Ah, but see the "common ground" referred to is Christ and the worship of Christ, not the worship of the doctrines of man... And, while I may not be Catholic, and thus do not adhere to nor, truly, understand adhereing to those doctrines, the ones I was raised with via Canturbury and the whole Anglican Church thing are ones I, personally have forsaken... I cannot, in good faith (pun not intended), follow or worship the doctrines of man...
Thus I cannot see it as hubris. Just as statement: that here we meet to discuss that which unites us: Christ. Not that we all hold common ground in doctrines, etc. (although I can tell you that this is one of the few "christian" churches I've gone to that also celebrates, once a month, a litergical service), but that these doctrines are of man and thus are not our primary goal in worship and in the living of our lives.
But perhaps I have driven us a bit off the trail. I realise that Roman Catholics come from it with a very, very different perspective from most Christian sects...every person on my street who had a hand in raising me was Roman Catholic...and have all spent many years pointing out to me the differences and importance of doctrine...
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Date: 2007-01-14 11:45 pm (UTC)Thus I cannot see it as hubris. Just as statement: that here we meet to discuss that which unites us: Christ. Not that we all hold common ground in doctrines, etc. (although I can tell you that this is one of the few "christian" churches I've gone to that also celebrates, once a month, a litergical service), but that these doctrines are of man and thus are not our primary goal in worship and in the living of our lives.
But perhaps I have driven us a bit off the trail. I realise that Roman Catholics come from it with a very, very different perspective from most Christian sects...every person on my street who had a hand in raising me was Roman Catholic...and have all spent many years pointing out to me the differences and importance of doctrine...
Now I'm rambling. My apologies.