What do we have in COMMON?

[Bastoune]

I'm tired of all the fighting between Protestants and Catholics on the boards. Can anyone come up with what points we have in COMMON?

I can think of a few for starters:

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

 

[JVAC]

I hope my post is allowed, if not delete it. Here is another creed in addition to the Nicene and Apostolic creeds.​

Athanasian Creed​

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Whoever wants to be saved should above all cling to the catholic faith.
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Whoever does not guard it whole and inviolable will doubtless perish eternally.
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Now this is the catholic faith: We worship one God in trinity and the Trinity in unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the divine being.
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For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Spirit is still another.
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But the deity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, equal in glory, coeternal in majesty.
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What the Father is, the Son is, and so is the Holy Spirit.
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Uncreated is the Father; uncreated is the Son; uncreated is the Spirit.
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The Father is infinite; the Son is infinite; the Holy Spirit is infinite.
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Eternal is the Father; eternal is the Son; eternal is the Spirit:
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And yet there are not three eternal beings, but one who is eternal;
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as there are not three uncreated and unlimited beings, but one who is uncreated and unlimited.
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Almighty is the Father; almighty is the Son; almighty is the Spirit:
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And yet there are not three almighty beings, but one who is almighty.
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Thus the Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God:
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And yet there are not three gods, but one God.
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Thus the Father is Lord; the Son is Lord; the Holy Spirit is Lord:
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And yet there are not three lords, but one Lord.
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As Christian truth compels us to acknowledge each distinct person as God and Lord, so catholic religion forbids us to say that there are three gods or lords.
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The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten;
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the Son was neither made nor created, but was alone begotten of the Father;
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the Spirit was neither made nor created, but is proceeding from the Father and the Son.
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Thus there is one Father, not three fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three spirits.
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And in this Trinity, no one is before or after, greater or less than the other;
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but all three persons are in themselves, coeternal and coequal; and so we must worship the Trinity in unity and the one God in three persons.
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Whoever wants to be saved should think thus about the Trinity.
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It is necessary for eternal salvation that one also faithfully believe that our Lord Jesus Christ became flesh.

For this is the true faith that we believe and confess: That our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son, is both God and man.
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He is God, begotten before all worlds from the being of the Father, and he is man, born in the world from the being of his mother --
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existing fully as God, and fully as man with a rational soul and a human body;
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equal to the Father in divinity, subordinate to the Father in humanity.
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Although he is God and man, he is not divided, but is one Christ.
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He is united because God has taken humanity into himself; he does not transform deity into humanity.
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He is completely one in the unity of his person, without confusing his natures.
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For as the rational soul and body are one person, so the one Christ is God and man.
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He suffered death for our salvation.
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He descended into hell and rose again from the dead.
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He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
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He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
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At his coming all people shall rise bodily to give an account of theirown deeds.
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Those who have done good will enter eternal life,
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those who have done evil will enter eternal fire.
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This is the catholic faith.
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One cannot be saved without believing this firmly and faithfully.
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[Bastoune]

I don't see a problem... sounds like something we Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox agree on!

Jesus Christ is LORD!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega!!!

The Bible is the inspired, written Word of God.

 

[Miss Shelby]

Welcome to OBOB, JVAC.

Michelle

 

[II Paradox II]

I'm tired of all the fighting between Protestants and Catholics on the boards. Can anyone come up with what points we have in COMMON?

We all have a common set of scripture outside of a few OT books. It should be noted though that the scriptural revelation that we share is far more numerous and far more significant than that which divides us.

ken

 

[JVAC]

Thanks Michelle, I miss talking with my Catholic friends since IDD closed, but I felt that I wasn't supposed to be posting here.

I think we can agree to an extent of the saving Grace of baptism to no? (Not to be debatable I just refer to Mk 16:16 and John 3:5)

 

[Wolseley]

I'm tired of all the fighting between Protestants and Catholics on the boards. Can anyone come up with what points we have in COMMON?

When cut, we all bleed red.

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

When cut, we all bleed red.

LOL

 

[Miss Shelby]

Thanks Michelle, I miss talking with my Catholic friends since IDD closed, but I felt that I wasn't supposed to be posting here.

I think we can agree to an extent of the saving Grace of baptism to no? (Not to be debatable I just refer to Mk 16:16 and John 3:5)

Yes. And you're always welcome in here.

Michelle

 

[Bastoune]

When cut, we all bleed red.

Well, except for the Amalgamak Catholics... they bleed green!

(South Park reference for those who don't know...)

 

[Acceptance]

We all have a sabbath day we keep holy

We all want Christian unity

We all go to church

We all listen to someone (priest/pastor/minister/etc.) interpret the scripture/Christ's teachings.

We all are welcome on CF!

 

[Polycarp1]

We share one Lord and Savior who:

• For our sakes put off His heavenly glory and consented to be born a helpless human baby of the Virgin Mary
• For our sakes was baptized by John in the River Jordan
• For our sakes lived the life of a wandering teacher, foregoing the comforts of a home
• For our sakes worked miracles of healing and deliverance
• For our sakes consented to be arrested and scourged
• For our sakes went to Calvary
• For our sakes suffered an agonizing death on the Cross
• For our sakes rose again that we too might have new life in Him
• For our sakes sent the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, repentance of sin, and sanctifying grace

 

[panterapat]

We all meet at the foot of the cross.

 

[Phoebe]

Can we all agree that there will someday be a second Advent?

(return of Christ.) We may not know when, but it will happen.

 

[JVAC]

Except the Peterists

 

[ukok]

we all eat, drink and sleep.

 

[MattMMMan17]

We all continually convert oxygen into carbon dioxide throughout the span of our natural lives.

 

[Phoebe]

We all continually convert oxygen into carbon dioxide throughout the span of our natural lives.

Us Iowans thrive on methane.

 

[MariaRegina]

We all worship One God in three Divine Persons.

We are all called to sanctity and holiness in life.

We are all called to love our neighbor as ourselves, and further to love each other as Christ has loved us.

We are all called to love and to pray for our enemies.

 

[Debi1967]

We all just Love Him