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Comment from Understand the Times:
Pope Paul II's New Evangelization Program is about to take off now that "evangelical protestantism" is collapsing. The pope word will become the word of a god and God's Word will be sold as the word of man. Fasten your seatbelts. Few churches are prepared to make a stand.
November 11 - Selected Quotes From "Verbum Domini"
Ecumenism:
"Conscious that the
Church has her
foundation in
Christ, the
incarnate Word of
God, the Synod
wished
to emphasize the
centrality of
biblical studies
within ecumenical
dialogue aimed at
the full expression
of the unity of all
believers in Christ"
(No. 46).
Lectio Divina: "The documents produced before and during the Synod mentioned a number of methods for a faith-filled and fruitful approach to sacred Scripture. Yet the greatest attention was paid to lectio divina, which is truly capable of opening up to the faithful the treasures of God’s word, but also of bringing about an encounter with Christ, the living word of God" (No. 87). Proclamation and the new evangelization: "Many of our brothers and sisters are 'baptized, but insufficiently evangelized.' In a number of cases, nations once rich in faith and in vocations are losing their identity under the influence of a secularized culture. The need for a new evangelization, so deeply felt by my venerable Predecessor, must be valiantly reaffirmed, in the certainty that God’s word is effective" (No. 96). Justice: "God's word inspires men and women to build relationships based on rectitude and justice, and testifies to the great value in God’s eyes of every effort to create a more just and more liveable world" (No. 100). Interreligious dialogue: "The Church considers an essential part of the proclamation of the word to consist in encounter, dialogue and cooperation with all people of good will, particularly with the followers of the different religious traditions of humanity. Read Full Article ....
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