|
||||||
|
|
Reportedly, according to zenit.org – March 5, 2010: “The Reformation was bad for England, and the nation would do well to become a Catholic country again.” This was the affirmation proposed by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Tuesday during a debate hosted by The Spectator magazine as part of its debate series. The topic under discussion was “England Should Be a Catholic Country Again,” and the cardinal — who is a retired archbishop of Westminster — was joined by author [Continue reading ...] According to some prominent evangelical leaders, we’ve been fighting the wrong war. Protestants, Catholics, and other religious people should quit bickering over issues of heaven and hell and unite in the culture war. Wait a minute…what’s wrong with this picture?
Sermon excerpt: A woman once wrote to me, she said she thought Christianity was fine but frankly she was in to Zen. And she liked to listen to Christian radio, she says, because [Continue reading ...] A controversial priest who has a lesbian partner has so far received more than half the votes she needs to be consecrated as an assistant bishop. And the 120-day consent process began just a month ago. The Rev Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool has 29 consents to become bishop suffragan, according to a recent report by the Diocese of Los Angeles. She needs 56 to be confirmed as the second openly homosexual bishop in The Episcopal Church. “Throughout [Continue reading ...] Cardinal asks dialogue partners if an ecumenical catechism might work By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican official has floated the idea of a shared “ecumenical catechism” as one of the potential fruits of 40 years of dialogue among Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and members of the Reformed churches. “We have affirmed our common foundation in Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity as expressed in our common creed and in the [Continue reading ...] Tony Blair has challenged the “entrenched” attitudes of the Pope on homosexuality, and argued that it is time for him to “rethink” his views. Speaking to the gay magazine Attitude, the former Prime Minister, himself now a Roman Catholic, said that he wanted to urge religious figures everywhere to reinterpret their religious texts to see them as metaphorical, not literal, and suggested that in time this would make all religious groups accept gay people as equals. Asked about the [Continue reading ...] John MacArthur The tendency to venerate tradition is very strong in religion. The world is filled with religions that have been following set traditions for hundreds–even thousands–of years. Cultures come and go, but religious tradition shows an amazing continuity. In fact, many ancient religions–including Druidism, Native American religions, and several of the oriental cults–eschewed written records of their faith, preferring to pass down their legends and rituals and dogmas via word-of-mouth. Such religions usually treat their body of traditions as a de facto [Continue reading ...] The Unresolved Problems with Joel Richardson’s Theory by J. Jacob Prasch Note: This review is based on the electronic version of Joel Richardson’s book published on his website “Joel’s Trumpet”. The Internet has been abuzz with varying views and reviews of Joel Richardson’s book promoted by World Net Daily titled, The Islamic Antichrist. The book offers interesting comment and some insightful observations but seeks to challenge and reverse the popular teaching of Babylon the Great being related to either Roman Catholicism or a revived Roman Empire, [Continue reading ...]
Interfaith Report sourced direct from Vatican Press Release CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS: TOGETHER IN OVERCOMING POVERTY VATICAN CITY, 11 SEP 2009 (VIS) – The Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue today published its annual Message to Muslims for the end of the month of Ramadan. The Message is signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, respectively president and secretary of the council, and has as its theme this year (1430 AH / 2009 AD): [Continue reading ...] Alpha pioneer of the Anglican Church of England, Reverend Nicky Gumbel, spoke to a Roman Catholic audience of 1,500 people, including several Cardinals, in St Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, on Friday, September 21, 2007. He gave, as reported by “AlphaFriends,” a keynote address on ‘Hope’ at the International Congress for the New Evangelisation, led by the archbishops of five European cities – Vienna, Paris, Lisbon, Brussels and Budapest. The talk was also heard by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, general [Continue reading ...] |
|
||||
|
Copyright © 1996-2010 Girded with Truth All Rights Reserved | Berean Acts 17:10-12 |
||||||
