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Christians and Ecumenical Movement

This blog entry is a response to an article on Compelling Truth about ecumenism titled Should a Christian be involved in the ecumenical movement?

All Christian Faiths, Doctrine

Communion of the Saints: How Leaky is Heaven (Part 3)

  Key Scriptures Having stated the three major positions, it is time to consider the relevant Scriptural passages on the subject. Let’s start in the book of Revelation. Specifically, we want to examine how “leaky” the barrier is between “down… Continue Reading…

All Christian Faiths, Doctrine

The Communion of the Saints: How Leaky is Heaven? (Part 2)

What is the Communion of the Saints? It depends. How one understands the communion of the saints depends on how one understands the “leakiness” of the barrier between “up there” and “down here.” Generally speaking, Christians have understood this in… Continue Reading…

All Christian Faiths, Doctrine

The Communion of the Saints: How Leaky is Heaven? (Part 1)

Introduction Tucked away in the Apostles’ Creed is a curious phrase: “the communion of the saints.” What exactly is meant by this? Given that all major Christian traditions accept the Apostles’ Creed, this is something one expects to find wide… Continue Reading…