[CS-FSLUG] NI (TD): Russian Orthodox bishop appeals for Catholic-Orthodox alliance

[Fred A. Miller]

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 12:02 am, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> Timothy Butler wrote:
> >> No, I think you may be missing the point. The hope is to foster  unity
> >> according to the express prayer or Our Lord the night before  He gave
> >> His life for us, "that they may all be one . . ." (John 17:21)
> >
> >     Very true. I suspect it will be a long road before the Western
> > Church can reunite (if ever, given the structural differences between
> > most Protestant groups and the RCC), but in lieu of that, I must say  I
> > enjoy vicariously the attempts at bringing together the Eastern and
> > Western/Catholic churches. Given the the vacuum you rightly note, I
> > cannot think of anything better.
>
> Tim, you must realize that there never can be a reuniting of the
> western/protestant churches and the RCC as, according to the RCC, there
> is no salvation outside of the RCC:
> http://www.ewtn.com/library/SCRIPTUR/EXTRAECC.TXT
> http://www.catholic.com/library/Salvation_Outside_the_Church.asp
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3517/nosalv.htm
> (just a few examples)
>
> The only way that there can be a reconciliation is that we all submit to
> the authority of the Pope and the RCC.
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong........

No, I think you are correct, and is another one issue that the Vatican MUST 
change it's position on. After all, the RCC position has NO Scriptural basis.

Fred

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