Comments on: Local ecumenism works http://konicki.com/blog2/2009/11/15/local-ecumenism-works/ Thoughts and opinions from a Deacon in the PNCC Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom http://konicki.com/blog2/2009/11/15/local-ecumenism-works/comment-page-1/#comment-5855 Tom Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:23:17 +0000 http://konicki.com/blog2/?p=8073#comment-5855 This is an excellent example of local ecumenism at work. While there is no theological "dialogue" involved, there is true Christian charity and understanding of Christ's central message - Love the Lord thy God and love thy neighbor as thyself. We can all learn from these RCC and PNCC parishioners. This is an excellent example of local ecumenism at work. While there is no theological “dialogue” involved, there is true Christian charity and
understanding of Christ’s central message – Love the Lord thy God and love thy neighbor as thyself. We can all learn from these RCC and PNCC parishioners.

]]> By: The young fogey http://konicki.com/blog2/2009/11/15/local-ecumenism-works/comment-page-1/#comment-5854 The young fogey Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:09:09 +0000 http://konicki.com/blog2/?p=8073#comment-5854 <i>The dissident parishioners went on to form Holy Mother of Sorrows and affiliate with the Polish National Church that was organized in Scranton in </i><b>1871</b>. Oops. <i>Some parishioners who wanted to have the assistant pastor fill the opening blocked the priest sent by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton.</i> Note to parishioners more than 90 years ago: Catholic ecclesiology doesn't work that way. That said, it makes sense to be friendly now as the people there now are something like third-generation PNCC and thus not guilty of schism in Rome's eyes. Like relations in South Philly between Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church and Assumption Russian Orthodox Church which split from it 96 years ago. (Holy Ghost became Orthodox for a year and went back; those who didn't want to go back started Assumption.) Both parishes are shadows of their former selves but the remaining people are friendly to each other. The dissident parishioners went on to form Holy Mother of Sorrows and affiliate with the Polish National Church that was organized in Scranton in 1871.

Oops.

Some parishioners who wanted to have the assistant pastor fill the opening blocked the priest sent by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton.

Note to parishioners more than 90 years ago: Catholic ecclesiology doesn’t work that way.

That said, it makes sense to be friendly now as the people there now are something like third-generation PNCC and thus not guilty of schism in Rome’s eyes.

Like relations in South Philly between Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church and Assumption Russian Orthodox Church which split from it 96 years ago. (Holy Ghost became Orthodox for a year and went back; those who didn’t want to go back started Assumption.) Both parishes are shadows of their former selves but the remaining people are friendly to each other.

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