Vatican's "Listening" Synod May Not Be Hearing From the Persecuted Church
How confident is the Vatican that the data being provided is truly representative of the voice of the Faithful...especially from the Persecuted?
VATICAN CITY—In October, 2021, Pope Francis announced a worldwide initiative within the Catholic Church—a “Synod on Synodality”. One year into the two-year endeavor, concerns over ensuring the accessibility and integrity of the responses from persecuted churches, such as in China, weigh heavily on the Vatican.
For this worldwide “Synod on Synodality”, instructions were issued by the Vatican that from 2021-2023, the hierarchy leading the nearly 2,900 Catholic dioceses worldwide and additional mission churches, would encourage and “listen” to the 1.36 Billion Catholics under their care. They would do this through questionnaires to parishes and group convocations. The questions would range on the faithful's concerns regarding the state of the Church and world; their discernments on where (or if) the Church should change and adapt, and their suggestions on how such change could take place. “There is no need to create another Church,” the Pope stated at the opening of the Synod, “But to create a different Church”.
Yet the vagueness presented, intentionally, by the Vatican on the development of this “listening” synod has seemingly left countries where persecution of Christians has lead to “underground” churches—such as in China, parts of Africa, Pakistan and Iran—in the peripheries. The clergy, already taxed with ministering to a suffering church, are now pressured to compete with wealthy, western European and American churches for the chance to be heard. In some churches, there is an additional concern to whether heavy handed political infiltration—such as by the Chinese Communist Party in their established “Patriotic Church—would produce genuine responses by the faithful.
With Vatican leadership insisting that “learning as they go” was the sole way to authentic response, what measures were there to protect the integrity of the responses from manipulation or filtering?
Could the opportunity for bad actors to change the church from within be too much a prize to waste?
Are there any assurances that the current results presented—as in the case of Germany—are legitimately representative of the “vox populi”, or are those of activists (not unlike those of the reformation) seeking to create a new Church?
Late last month, members of the leadership overseeing this “Synod on Synodality” held a press conference for the Holy See press corps, discussing results that had been submitted to the Vatican from countries such as Germany and France; the ongoing processes in Oceana; the closing of the initial “diocesan phase” of the worldwide initiative and the initiation of the second (or “Continental”) phase.
Aside from the general enthusiasm expressed by Cardinal Mario Grech of Malta and Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, of Luxembourg, both men expressed concern to how the Church would ensure the integrity of responses from churches such as in China.
Sitting down, exclusively with me, Cardinal Hollerich responded to how the leaders of the Church would know the integrity of the responses from the Chinese church would be genuine, and not manipulated. “I can just give you one example on how I’d imagine it. You know, I lived a long time in Japan and in Japan we have a church for the Chinese people (refugees). They mostly come out of the underground church. They’re simple workers. I think they participated in the synodal process in the church in Japan…as a voice for China. Knowing this community as I do, I completely trust their response is the response of most of the mainland Chinese Catholics.”
When asked if he would speak to someone like Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Archbishop Emeritus of Hong Kong—ethnically Chinese, whose work with both the underground and Patriotic churches in Mainland China is well respected, Hollerich replied, “No. I know that, also, when I visited China and spoke to many Chinese people that Cardinal Zen is also controversial in mainland China. Of course, I respect him—he’s a brother Cardinal—but people (in China) say that every time Cardinal Zen speaks up, (they) get persecuted.”
Hollerich continued, “I think these people, however—they are always very good at saying things they have to say through nuances…and we have to perceive that. I know that, when I met with Chinese bishops in Japan, so often they’d normally have a translator with them. So, sometimes the bishop would speak other languages, enough to communicate to us what they intended—even “credo in unam apostolicam ecclesiam” So, you have to look at the nuances, and I think that’s possible, here.”
When I spoke with Cardinal Mario Grech on how the Church could guarantee the integrity of the responses from persecuted churches, such as China, he answered “Listen, this is a very important question, no? And it is a task for us, but at the same time we are at an early stage of the “synodal” church. We have to learn how we can really listen to all, without any filtering. I can’t tell you, however, the case to which you are referring has been filtered or not.” When asked if it would help for him to engage individuals such as Cardinal Joseph Zen, Grech replied, “Look, Cardinal Zen can, himself, submit his contribution—as long as he is representing himself. Listen, the process—we are still learning—it will continue. It will not end in October 2023.
Meanwhile, as reports from wealthy Western European countries, such as Germany, already headlining suggestions for dramatic changes (such as homosexual marriages, ordination of women) in the Catholic Church, it is hard to tell whether or not those whose faith is tested daily, though suffering, persecution or poverty, will share an equal voice in the coming Synod of the Universal Catholic Church.
This article was originally submitted to Epoch Times, but rejected due to editorial staff constraints and topical interest. If you wish to see more news of this nature covered in secular press—please make your voices known, here.


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What is a “Lutheran” Christian?
First, let us point out that Lutherans are Christians first and Lutherans second. Jesus Christ died for humanity and rose from the dead. Martin Luther’s whole life pointed to that fact. At the heart of Lutheranism are three great theological themes that grew out of the 16th century Reformation which was led by Martin Luther.
Grace Alone is the concept that we are saved, not because of the good things we do, but solely because of God’s undeserved love and mercy for us in His son, Jesus Christ. Jesus died in our place for our sins and rose from the dead to give us life.
Faith alone is the concept that we cannot earn God’s love by
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Scripture alone is the concept that the Bible is the only source and standard for Christian life and teaching. We find out who God is, what He has done for us, what He promises us, and what He expects us to do in the bible, all of which is God’s inspired and truthful Word to us.
The good news that God’s Son, Jesus Christ, died and rose to forgive our sins is the heart, core, and center of everything we Lutherans believe, teach and profess.
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The First Blast of the Trumpet
And wond’rous weel they kept their troth;
This sturdy royal band
Rush’d down the brae, wi’ sic a pith,
That nane could them withstand.
The Ballad of the Laird of Muirhead, Traditional
St Mary’s Abbey, Haddington, 13 September 1513
The sound of raindrops drumming non-stop against the window shutter woke her early. Elisabeth groaned. Since the day of the miracle of the flood, the rain had never ceased. The constant downpours not only seemed to be confirming her guilt but were conspiring to make her punishment more difficult. Three times a day she had to get down on her hands and knees and wash the chapel floor. Already the skin on her hands was chapped and raw from wringing out the cloth in a bucket of cold water and the scabs on her knees never had time to heal. More rain, more pain.
As she splashed through the puddles on her way to the chapel, she noticed that there seemed to be more beggars than usual sheltering in the courtyard. Heaps of tattered rain-soaked blankets stirred and, from deep within one huddled pile, a child whimpered.
At Mass that morning, Prior Hepburn was raising the sacred chalice for the Eucharist when a bedraggled, glaur-ridden figure came staggering up the aisle to the high altar. Elisabeth’s heart sank at the muddy trail left by his tattered footcloths.
Sister Maryoth rose from her knees. ‘How dare you break in to our service! This is a house of God. We are at prayer.’
The lad slumped down at the altar steps and burst into sobs.
‘Aye, and all your prayers will be needed on this woeful day. Scotland is lost. Our king and countrymen – all wede awa!’
The nuns fluttered round him, anxious for news of their kinfolk. The noblest lairds of the land had fallen on the fatal field of Flodden, among them the gallant twenty-one-year-old Earl of Bothwell, Adam Hepburn, cut down while leading the bold men of East Lothian into the fray.
‘My nephew! Slain? The king’s army routed?’ Hepburn’s florid face grew pale. ‘May God have mercy on their souls.’
Some of the nuns followed his lead and began to pray but, when one of the older nuns began keening, others joined in this more ancient custom, their doleful lament drowning out any religious prayers.
‘And who brings these terrible tidings?’
With his tattered clothing slathered in gore and glaur, and his face gaunt with exhaustion, the lad was scarcely recognisable.
‘The cream of the country perish, but you survive?’ the prior accused. ‘How is it that you escaped? Or did you flee the field afeart, Harry Cockburn?’
The prior lumbered down from the altar and began kicking the stable lad as he lay crumpled on the steps. Meanwhile, Sister Maryoth had hurried off to the kitchen where the abbey watchmen, men too old for warfare, were keeping their pelts dry but slaking their drouth with ale.
‘Coward and sneak thief that you are, Harry Cockburn! Scum such as you don’t deserve to live. I’ll have you scourged until the skin flakes from your back like the bark of a birch.’
Grabbing Harry by the scruff of the neck, Hepburn signalled to the watchmen who tied his hands behind his back and marched him down the aisle. While Sister Maryoth led the little procession out of the chapel, the prior shuffled back up the altar and flicked through the pages of the Holy Missal. The Mass in Time of War for the salvation of the king’s servants and the extinction of his enemies was no longer right and fitting.
‘Requiem eternam.’ He growled the opening words of the Mass for the Dead.
Outside the chapel, clusters of stragglers and camp followers who had come seeking food and shelter lay sprawled around the abbey courtyard. Their forty days’ supply of victuals had been used up long before the battle, leaving their menfolk too weak and hungry to fight. As she passed among them handing out weak ale and bread, Elisabeth tried to glean any scraps of information about Adam or Lindsay, but there had been too much carnage, too much butchery for the slain to be identified.
Removing their shoes to keep their footing as they charged down the slippery brae, many of the men had tripped over their unwieldy pikes and were trodden into the marsh by those coming behind. Others had been trampled to death as they stumbled to cross the burn.
‘There was a burn?’ Elisabeth gave a jolt. Hadn’t Betsy warned Adam of a burn?
Tragically, that was their undoing. In their plan of attack, the officers hadn’t foreseen the marshy stream hidden among reeds at the foot of the brae.
‘And yet the rout was foretold,’ a woman with a bairn suckling at her breast declared, ‘but they paid no heed. Did it never cross their mind why the accursed field was named Flodden edge? And now the burn is running crimson with their blood.’
‘It was thon French general’s fault.’ Hauching phlegm in her throat, a sturdy woman dressed in ill-fitting breeches, spat out a slimy gobbet to show her contempt. ‘Arming our men-folk with waffly bits of stick. For, if thon fancy French spikes didn’t shatter in the rumption, the English bill hooks smashed them all to smithereens. Waving a handful of thistles would have been wiser. At least they could have stung their arses.’
Her vitriol unleashed a communal catharsis of grief among the women who began to pour out their harrowing descriptions. How could they begin to identify their loved ones scythed down in battle? They’d had to leave the butchered carcases of their loved ones strewn about the field, to be feasted on by flocks of corbies and gnawed at by curs and rats.
Elisabeth pinched her wrists to keep from fainting and swallowed hard to keep the brash from rising in her throat. And when they described how crows pecked out the eyes from cloven heads and gorged on minced brains, her hand flew to her mouth. Did they howk out Adam’s bonny blue een?
And what about the king’s herald? Was there any news of him? In his red and gold tabard he would have stood out on the battlefield, but the women shook their heads wearily. The chaos was such that many were still unaccounted for. Could he have been taken prisoner? Nay, they jeered. Knowing that the English would grant no quarter, the Scots had fought to their last breath. Few, if any, had surrendered.
When the camp followers had tried to bury their dead, the triumphant English had chased them from the field, mercilessly stripping the bodies naked of anything valuable. These sluts and whores, as Adam had cried them, began beating their breasts with guilt and remorse that their men-folk hadn’t been given a decent burial. It was true that the Abbess of Coldingham had shown some Christian charity by allowing the fallen to be buried in the abbey graveyard, but only the corpses of the few identified as highborn. Those of the common soldiers were left as fodder for the corbies.
‘And King James? What of him?’ Elisabeth feared the reply, for she was sure that Lindsay would have shared his fate. He would never, ever have left his monarch’s side. Reports were contradictory. That the king had fallen under his own banner; that Lord Hume had carried him off the field, wounded but still alive; that the English had taken him prisoner. So there was still hope.
But not for Sister Maryoth. The sisters took it in turns to press their ear against the door of the chapel, listening to the sounds of wailing and lamentation within. Consider how his sacred flesh was scourged to shreds, she howled, how his divine head was crowned with thorns, the blood gushing down his heavenly face. Consider how the nails impaled his hands and feet.
In penitential sackcloth, Sister Maryoth was following Christ on his final journey to Golgotha. The coarse cloth chafed at her skin while around her waist she’d fastened a heavy chain that cut into her flesh, forming angry-looking weals. After dragging herself on her knees around each station on the Via Sacra, she flopped face down onto the cold flagstones to contemplate the horror of the Crucifixion.
These acts of self-mortification she endured for the sake of her brother, John, Lord Hay of Yester. Though Maryoth believed that he’d be given martyr status for sacrificing his life at Flodden and gone straight to heaven, she shouldn’t dare to presume divine will. Offering up her suffering, however, should ensure a plenary indulgence for his soul’s immediate release from purgatory or, at the very least, a considerable reduction in his sentence there. Hell wasn’t an option.
Witnessing this display, the sisters swithered from being awe-stricken at her extreme piety to being worried that she’d lost her wits. Her lamentations, however, left Elisabeth cold. Her own scullion hands and skinned knees were testament to her thrice-daily penance. What a pity Sister Maryoth had not put her self-indulgent breast-beating to better use by giving the chapel floor a good scrubbing while on her knees.
Two days and nights Sister Maryoth fasted and kept vigil until very early on the third morning, while the rest of the convent slumbered, she fell into a swoon. Flashes of light zigzagged in front of her eyes and illuminated her soul with a revelation: that the slaughter of the flower of Scottish manhood was not the fault of the foolish and misguided King James. No, Almighty God was taking revenge: casting his Son and Mother into the waters had been an act of blasphemy.
Coming out of her trance, Sister Maryoth sat beneath the feet of the Black Madonna to interpret this divine disclosure. What had possessed this wild child to commit such a sacrilege? An evil spirit or, heaven forfend, Satan himself? After all, Elisabeth been brought up by that old witch, Betsy Learmont. What black arts had she taught her? The Prince of Darkness was amongst them and God in his wisdom had entrusted his humble and obedient servant Maryoth with the task of purging this evil from their midst.


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Daniel is about 91 years of age, not far from the supposed age of the apostle John while on the island of Patmos receiving the book of Revelation. Cyrus, the assistant of God in the reestablishing of Israel as a nation in their own land, rules the Empire. We will have more to say of him presently. Daniel is called “Belteshazzar” (“May Bel protect his life”) only by the Babylonians and is simply being re-identified here as the one favored by the sovereigns on earth through the Sovereignty of God in Heaven.
Notice that from the beginning, Daniel makes it clear that he is speaking of a time far from his, though the prophecy will actually begin in his own day. Verse one seems to be a summary of all which we will now read. Eventually Daniel Weston does indeed understand what he needs to understand, but the price of his understanding is mourning, fasting, and seeking the truth with all his heart. He thus becomes a model for those of us in this hour who would understand the revelation given the church of Jesus. Daniel is a joy to watch throughout the book in this regard. His determination to keep on praying regardless of the king’s edict, chapter 6; the changing of his countenance indicating a struggle within to know what God is saying, chapter 7; in a similar vein, sickness and fainting in chapter 8; his searching the Scripture and finding fulfilled prophecy in HIS day, chapter 9; his confession of his and Israel’s sins followed by God’s affirmation of His love for Daniel and a clear response to his searchings, also in chapter 9.
10:2-3 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks, I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Here begins the process of the unfolding of history. A man before his God, wanting to know the truth. 10:12 confirms that Daniel has this as his motivation as he humbles himself before God. As when he had lived on the basics as a young man in Babylon so many years ago, so now he puts away everything but the very necessities of life so that he can wait upon God without distraction.Tags: Searchings


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Does the Law of Moses Apply to Us Today?
Why do I continue got notification from Bible adherents that the Law of Moses is out-dated and over; was nailed to the cross, and does not have any significant bearing to New Testament devotees today. We are currently under Grace. Nothing could be further from reality.
How might you take the Jewish religion, dispose of the considerable number of tenets (Law of Moses), and call it your own new religion (Christianity)? At the point when was the last time you washed before eating? Have you eaten a creature you discovered dead, and did not know how it kicked the bucket? At the point when was the last time you killed somebody, or adulterized with somebody, or rehearsed excessive admiration, or honed inhumanity? You are most likely as yet taking after the Law, in numerous viewpoints without acknowledging it, and not giving God the credit.
Yeshua said particularly that He didn’t come to obliterate the Law, and not one scribble or tittle will pass away… (Matt. 5:17-20) Messiah not just embraced the Law and rules with His aggregate steadfastness, yet added the profound angle to give it more profound importance. We ought to surpass the uprightness of the educators of the Law and the Pharisees. Meaning, in the event that
you think it in your heart, it is as awful as doing it. At that point He clarifies it in detail for around three sections (Matt. parts 5-7).
Did you see, Neither Yeshua, Paul nor any of the pupils ever cited from the New Testament? The N.T. had not been composed yet. At whatever point Yeshua cited Scripture, it was from the Law, or the O.T. Same with Paul. The New Testament is clear, we ought to have the Law composed upon our souls, and not simply show it apparently.
At the point when the Bereans sought the Scriptures every day, they didn’t have any of the New Testament to look. (Acts 17:11) They were discussing the Torah (Law) and the Tanakh (the Old Testament). Paul was pushing the Law when saying, all Scripture is given for guideline, censure, and so forth., there was no New Testament around then. He was alluding to the Law. I’m not totally beyond any doubt Paul anticipated that his letters would distinctive church gatherings, would be transformed into the greater part of the New Testament, or what we now some of the time additionally call Scripture.
In the event that the Law is over, what do we construct our salvation in light of? The very preface and guarantee of the blood covering for wrongdoing is situated in the Law. (Deut. 17:11) If the Law is presently invalid and void, then the blood Messiah shed to offer reparations for our transgression is currently invalid as well. Definitely this is not the situation. On the off chance that the Law is over, how would we know what sin is? Despite the fact that the conciliatory framework is finished in Messiah, regardless we have God’s guideline book on the best way to live with each other and for Him.


NEW YORK (TIP): No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith,” Pope Francis said in statement. Trump added that the government in Mexico, where Francis spent the past five days, has “made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope.”
“If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president,” Trump said.
The tussle between Trump and Francis — two outsized personalities who seldom shy from speaking their minds –seems to have been building for some time. Before the Pope traveled to Mexico, Trump cast the pontiff as a political naif who “doesn’t understand the dangers” at the U.S.-Mexican border.
Mr. Trump has alleged that Mexico sends “rapists” and criminals to the US.
The Pope made light of Trump’s accusations
“Thank God he said I was a politician because Aristotle defined the human person as ‘animal politicus.’ So at least I am a human person,” he said. “As to whether I am a pawn, well, maybe, I don’t know. I’ll leave that up to your judgment and that of the people.”
“The benefit of the doubt”
The Pope appeared somewhat unaware of Trump’s exact stance on illegal immigration, though, saying that he would give him “the benefit of the doubt” until he had heard exactly what the billionaire businessman had said.
Asked whether American Catholics should vote for Trump, Francis demurred.
“As far as what you said about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote, I am not going to get involved in that. I say only that this man is not Christian if he has said things like that.”
But it was his comments on Trump that seem sure to dominate the political conversation, perhaps handing a gift to Trump’s GOP opponents and opening Francis to criticism that his papacy is too partisan and his policies too liberal. Polls indicate that while Democrats adore the Pope, Republicans view him a little less favorably.


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In musical settings, particularly when sung in Latinthis Creed is usually referred to by its first word, Credo. Today, most Christian churches accept the ecumenical creeds and use them in worship to varying degrees. They most often define the foundational beliefs that provide the guiding principles for the group's existence. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
Nathaniel Mickelm, whom he quoted regarding the blood sacrifice of Jesus as something that was unnecessary for forgiveness. What can we learn today from these words? Persons who wish to become part of the church must undergo believer's baptism in that local body or Credo body whose baptism the local body honors. Scripture, doctrine, ritual, and prayer are stressed throughout every program, yet each uses a different approach to: Welcome children and young people into a living relationship with Jesus Invite the whole community to join in a heartfelt celebration of the Sacraments View Products Explore K Math, Science and Gifted Curricula RCL Benziger, as part of the Kendall Hunt family of companies, offers math, science, virtual reality and gifted curricula. Aim To introduce first-grade students to the Church's faith regarding the Triune God, the life of Jesus, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the life of prayer, with a special emphasis on growing to know, love, and trust God. Their being baptized would be seen as publicly distancing themselves from the actions of the religious leaders who had participated in rejecting and then crucifying Jesus.
Jesus called himself the Son of Man and the Word. The religion of the Greeks and the Romans was not creedal; it was an affair of rituals and practices. However, as soon the Christian view of faith and life book we start to talk about God to others and share our experience, as soon as we speak about Jesus and what he means to us -then we are using words, which are doctrinal statements. Jesus did not hand on a creed, he only taught the love of God and neighbor. Our school resources invite students to begin their journey of faith through an exploration of Scripture and Tradition, using researched-based educational strategies and age-appropriate techniques. At the other end of the historical spectrum, in answer to the question of why we should have creeds at all, Pelikan shows that formal confessions of faith arise out of the nature of Christianity and the Holy Scriptures.
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Moreover, the New Testament traces Jesus' lineage through his father Joseph, not Mary, to show that he descended from the house of David. For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you.
In time, the Latin version of the Creed came to be interpreted in the West in the light of the Western concept of processio, which required the affirmation of the Filioque to avoid the heresy of Arianism.
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As cremation becomes more popular, many people are asking
“What does the Bible say about cremation?”
More Cremations Happen Than Burial
More than half of all Americans select cremation over traditional burial, and the proportion of families selecting cremation keeps increasing yearly. The reason so many people choose cremation is obvious: cremation is less expensive and more convenient relative to in-ground burial.
Yet, few people know what Christian beliefs are regarding cremation or what the Bible says about cremation.
This article will delve into biblical scriptures, historical practices, and current perspectives of various Christian denominations to provide a comprehensive insight into this subject.
The Bible Does Not Provide Explicit Guidance on Cremation
The Bible does not explicitly mention or provide direct guidance on cremation. As scripture remains silent on the condemnation or endorsement of cremation, many Christians conclude that the method of handling a deceased’s body is a matter of personal preference or cultural tradition.
Old Testament Practices: A Historical Perspective
In the Old Testament, the common practice was burial, predominantly due to climate conditions.
The scriptures emphasize the burial of prominent biblical figures.
For example, Abraham and Sarah were buried in the cave of Machpelah (Genesis 23:19, 25:9), and Joseph’s bones were carried from Egypt to be buried in Shechem (Joshua 24:32).
The act of returning the body to the earth is also echoed in Genesis 3:19, “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
As a result of these and other reasons, Jews generally are not cremated.
Christian Denominations’ Take on Cremation
Cremation is a topic that often generates questions among individuals who adhere to Christian beliefs. Understanding the various perspectives of different Christian denominations on cremation is essential to making the “right decision” for you or your family.
Roman Catholic Church and Cremation
Historically, the Roman Catholic Church was staunch in its preference for burial over cremation. This stance was primarily based on the reverence for the sanctity of the human body. However, in 1963, the Church altered its position through a landmark decision that permitted cremation.
The caveat is that the ashes must be stored in a sacred place, such as a columbarium or cemetery. Scattering ashes or keeping them at home is discouraged, as the Church maintains that the remains should be accorded dignified and respectful treatment. The Roman Catholic Church’s evolution on the issue of cremation reflects its adaptation to modern societal changes while retaining core values.
Protestant Denominations’ Views on Cremation
Protestantism is a diverse branch of Christianity, and it includes numerous denominations.
Here are the views of some of the major Protestant denominations on cremation:
Anglican Church: The Anglican Communion generally does not have a prescriptive stance on cremation. It supports the autonomy of individuals and families to make end-of-life decisions based on personal convictions.
Baptist Church: The Baptist denomination does not impose a doctrinal preference for burial or cremation. It emphasizes the importance of commemorating the deceased and supporting bereaved families, irrespective of the chosen method of interment.
Methodist Church: The United Methodist Church, like other Protestant denominations, remains neutral on the topic of cremation, giving families the liberty to decide based on their preferences and beliefs.
Presbyterian Church: Presbyterians also do not have a mandatory stance on cremation. They believe that the individual or their family should make the decision based on personal preference.
Lutheran Church: The Lutheran Church does not prohibit cremation, allowing families to choose either cremation or burial according to their preferences.
Pentecostal Church: In Pentecostalism, there isn’t a strict doctrine regarding cremation. However, some Pentecostals prefer burial due to traditional beliefs, while others are open to cremation.
Orthodox Christianity’s Stance on Cremation
In contrast, Orthodox Christianity typically leans towards a more conservative perspective. The Orthodox Church has historically upheld the tradition of burial, grounded in the theological significance it attaches to the human body and resurrection. Although there may be variations among different Orthodox communities, the general consensus favors burial as the more appropriate practice.
Central to the Christian faith is the belief in the resurrection.
Some argue that cremation could be seen as denying the belief in bodily resurrection. However, many Christians who opt for cremation believe that the physical state of human remains does not limit an omnipotent God.
Conclusion: Respect and Personal Choice
In conclusion, the Bible does not provide explicit instructions regarding cremation. While historical biblical practices leaned towards burial, modern interpretations within various Christian denominations have evolved to recognize cremation as a matter of personal or familial choice. The key is to treat the deceased with respect and dignity, consistent with Christian values.


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Homemade savory dishes and sweets based on recipes passed down through four generations of Birmingham’s Greek community will draw around 30,000 people to the 49th annual Greek Food Festival at Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral from October 13-15 .
“This is our expression of comfort and love,” said Fanoula Gulas, president of the church’s Philoptoches Society, a women’s philanthropic group. “Hospitality is important to our culture.”
Sonthe Burge, a longtime parishioner in charge of baking koulourakia butter cookies, agreed.
“We love to cook,” said longtime parishioner Sonthe Burge. “It’s a way of sharing our heritage, our culture and our faith with the community.
Menu offerings for the 10,000 people expected each day will include long-time favorites such as souvlakia, pastichio, Greek chicken, spanokopeta (spinach pie), dolmathes (stuffed grape leaves), Greek rice, vegetable plates, Greek salad and gyros. Greek pastries on hand will include baklava; kourambethes, also known as Greek wedding cookies; melomakarana, a Greek honey cookie; and koulourakia, or butter cookie twists.
As they have done for nearly 50 years, church members prepare most food in the church kitchen.
“We do all the cooking, the pastries and the pastichio,” Gulas said, referring to the popular casserole sometimes called “Greek lasagna,” made with Greek bechamel sauce instead of the tomato sauce Italians use. to make the signature dish.
Baking is a major project involving hundreds of pounds of ingredients and hours of preparation.
Burge supervised the volunteers who bake koulourakia, a butter cookie, for 30 years. After mixing the ingredients, the dough is rolled by hand, cut into strips and twisted before being baked.
“We make over 1,000 dozen every year, probably 1,100 dozen this year,” Burge said.
The volunteers started making baklava in June and have continued with cookies in regular baking sessions they call workshops. The sweets were cooked in batches. Each batch of koulourakia, Burge said, requires about 7 pounds of flour and makes 21 dozen cookies.
Burge also helped make other cookies and the pastichio, which is made ahead of time.
While pastries and cookies are prepared months in advance, the rest of the food, such as Greek chicken, rice and green beans with tomatoes, is prepared fresh every day during the festival, Pete said. Graphos, a Crestline resident who’s been the festival’s head chef for 15 or 20 years.
“Last year we cooked 13,000 pieces of chicken, 500 pans of pastichio – each pan has 24 servings. That’s 10,000 servings,” Graphos said.
About 20,000 dolmathe, or stuffed grape leaves, were served last year and rice was cooked in two 50-pound batches every hour.
The Greek chicken is marinated in lemon juice, butter and seasonings for 24 hours before being cooked for an hour in one of eight convection ovens in the church kitchen, Graphos said. Each oven can cook 100 pieces at a time, or 800 pieces of chicken cooked every hour.
The kitchen is constant during the festival, but the kitchen is like a well-oiled machine, with around 10 volunteers working at a time. Excellent kitchen equipment, including sophisticated combination ovens that are programmable, and volunteers help make it a success.
The ovens, for example, can bake 20 pastichio molds at a time, all automatically. The same goes for the green beans and the tomato dish.
“Everything is going perfectly,” Graphos said.
The ingredients help achieve that perfect taste. The lemon juice used for Greek chicken is not domestic; it’s imported from Greece and has more flavor, Graphos said. Seasonings, also imported from Greece, are sprinkled on both sides of the chicken to give it more flavor.
“We take great pride in the quality of our food,” Graphos said.
Gulas said there is another element that elevates food to a higher level.
“Every item is touched with love,” Gulas said.
Food plates will be priced individually and Greek pastries will be prepackaged and sold in food lines. Soft drinks, beer and Greek wines will be available on site to accompany meals.
Music, tours and wine
Along with great food, there will be entertainment, with performances of Greek music and dancing by nearly 100 church members, from “lovely little kids in high school,” Gulas said.
Mediterranean and Orthodox souvenirs will be available in the festival’s Greek market square, as will the church’s cookbook, ‘The Greeks Have a Recipe for It’, which has been updated several times over the years with new new editions, Burge said.
“It’s an easy to follow cookbook, it’s not hard to use,” she said. “My copy is from 1981, the fourth printing.”
Holy Trinity – Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Parish was established in 1906 and is the fourth oldest Greek Orthodox parish in the Southeast.
Self-guided tours of the cathedral, the only Greek Orthodox cathedral in Alabama, will be available during the festival and parishioners will be available to answer “every question” between 10:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. Organizers suggest that schools and religious groups call ahead. to schedule a visit.
“We encourage guests to take a look at the beautiful iconography and art” of the church, Burge said.
The festival is not only an opportunity to share the love of good food and hospitality, but it is also an important fundraising effort for the church. The church, in turn, donates a portion of the festival proceeds to charity.
This year, the sale of 1,300 pans of frozen pastichio at $50 each will go to charities including Children’s of Alabama, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama and the Firehouse Shelter, which the church supports. offering a meal once a week throughout the year, Graphos said.
The hours of preparation and effort to organize the festival every year are worth it, the volunteers agreed.
“We really like doing this for Birmingham,” Gulas said. “We worked so hard on this. We are tired, but we love it.
“It’s a joyful and very fun thing,” he said.
The Greek Food Festival is open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. from October 13 to 15, with drive-thrus from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Online ordering will be available at birminghamgreekfestival.net and orders can be taken and delivered by mount.
Those who want to enjoy their food onsite can do so in the tented dining area.


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The scandal surrounding the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania (and nationwide, really) has hit home for me. I was not abused by a priest, I am not related to anyone who was abused by a priest, but the pastor at the church where I was a parishioner as a young catholic after moving to Edinboro in 1986 has been labeled a “predator priest” by the Attorney General’s report. This comes as little surprise to anyone who is familiar with the ins and outs of the situation, and it has led me to a few conclusions: my mother had a lot of intuition about the activities of priests and didn’t allow me to become an altar boy when the opportunity was there; the church is completely complicit in the cover-up of this and all other instances of abuse; and this is really the primary reason that so many young Catholics are leaving the church. The biggest take away for me is that former bishops Murphy and Trautman are both colossally bad people and embody everything that is wrong with Catholicism.
When the three women who found the child pornography in Father Robert Bower’s office in the Newman Center in Edinboro, they did the right thing: they went to the bishop. Bishop Murphy responded by refusing to even look at the evidence. He then accused them of trying to ruin the church and Bower, and then lectured to them about love. One of them, a secretary at the Newman Center, was fired two days later, and all three were shunned by those in the know. This was 1981. Bower was still in place in 1986 when I moved to Edinboro from Iowa, and when we met him, he was gregarious and verbose in his sermons, often stretching mass to well over an hour. (For those of you who aren’t old-school Catholic, outside of Northwestern PA, a good guideline is about 40-45 minutes.) We knew literally nothing of this as we became members of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Edinboro.
We attended mass weekly and I was forced by my well-meaning mother and father to attend catechism classes, and (guess who?) Father Bower was one of the instructors when I was confirmed. When I returned from the Navy in 1998, my best friend had proposed to his girlfriend, and when they were to be married at Our Lady of the Lake, Father Bower was supposed to be the officiant. The man was all over the place in Edinboro. Well, right about this time, he’d taken his computer to Best Buy, and they found kiddie porn on it, and he was removed and replaced with a different priest for the ceremony. This began my disillusionment with the Catholic Church. What else was Bower doing? What other skeletons did he have in his closet? What guys did I know that might have been abused by this clown when they were altar boys? Thank God my mom said no. At the time, I just thought she didn’t want to be bothered, but as I get older, (and she would never admit this) I don’t think that she wanted me around priests unsupervised as a 12 and 13-year-old.
In 2001, the DA was forced to drop the charges against Bower because of a chain of custody issue with the evidence, and Bower was allowed to return to the priesthood, if you can believe that shit. They didn’t even bother to remove him from practicing or “retire” him or anything. They just reinstated him and pretended it didn’t happen. The women who accused him 20 years earlier lost their collective shit, as you can imagine. The new Bishop, Donald Trautman, who can charitably be described as a blemish on the ass of humanity, decided that Murphy had been telling the truth when he said in 2007 that he didn’t recall meeting with the women and that the women were obviously liars who were against the Church. He had the balls to say that the treatment of Bower was prejudicial and one-sided, oh and by the way Bower was not criminally charged. (The women later sued Trautman and the Church for defamation, but it was dismissed in 2004.) When asked about it this year, Trautman DOUBLED DOWN, saying that the courts had spoken. This guy has some serious balls. The article is available at goerie.com and was in the November 11, 2018 edition of the Erie Times News as the front-page story. The thing that bothers me the most about all of this is that Bower, having been defrocked is still running around Edinboro, completely free of any consequence. What else did he do? He’s 85 now, and pretty decrepit, claiming memory problems, but my money says that he has a pristine remembrance of everything that he has done.
The grand jury has found the claims of the three women credible, and this case has been added to the many that are being discussed, and Donald Trautman will have to face his judgement some day as well. His cognitive dissonance on this destroys his credibility on virtually all issues, and he comes off like a petulant child when he says anything relating to the issue.
The exodus of young people from the Catholic faith has a lot to do with stories like this happening all over the country, all over the world. There are other factors, to be certain, but the priesthood has long been a haven for men who needed to hide predilections for appetites that wouldn’t be accepted, let alone hidden by superiors. The only way the church is going to overcome this is to modernize, allow priests to marry, allow women to become priests, and move the church out of the 19thcentury and into the 21st. It’s too late for most people who’ve left or been forced out. The Catholic Church has done a lot of bad things over the course of its history in the name of God, but this is probably the worst.
The meeting of American bishops this week in Baltimore was supposed to address this, but the Vatican has asked that the hold off on that until a worldwide meeting in Rome in February. I say screw that, they need to address this scandal now, out every single predator, remove them from the priesthood, and prosecute every single one of them. Trautman, for his part, has made an even bigger ass of himself by essentially calling the news reports “fake news”. I hope he enjoys hell.


Protestant Campus Ministry
The Protestant Campus Ministry (PCM) at the University of Hartford provides opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to live and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. PCM is interdenominational and multiethnic, with students actively involved and growing from various backgrounds. Although we hold to traditional Christian values and believe in the authority of the Bible, we are highly relational; we love people! We are always looking to do life with and learn from as many people as possible!
We gather corporate worship on
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Our Sunday evening worship services are one hour in length. It is includes singing, praying, and the occasional student mini message. Our Tuesday night worship services last about an hour and thirty minutes. This service features singing, praying, communion, connection time, and relevant and engaging messages.
We scatter into smaller groups for various faith groups and small group Bible studies throughout the week.
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Just like other big occasions or festivals, Christmas brings together the whole family. It gives another chance to meet with friends and family members and celebrate the auspicious occasion with joy and happiness. On that day, the sparkling stars in the sky, streaming the chill wind and love is in the air and in the hearts of people. Christmas is the most happening time of the winter vacation when the family gatherings happen as most of the colleges and schools are closed on that day. All around the world people celebrate it with great excitement. The home is decorated wonderfully with colorful paint, strings of lights, Christmas balls, Christmas tree and with flower garlands. The most followed traditions of Christmas is baking the yummy Christmas cakes for the Christmas celebration and smells of it bring water in everyone’s mouth. Another tradition of Christmas is gifts that everyone gives to each other and create sweet memory.
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To start a Monday morning with an article such as the one below is indeed a sad indictment of the twisted bitterness which exists in the world today.
It is high time the Catholic Church took responsibility for those bigots, child abusers and charlatans which prosper in its midst. One would have hoped that a German Pope would have been more sensitive to this issue, but it seems that is not the case. I have many Catholic friends who I know are appalled by the stance the church is taking on ‘looking after its own’ and this takes the biscuit.
Please visit The Simon Wiesenthal Centre for more information on Bishop Williamson and his ilk and to sign the petition.
As the world joins together tomorrow to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope Benedict XVI has welcomed a Catholic Bishop and denier of the Nazi Holocaust back into the Church.
Britain’s Bishop Richard Williamson, who is reportedly being investigated for Holocaust denial in Germany, denied the murder of 6 million Jews by stating in an interview on Swedish state television last week, “I think that 200,000 to 300,000 Jews died in Nazi concentration camps, but none of them in gas chambers.”
The Pope must make clear to the world that at a time when anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial have reached the highest levels in two decades and protesters at anti-Israel rallies are chanting, “Jews back to the ovens”, his decision to welcome a Holocaust denier back into the Church will only validate Holocaust denial and contradicts the teachings of Vatican II. Bishops who preach anti-Semitism or Holocaust denial should not be embraced by the Vatican.
Bishop Williamson is one of four Catholic Bishops belonging to the notoriously anti-Semitic ‘Society of Saint Pius’, a breakaway group which opposes changes in Catholic doctrine. According to news reports, Williamson has endorsed “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”, a notorious anti-Semitic forgery, and claimed that Jews are bent on world domination.
Just last week, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of Williamson and three other Bishops belonging to this group.


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2 Corinthians 9:6-8
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
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PTC is hosting a luncheon, sponsored by Energy by 5, for all our South Plains friends and faith leaders on June 9, 11:45 AM at Second Baptist Church, 6109 Chicago Ave, Lubbock, TX 79424. You are cordially invited!
Rev. Jesse Rincones, Pastor of Alliance Baptist Church of Lubbock will preside over the brief program. Rev. Bill Stubblefield, Pastor of The Difference Makers' Fellowship will bring our address. We will pray for our teachers, and affirm our support for God's provision of education, provided by the public, for all Texas children.