An interesting post from The Anglo-Catholic, an excellent blog by Anglicans seeking unity with the See of Rome:
Fr. John Guy Winfrey*, the parish priest of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Grand Rapids, MI, and a former parishioner of the Anglo-Catholic St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ft. Worth, has written to offer the following piece on promising developments in Eastern Orthodoxy and his thoughts regarding their place in the larger drama of reconciliation between the “two lungs” of the Church, East and West.
Fr. Winfrey posits that the Holy Father’s recent Apostolic Constitution providing for the corporate reconciliation of Anglican groups, Anglicanorum Coetibus, is a sign to Orthodox Christians that the Roman Pontiff is truly committed to the pursuit of a genuine unity in diversity.
* Fr Winfrey also blogs here (on general topics) and here (on the specific topic of Western Rite Orthodoxy). A previous essay of his, on the topic of the “Anglican Patrimony”, may be found here.
Jesus never uttered a prayer that will not ultimately be answered.
The answer is on the way and since it has taken so long so far, we can surmise it will be an answer beyond what we can think or imagine. It’s a GREAT PRAYER and it will have a GREAT ANSWER
Great prayer of the bible- Jesus for unity:
That they may all be one (John 17:21)
Jacqueline – amen!!
Amen is not enough,
faith have to be active
We all should make it come true.
The real power is in UNITY.
they say in french l’union fait la force !
As a side note: It always amazes me how seldom Jesus is even mentioned in these discussions. You’d almost get the impression that His view of our various issues is considered irrelevant. :o
I think when Jesus is not mentionned, they want their intrepretation or own wishes to be heard .
The prayer of Jesus of unity is interprated in so many ways, because they are not ready to apply it, they all want to keep power.
It’s taking so long but will come !
Just two tiny things:
Please look at this and – if you agree – support it (or those who can write something on their own blog):
http://www.ecumenicalstudies.org.ua/eng/announcements/691
And, what do you say about this? I’m really intereseted, though due to personal reasons cannot start for some years:
http://www.iesdistance.org.ua/
Ralf,
It would be wonderful if all Christians could celebrate the Resurrection on the same date. Interesting article. Last year my bishop took all the seminarians to the local Easter Sunday buffet at the nicest hotel in the city. I must say the food was far better at last years buffet than the previous year before because Easter was celebrated together this past year, and the hotel did a no holds barred spread! At Orthodox Easter the year before last their was no buffet at all. The food is always better at western Easter! I always experience a greater joy when Pascha is celebrated together east and west.
In all seriousness though both the Julian and Gregorian calculations are inaccurate. I like the idea of using the Israeli median because, after all, that is where he rose from the dead.