Link to NYT: Praying for Christian Unity, When Diversity Has Been the Answer

[alixtii]

Has the movement for unity among Christians gone into a coma?

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Has the ecumenical movement lost steam? Or has it, perhaps, fallen victim to its own success? One way or the other, does it make any difference?

Peter Steinfels examines the changing way Americans approach the concept of Christian unity, and the way this issue relates to issues of denominational identity: "the looming question for many Christian churches and denominations is no longer whether doctrinal boundaries are too absolute and exclusive but whether these groups can define and maintain any clear-cut identity at all."

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Take a small step towards Christian Unity

[(Anonymous)]

As an individual you can take a small step towards Christian Unity at www.onedate.org (http://www.onedate.org).

It is an on line petition to unite the date of Easter (http://www.onedate.org) that Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox would celebrate this Feast of Feasts all on One Date.

There is also a downloadable petition kit (http://www.onedate.org/petition-kit.php) that you can take along to Unity Week events.

Re: Take a small step towards Christian Unity

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Unity does not mean doing everything the same way, and especially not making people change the way they've been doing things (unless there is an ethical imperative for doing so, of course).

You are made of fail. You lose.