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I spent the last 4 days in North Carolina for my Brother-in-law's wedding. His new wife is from the Moravian church. John Huss who was a Catholic priest was the first protestant reformer. He wanted the church to go back to the early roots of Christianity. Which we all know is about Jesus. Well of coarse they burned that heretic at the Stake for wanting to go back to the teaching of Jesus. Going to the South I was anxious because I thought I was going to be around a bunch of Bible thumpers and they would probably be giving us Catholics a hard time. So I was prepared for a fight. Much to my surprise I found a bunch of God loving people. They were as kind as could be and very fun to be with. I can tell you God is very much present in the South. Maybe that is why everyone is so mellow. I guess they are not sweating the small things, because they know they are headed to heaven.
The service was very beautiful and the main theme was that God is our creator, he loves us and wants us to be happy. Everywhere I went in Winston-Salem seemed to have Christian symbols and themes. It was very comforting to know that I was in the presence of God’s people. Another huge aspect of the Moravians is their lay participation. The entire Church is run by the lay people and decisions are made by the congregation.
In terms of Theology I would have to say that less is more. As the great Scholar of our time Dave Nodar says “eat the meat and spit out the bones”
Stephen, I appreciate the comments... There is so much we can learn from our non-Catholic brothers and sisters- I am so thankful for close friends who are Protestant and our friendship and the dialogue we share about "living for Jesus Christ."
Your comments about John Huss interested me... I did a bit of looking around and found that in 1999, Pope John Paul II made a public apology expressing, according to CWnews.com,
"his 'profound regret' over the 'cruel death' of Jan Hus, a Czech theologian who was condemned to death by the Council of Constance in 1415"
for the full apology checkout the second post at http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=15033
Even with his apology it is useful to understand that it was the German state that executed John Huss...
"Technically the Church did not execute people. Church punishments are things like excommunication and interdict. States had heresy laws - heresy was in most cases a capital crime. But state authorities turned to the Church to investigate and determine whether or not a person was guilty of heresy..."
More discussion at http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=325323
In looking through this stuff - it is clear there is so much bias on both sides about controversies like this... (histories of John Huss, not to mention people like John Calvin, etc., greatly vary depending on the viewpoint)
So, I thank God for real advances in ecumenism and friendships between denominations, as well as unbiased history and information which provides a context for discussions like these - as well as the humility and honesty of the Pope (& hopefully other Christian leaders) who can ask forgiveness for moments in history that were "dark" for the "Church" or rather people who claimed affiliation with "the Church."
It is a terrible thing when Christians today point fingers at one another.
Both Protestants and Catholics - distorted in their view of being "followers of Christ" - in the name of 'pure doctrine' mixed with political interests - caused the death of many innocent Christians.
Just read about the hundreds if not thousands of English martyrs who were "hanged, drawn and quartered, burned, etc." for being Catholic, in an environment which was increasingly Anglican & Protestant, ... More at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05474a.htm
Let's thank God such hostility has ended, pray for healing and reconciliation and truly intercede for the "unity of the spirit in the bond of peace" among all Christians and the full attainment of the "unity of the faith" (cf. Ephesians 4).
Bless you all!
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