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These statements reflect an emphasis not demonstrated in the creeds. The creeds focus on the birth of Jesus, his death, his resurrection, and the Trinity. Doctrinal debates within the church have focused on those issues and largely ignored the issues I've listed here -- which most mainstream Christians would find agreeable (except perhaps my hinting at universalism in the last point).
I am a strong believer that any truly catholic (universal) Christian church would emphasize fraternity and agape over doctrinal or creedal agreement. There will always be doctrinal and factual disagreements between people -- but we can still hold strong the fraternal bonds of compassion, and take sacrament, even with people with whom we disagree. This I strongly believe was Jesus' vision of the church.
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Date: 2004-04-11 08:00 pm (UTC)These statements reflect an emphasis not demonstrated in the creeds. The creeds focus on the birth of Jesus, his death, his resurrection, and the Trinity. Doctrinal debates within the church have focused on those issues and largely ignored the issues I've listed here -- which most mainstream Christians would find agreeable (except perhaps my hinting at universalism in the last point).
I am a strong believer that any truly catholic (universal) Christian church would emphasize fraternity and agape over doctrinal or creedal agreement. There will always be doctrinal and factual disagreements between people -- but we can still hold strong the fraternal bonds of compassion, and take sacrament, even with people with whom we disagree. This I strongly believe was Jesus' vision of the church.