With the celebration of the 500 year anniversary of
Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral
now past, I would like to begin a dialogue.
I maintained a respectful silence while brothers and sisters in Christ
celebrated what they believe is ultimately the beginning of the way they get
closer to Christ. Getting closer to
Christ is something I support and rejoice in as well. Obviously I would disagree on the method.
I am
going to be presenting a series of essays regarding some of the things I heard
leading up to and on Oct 31st.
I am
not going to be posting these as an enemy of Protestantism, as an agitator and
certainly not to proselytize. The
purpose I see is twofold:
1) To
bring Catholics and Protestants closer together in understanding one
another. The world no longer cares what
“denomination” we are. The world will
try to imprison us all just the same. If
I must be in prison I would rather know that the Catholic / Protestant cellmate
of mine is an ally and Brother / Sister in Christ rather than believing them to
be an enemy.
2) To
present authentic Catholicism and bring a little ruach to the smoke of deception / misunderstanding the swirls
around Catholicism…. And there is a LOT of misconceptions believed by both Catholics
and Protestants about Catholicism.
I welcome all
respectful comments both on the blog here and on the Facebook page. If we do not talk respectfully we cannot hope
to understand that we share far more in common than we disagree on. While the disagreements are important, it is
as important that we understand what each side means before we point out
differences. Many of the rancor,
accusations and finger-pointing has come from misunderstanding the other side’s
meaning. If we maintain this misrepresentation
and misinformation we risk sinning against the Commandment, “Thou Shalt Not
Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor.”
If we do not gain
understanding we cannot hope to show the world that Jesus Christ is Lord! (cf Jn 17:20-23).
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