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HOW CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS VIEW ONE ANOTHER
HISTORY
there has never been uniformity within the churcH
the acts of the apostles and Pauls letters show that even in the early days, there were disagreements
Before what is known as the great schism in 1054, when the orthodox churches split from the western church,(aka Catholic Church), there were many councils of bishops trying to deal with the disagreements
since the reformation, there gave continued to be further splits and tensions
REASONS FOR DIVISIONS:
issues of authority:
should authority belong to 1 leader
should scripture be the source of authority?
questions relating to particular traditions and practices
e.g adult baptism or infant baptism
questions relating to church organisation
questions relating to interpretations of scripture
e.g inspired? infallible word of god?
questions on inspiration and style of worship
questions related to the acceptance of creeds
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
apostolic succesion means its essential to maintain continuity with the faith as taught by the apostles as the church passes on their teaching in the apostolic tradition
the sacraments are gifts bestowed on the church as an act of divine grace
in their relationship with non-catholic christians, liberal catholics adopt the approach of closed incusivism
other denominations reflect aspects of the christian faith
only the Catholic Church howver has true continuity and authority
dialogue is encouraged with non-Catholic, but not compromise
POTESTANT EVANGELICAL CHURCHES
Luther taught that salvation could only come about ny the grace of god and through faith(sola gratis & sola fides)
everything christians needed to know could be found in the reading of the bible (sola scripture)
the emphasis is one fath rather than an obedience to tradition or participation in the sacraments
they judge other christians by the way the apply principles from the New Testament and by whether or not individual members of those churches declare their commitment to christ as their personal saviour
for this reason they see those churches which teach that specific actions and forms of worship are necessary, as failing to follow scripturw
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Its difficult to pin down the their position as it included members with a wide range of views
it can be said to be inclusivist because:
its ability, despite all the tensions, to hold together christians varying widely in outlook, through discussion and willingness to compromise in non-essentials
its recognition of other churches despite differences in structures
its unwillingness to exclude other christians from the possibility of salvation
ECUMENISM
This movement aims to promote christian unity
in the uk there is an annual week of prayer for christian unity led in january
in 1948 the world council of churches was set up which seeks to promote dialogue between the members of the churches and a greater shared understanding of the christian faith
the Catholic Church is not a member but it does have representations at its assemblies which are held every 6-8 years