{"id":23108,"date":"2017-10-31T07:25:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=23108"},"modified":"2017-10-31T08:45:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T13:45:45","slug":"new-springtime-catholic-lutheran-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2017\/10\/new-springtime-catholic-lutheran-unity.html","title":{"rendered":"A New Springtime For Catholic Lutheran Unity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Pope Francis with some Lutherans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

I\u2019m sorry to rain on the\u00a0ecumenical parade. but are we really experiencing a \u201cnew Springtime of ecumenism\u201d or is it just Indian summer? I\u2019ve written on the subject over at my main blog today.<\/p>\n

When the Lutheran-Anglicans decided to ordain women as priests and bishops they put a bullet to the head of any real reconciliation with Catholicism. Before they took this step, the Pope along with the Easter Orthodox ecumenical patriarch wrote, pleading with them not to do so because of the serious damage to church unity. The same can be said for the Lutheran-Anglican embrace of the whole same sex agenda, the acceptance of remarriage after divorce, the endorsement of abortion and the list could go on and on.<\/p>\n

It must be said that the Lutheran-Anglican federation took these unilateral steps. They knew they were deepening the divide in Christ\u2019s Church and did so anyway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Go here<\/a> for the full article.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sorry to rain on the\u00a0ecumenical parade. but are we really experiencing a \u201cnew Springtime of ecumenism\u201d or is it just Indian summer? I\u2019ve written on the subject over at my main blog today. When the Lutheran-Anglicans decided to ordain women as priests and bishops they put a bullet to the head of any real […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":22558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA New Springtime For Catholic Lutheran Unity?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm sorry to rain on the\u00a0ecumenical parade. but are we really experiencing a "new Springtime of ecumenism" or is it just Indian summer? 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