Quotes (Theme 4)

Question 1

What quotes support the development of the ecumenical movement?

Answer 1

• John 17:22 ‘As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me
• 1 Corinthians 1:10 ‘Now i appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you but that you be knit together in the same mind and the same purpose’

Question 2

What quotes support ‘the feeling of spiritual power of being united in worship’?

Answer 2

• Matthew 18:20 ‘For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them’
• ‘Ecumenism is the quest for unity among Christians now divided by denomination

Question 3

What quotes support the WCCs work in ecumenical formation?

Answer 3

• ‘the particular mandate off ecumenical theological education is to sustain the vibrancy of the ecumenical vision- that always may be one- manifested in faith, communion, witness and service’

Question 4

What quotes support the reaction of the Catholic Church to the WCCs work?

Answer 4

• ‘he apostolic see has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-catholics; for union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting in return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it’
• ‘We believe that this unity subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time’
• ‘the Council of Fathers meant to say that the being of the Church as such is a broader entity than the Roman Catholic Church, but within the latter it acquires, in an incomparable way, the character of a true and proper subject’
• ‘There are also many true Christians and much is truly Christian outside the church’

Question 5

What quotes support Pentecostalism?

Answer 5

• “Pentecostals have turned to the narrative of Luke-Acts as the main source of their theology”

Question 6

What quotes support restorationism?

Answer 6

• “the legalism of clericalism, church order, standardised liturgies, denominational certainties, and dogmatic doctrines were seen to be swept aside by the coming of the spirit’”

Question 7

What quotes support the Charismatic movement in the Roman Catholic Chruch?

Answer 7

• “Divine spirit, renew your wonders in this our age, as in documents of Vatican II, Lumen Gentium (Light of Gentiles)”
• “We should not see in this renewal just one more movement, Charismatic renewal is a moving of the Holy Spirit which can reach all Christian’s, lay or cleric. It is comparable to a high voltage current of grace which i coursing through the church”

Question 8

What quotes support healing?

Answer 8

• “They will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover”
• “Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the lord”

Question 9

What quotes support Liberation Theology and Marxism?

Answer 9

• “only by overcoming a society divided into classes,only by installing a political power at the service of the great popular majorities, only by eliminating the private appropriation of wealth created by human toil, ca we build the foundation of a more just society”
• “If there is only truth in Marxism, we ought to adopt it and incorporate it into out own broader, Christian vision of reality”

Question 10

What quotes support Liberation Theology?

Answer 10

• Micah 6:8 “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but todo justice,and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with you God”
• Luke 4:18-19 “He has sent me to proclaim the release of the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed to proclaim the year of the Lords favour”
• Matthew 25:1-46 “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it tome”
• Acts 2:43-47 “All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute proceeds to all, as any had need”
• John 4:20-21”those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also”
• “How you live (practice) is more important than what you believe (doctrine). Action over intellectual assent: living ethically, loving others, and practicing justice should take priority over merely holding correct theological positions”

Question 11

What quotes support the Roman Catholic response to Liberal theology?

Answer 11

• “We exhort you not to place your trust in violence and revolution”

Question 12

What quotes support the ethical basis of Latin America theology?

Answer 12

• “Blessed are the poor”
• “but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness”
• “Love for others, and especially for the poor, is made by promoting justice”

Question 13

What quotes support the criticisms of the church?

Answer 13

• “This situation of oppression has recieved the direct or indirect support of the church’s hierarchy, who since colonial times have legitimised the interest of the elites”
• “The church has no qualms of conscience in accepting authoritarian and even totalitarian regimes as long as its own rights are not attacked”