ECUMENISM
Union of Churches
Ecumenism Judaism and Christianity Catholics and Protestants
"Ecumenism" is a movement trying to unite all Christian churches.
- Mother Therese told me in her Mother-house in Calcutta, "if every Christian would live the love of Jesus, every Hindu would become a Christian".
- The best way to help Ecumenism for you and me, is to live the love of Jesus in our hearts, to love our neighbors as we love ourselves... to be a "Saint" is the best weapon to unite Christians... and non-Christians!.
The Rule of the good Pope, John XXIII is to emphasize all the goods things all the Christians have in common.
The "modern ecumenical movement", started in 1910 and led to the formation of the "World Council of Churches" in 1948. It has now become for Catholics as well one of the greatest religious facts of our time. The "Catholic Church", has always tried to have ecumenism, "only one Church of Christ"!.... The "Decree on Ecumenism", of the Vatican II should be read by every Christian: The so many elements that Christians of all denominations have in common, like the Bible, the life of grace, faith, hope, and charity, along with other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit... the confession of Jesus Christ as God and Lord and as mediator between God and man; belief in the Trinity; Christian life and worship; prayer; faith in action; concern with moral questions...
... But it is through Christ's Catholic Church alone that the fullness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It is to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, that our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant... in fact, the "successor of Peter", the "Pope", is one the key elements to obtain real ecumenism.
The "World Council of Churches", established in 1948 in Amsterdam, is a permanent organization with headquarters located in Geneva, Switzerland. It has 324 churches, with 450 million communicants in 100 countries, and provides opportunities for meeting, consultation and cooperative action with respect to doctrine, practice, social mission, evangelism and missionary work... General assemblies have been held in the USA, India, Sweden, Kenya, Canada, Australia...The headquarters in the USA, at 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10115.
"Catholic Ecumenical Agencies", are the "Pontifical Council", in the Vatican, and the "Bishop's Committee" in every country.... Popes Paul VI and John Paul II have had several personal meetings with Orthodox, Anglican, and other Protestant leaders, with joint ecumenical reports.
... International and national commissions have made hundreds of joint reports with Orthodox and many Protestant denominations...
In the Third Millennium the prophecy of Jesus is still far away to be fulfilled: "There will be one flock, one shepherd" (Jn.10:16)... and may be ig will be fulfilled only in the Second Phase of the Kingdom of God... in Heaven!. Please see The Church.
Openness, respect, and forgiveness are the basis of love!.
Please, see One World Religion.
There are essentially "two kinds of Judaism", and "two kinds of Christianity":
1- Two Kinds of "Judaism":
1- Judaism "before Christ: Centered in the Altar, with Sacrifices, Priests, and Temple...... The Judaism of Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah...
2- Judaism "after Christ":"Rabbinic Judaism", centered in the Synagogue, with rabbis (teachers), but no Altar, nor Sacrifices, nor Priests, nor Temple... today's Judaism.
* The Scriptures are really being fulfilled to the letter: The Altar, Temple, Sacrifices, and Priests will be abolished after the coming of the Messiah (the Christ in Greek) (Daniel 8:11, 9:27, 11:31, 12:11, Hosea 3:4).
2- Two Kinds of Christianity:
1- Christianity "with Sacrifice": Centered in the Altar, with Priests, Temple, and the only Sacrifice of "Lamb of God" in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It is mainly represented by Catholics and Orthodox.
2- Christianity "without Sacrifice": Centered in the Synagogue ("hall of meeting"), with "pastors" (teachers and preachers), but no Altar, no Sacrifice, no Priests, no Temple. Represented by most Protestants.
"TEMPLE" and "SYNAGOGUE":
The difference between "Temple" and "Synagogue":
- In the "Temple" God is present: In Judaism, in the Ark of the Covenant. In Christianity, in the Tabernacle.
- The "Synagogue" means "hall of meetings". God is not present, there in no Ark of the Covenant, nor Tabernacle.
* The prophecy of Jesus is being fulfilled: At the end of times, the Sacrifice will bee abolished, and the Altar, and the Priests, and the Temple (Matt.24, 15, as prophesied by Daniel 8:11, 9:27, 11:31, 12:11).
THE "TORAH":
It is the most sacred book of Judaism, and dedicates 27 full chapters to the Altar, Sacrifices, and Priests (Ex.25-40, Lev.1-6, 23-25, Num.28-29)... plus Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob spent a good time of their lives erecting altars and offering sacrifices... and now, all of them are "obsolete" for today's Rabbinic Judaism...
* If Abraham or Moses would come today to New York, they would not recognize Judaism!.
THE "TANAKH":
The "Tanakh" is the whole of the Jewish Bible, and dedicates many chapters to the "Temple" as well. All of them are "obsolete" today, because there is no Temple in Rabbinic Judaism.
* If David, or Solomon, or Isaiah would come today to Israel, they would not recognize Judaism.
THE "TALMUD":
The Talmud dedicates most its long pages to the "law" and "teachings"... but very little or nothing, to the Sacrifice, Altar, Priests, Temple.
* Judaism today has kept the Law, teachings, and morals... but no Sacrifice, no Altar, no Priest... the "essence" of Judaism is missing!.
* The "essence" of any religion, even the pagan ones, is an Altar, with a Priest, and a Sacrifice to offer.
"JEWS FOR JESUS":
It is a beautiful movement since 1973.
The Christianity they are practicing mostly is the one similar to the "Rabbinic Judaism" they know, without Sacrifice, nor Altar, nor Priests, nor Temple... it would be great if some of them start to practice the "Christianity with Sacrifice", the one that descends from Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Jesus the Messiah...
* To contact them: (415) 864-2600, or call my friend Bob Mendelson at (212) 683-7077.
There are
"two kinds of Christianity", as there are "two kinds of Judaism":
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In your Church, are there Sacrifices, Altar, Priests?
(In the Bible)
"And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, but I have no charity (love), it profits me nothing" (1Cor.13:3).
If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and I have no love?...
What then is love, charity?:
If you give your money to help the neighbor in need, but if you teach him to be selfish and a bad person with your life and words, he will be bad, because you influenced him... and if he goes to Hell, because your bad example, he will hate you for all eternity... you had a false love for him... you helped him in his needs of money or body sickness, but you actually pushed him to Hell with your influence towards him... you really had no the true love for him... you actually cheated him!.
The real love is to eradicate an "error" from a person... even if it hurts!... to help him to go to Heaven... even if it means sacrifices!...
To be in "error" in Religion, is to have a "cancer in the Soul"... it can ruin the only life on Earth, and the eternal one after Death.
I am a Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. When I have a patient with cancer, I love the patient, but I hate his cancer, and I try my best to eradicate it from him... and even if it hurts, the patient is grateful to me.
The "Greatest Love" is to eradicate an "error" from a person... even if it hurts!... it is actually to help him to go to eternal Heaven!.
Jesus the Messiah died on a Cross to help us to go to Heaven... that's the "Greatest Love", to give your live to help someone to go to Heaven.
A huge barrier in this "Medicine of the Soul", is everybody's thinking, "I am right"!... it is the old trick of Satan... but the fact is that none of us is "infallible" in our beliefs... You and I can be wrong!.
* If you feel I am in "error", please try to help me!.
* If I hurt you in these writings, it is not with any bad intention... it is an expression on my "Greatest Love"... not just to try to heal the Body, but to heal the Soul!.
Take your Children:
If you give then all their clothes, and toys, and food, and housing, and education, but with your life and words you help them to Hell, they will hate you eternally... you actually cheated them, given them tokens of material love, but denying them the "real love", the real spiritual charity of your good life and words to help them to go to Heaven.
And if they go to Hell because of your bad example, the day you die, they will be the first ones to shout out very loud: No, don't let my father or mother go to Heaven, bring him or her to Hell... we are here because of him or her!.
Take your wife:
If you give her all your money and body in love, but you help her to go to Hell with your life and words... she will hate you for ever in Hell!...
The "Greatest Love":
"No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one's friends" (John 15:13).
Jesus the Messiah on a Cross... that's the "Greatest Love".
Jesus in the Eucharist... that's the "Greatest Love"... God makes himself now not "a humble child" like in Bethlehem, but just "bread and wine" to feed you and me!... every day!... he is our daily bread.
* Jesus is madly in love with you... he is waiting for you daily in the Eucharist... let yourself be loved... just go and receive him every day in the Sacrament of Love! (Matt.6:11, Jn.6:53).
* And if any day you feel depressed, or lonely, or hurt, or too old... if you ever feel that you are good for nothing... you are still good enough to be a "Saint" in Jesus Christ. Amen.