Look to the East.Luke Timothy Johnson Luke Timothy Johnson (born November 20, 1943) is the R. W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. insists in "With Thankfulness & Praise" (April 21) that we "should rejoice that Catholics now feel at home" in various mainline Protestant worship services. I have never understood why such ecumenical overtures should be celebrated when they are detrimental to our relations with the Eastern Orthodox, with whom Catholics share a much stronger apostolic inheritance. The more modernist or Protestant our liturgies become, the less recognizable they are to our Orthodox friends--and the less recognizable the divine liturgy of St. John Chrysostom The Divine Liturgy is the primary worship service of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The two primary forms of the Divine Liturgy are those of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. The Divine Liturgy is a eucharistic service. is to Catholics. Not all dialogue partners with the Catholic Church are equal. While efforts at reconciliation with Protestant churches This is a list of Protestant churches by denomination. Anglican/Episcopal Church Anglican Communion Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and PolynesiaAnglican Diocese of Auckland= Archdeaconry of Waimate== Parish of Kaitaiaare important, the Catholic Church is arguably duty-bound to turn first among her separated sisters to the Eastern Orthodox. Thankfully, Pope Benedict seems intent on doing just that. He appears to understand that this is a matter of ecclesiological ec·cle·si·ol·o·gyn. 1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the nature, constitution, and functions of a church. 2. The study of ecclesiastical architecture and ornamentation. integrity. G. L. CHEN Chen - Peter Chen Washington, D.C. |
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