pope Benedict XVI: Gloria olivae? Bigvai, Bagavahya, and Bagoas Fatherhood: A New Chapter Celebrating 10 Years Online A New Perspective on Neh 11:25-36 Press Release on Edom Excavations Google Scholar Aleppo Codex Online Christopher Reeve Thursday, April 21, 2005   Catholic - Protestant Ecumenism 0 Comments posted by Ken @ 8:34:00 PM A couple of days ago, Ed Cook wrote a blog entry entitled Pope Benedict and Ecumenism. This got me thinking: what changes would I need to see in the Catholic Church for me to feel comfortable in communion with it? Here's my working ideas that are hardly comprehensive: (1) The principle of papal infallibility ex cathedra would have to be rescinded or, perhaps as a compromise position, papal infallibility ex cathedra would be subject to the prayerful consideration and unanimous assent of a council of the Church. (2) The Roman Catholic Church could create a Protestant Catholic Rite, perhaps with a better name (Reformed Catholic Rite?), and thus join with Protestants in a new communion without requiring a change in the rites of worship that presently divide us, i.e. views on clerical marriage, the Lord's Supper, baptism, veneration of saints and so on. At present, the Roman Catholic Church accepts within its body many churches of different rites that have such different views. Of course, it would be left to negotiate the bounds of the degree of difference that is compatible within a unified Catholic Church; a common statement of values and doctrines must exist but serious and prayerful consideration must be given on which are matters essential to the Faith and which are not. (3) I personally believe that the multiple expressions of faith in the Christian Church are a testament to the diversity possible within the Body of Christ. Each faith tradition approaches doctrinal matters from different angles and none have a monopoly on interpretation and divinity. We are called to unity not uniformity and I am prepared to work in communion with my Catholic brothers and sisters, though I may not, in the grace afforded me, entirely agree with them. | Permanent Link | Donate | Top NetworkedBlogs Blog: anduril.ca Topics:   Follow my blog

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