Saturday, October 17, 2009

"An Evangelical Word to Catholics"

that all who accept Christ as Lord and Savior are brothers and sisters in Christ

From: The magazine First Things, November 2009.

Actual title: "Do Whatever He Tells You: A Statement of Evangelicals and Catholics Together." No specific author or authors cited....

"Since its inception in 1994, Evangelicals and Catholics Together has proceeded with two common assumptions: that all who accept Christ as Lord and Savior are brothers and sisters in Christ, and that we recognize spiritual kinship in one another as dialog partners in this process.

"These assumptions have been tested over the years in our explorations of many controverted themes including the nature of justification and the relation of Scripture and Tradition.

"This testing is also evident in our current discussions about Mary, the mother of our Lord, her place in the teaching of Holy Scripture, and her role in the history of redemption.

"We seek here greater mutual understanding of Evangelical and Catholic perspectives on the Blessed Virgin Mary bearing witness to our different understandings of the one apostolic faith..."


The following list of ladies and gentlemen are the Evangelical Protestant members of the ECT:


"Mr. Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship.

"Dr. Dale Coulter, Regent University.

"Dr. Joel Elowsky, Eastern University.

"Dr. Timothy George, Beeson Divinity School.

"Dr. Frank James, Gordon - Conwell Theological Seminary.

"Dr. Cheryl Bridges Johns, Pentecostal Theological Seminary.

"Dr. T.M. Moore, Prison Fellowship.

"Dr. Thomas Oden, Drew University.

"Dr. J.I. Packer, Regent College.

"Dr. Cornelius Plantinga, Calvin Theological Seminary.

"Dr. Sarah Sumner, A.W. Tozer Theological SEminary.

"Dr. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Wheaten College.

"Dr. John Woodbridge, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School."

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