Bishop's ecumenism thoughts
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The three enemies of ecumenism are suspicion, inertia and impatience, the Catholic co-chairman of the second Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) said in Perth last week. Addressing a small ecumenical group Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of England said to overcome suspicion, churches needed to concen-
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"Inertia means that people don't meet and nothing much happens. To break this pattern strong pastoral and theological leadership is needed," the bishop said. "Impatience can lead to the response: 'A plague on both your houses.'
"However, we need to be united not only in charity but genuinely in faith." The bishop claimed that the impatient needed to remember the four Polish tailors whose shops were in the same street.
ODD One began to advertise in his window: "Best Tailor in Town." The second responded with: "Best Tailor in the Country." The third fought back with "Best Tailor in the World." The fourth just placed a simple mesage in his window: "Best Tailor in the Street."
Likewise, ecumenical activity should set modest, achievable goals, the bishop said.
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Nevertheless, he admitted, risks must be taken because of the desperate need in these times for a living sign of unity. The uniqueness of Christ was the critical message rather than which version of christianity is right. The members of ARCIC II faced a large agenda The first step was to deal with the question of how we
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Questions about women The ordination of women is a new and serious complication that will have to be faced by ARCIC, Murphy Bishop 0'Connor said to the ecumenical gathering that included Catholic and Anglican bishops. For the Anglicans, the challenge was to maintain conciliatory internally and with Rome; for the Catholics the challenge was to develop significantiy the role of the ministry of women, he said. He did not see any ready solution to the problems involved. However, although he was sure that currently the consensus In the Catholic Church was that to ordain women would not be valid, he could not say it was impossible the Church would one day ordain them.