Comment from UTT:
While the Roman Catholic Church calls ecumenical unity with Lutherans a gift from God, a review of history and the facts only show that the Jesuits have nearly completed their goal to unite together what Martin Luther and others exposed and even died for. The Catholic Church talks about this unity as communion, however, this is not the case. Communion in light of Catholicism is coming home to Rome, therefore fulfilling the apostasy that the Bible reveals will happen before Jesus returns for His church.
October 27 - Catholic-Lutheran hurdles still exist, but surprising progress has been made
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Ahead of Pope Francis’ coming trip to Sweden to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Catholic and Lutheran leaders have said that while there is still a long way to go toward unity, seemingly impossible steps have already been made. Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, told journalists Oct. 26 that the coming joint commemoration of the Reformation marks “the first time in the history between Catholic and Lutherans that they do this type of common commemoration.” “In the past we’ve had confessional centenaries with a tone that was a bit triumphalist and polemic on both sides,” he said, explaining that the goal now is to not only to join together for the anniversary, but also to recognize 50 years of Catholic-Lutheran dialogue.The dialogue between Lutherans and Catholics “was the first bilateral dialogue that the Catholic Church launched right after the Council in 1967, and this is also a sign of gratitude that we could discover all there is in common between Lutherans and Catholics,” the cardinal said. He said the joint commemoration of the Reformation is “a beautiful sign of this path to unity, from conflict to unity. In the past we had conflicts. We want to arrive at communion, and today we are on the path to unity.”
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