tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post1262529123406282699..comments2024-01-06T10:36:03.652-05:00Comments on The Word Guild: Why Canadians should pay attention to Pope Benedict XVIGlynishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621548333351709607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-12303115746863855302008-04-22T18:15:00.000-04:002008-04-22T18:15:00.000-04:00Deborah,I found your post so informative and refre...Deborah,<BR/>I found your post so informative and refreshing! As an evangelical Christian (with an Anglican backgound), I find that we as evangelicals too often reject the teaching and openess of the Catholic and Lutheran denominations, often out of hand. I long for the day when the Church are all banded under the banner of the true Gospel and the Nicene Creed, which the Apostles laid out to be a cornerstone for our faith in what we believe as Christians. Thank you for covering Benedict's visit and for the links you've provided.Laurie Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330756465929904994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-8677771391597555762008-04-22T00:45:00.000-04:002008-04-22T00:45:00.000-04:00Thank you, Deborah! Yes, yes, a hundred times, yes...Thank you, Deborah! <BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, a hundred times, yes, Pope Benedict has a message that is relevant to <I>all</I> Christians. <BR/><BR/>In the face of the "dictatorship of relativism" (as he famously called it in <A HREF="http://insidethevatican.com/newsflash/2005/newsflash-apr18-05.htm" REL="nofollow">the homily before the conclave</A> where he was elected Pope), which we see so clearly encroaching upon freedom of religion in Canada, Benedict calls us back to the Truth, to the Word made flesh.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ewtn.com/USPapalVisit08/words/Ecumenical.asp" REL="nofollow">His address to non-Catholic Christian leaders</A> offered both encouragement and a challenge.<BR/><BR/>"Even within the ecumenical movement, Christians may be reluctant to assert the role of doctrine for fear that it would only exacerbate rather than heal the wounds of division. Yet a clear, convincing testimony to the salvation wrought for us in Christ Jesus has to be based upon the notion of normative apostolic teaching: a teaching which indeed underlies the inspired word of God and sustains the sacramental life of Christians today.<BR/><BR/>"Only by 'holding fast' to sound teaching (2 Thess 2:15; cf. Rev 2:12-29) will we be able to respond to the challenges that confront us in an evolving world. Only in this way will we give unambiguous testimony to the truth of the Gospel and its moral teaching. This is the message which the world is waiting to hear from us. Like the early Christians, we have a responsibility to give transparent witness to the 'reasons for our hope', so that the eyes of all men and women of goodwill may be opened to see that God has shown us his face (cf. 2 Cor 3:12-18) and granted us access to his divine life through Jesus Christ. He alone is our hope! God has revealed his love for all peoples through the mystery of his Son's passion and death, and has called us to proclaim that he is indeed risen, has taken his place at the right hand of the Father, and 'will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead' (Nicene Creed)."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com