Teddyhugs my brother, here is a little what you want to talk to me about. Read it carefully!!
We can all see the ecumenical movement that is being pushed now, how the churches are coming together uniting back with the Roman Catholic Church. Now many of these churches will tell you openly that are still differences between them. So the question is, what is the 'glue' that brings these churches together ❤ in unity? Take a look at the following quotes:
"Pope Francis says that ecumenism is a spiritual process ROOTS IN THE TRINITY." (source)
"Does Trinitarian reflection play a significant role in ecumenical dialogue?
... David Ferguson shows how the agreement of Christians regarding the doctrine of the trinity has stimulate efforts to extend this agreement to other areas of faith and practice (doctrinal, liturgical, and moral) informed by Trinitarian reflection. (The Oxford Handbook of the Trinity)
"The central ecumenical importance of doctrine of the trinity has become increasingly recognized in recent years." (MATTHIAS HAUDEL, professor of theology at Munster Protestant Theological University, Germany)
The "Global Christian Forum" states that to be part of their ecumenical movement, you need to "confess the triune god"
"The Trinity calls us to solidarity with others" (Pope Francis)
"We are on the same team ... When you talk about the Pentecostals, Charismatics, Evangelicals, fundamentalists, Catholics, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, on and on, they would all say we believe in the Trinity." (Rick Warren)
"The Seventh-day Adventist Church cannot be treated either as a 'new religious movement,' or as a sect, declares a joint system drawn by the Roman Catholic Church and the Adventist Church in Poland ... the document was issued following 15 years of dialogue aimed at better understanding of the teachings and practice of the Catholic and the Adventist Churches, as well as improving relations ... The statement was signed by representatives of the Churches, including Pastor Wladyslaw Polok, President of the Adventist Church in Poland, and Archbishop Alfons Nossol, chairman of the Polish Episcopate's Commission for Ecumenical affairs ... both sides affirm a need to cultivate respect for each other and learn to understand each other ... this is an important turn of events for our church, says Prof. Zachariasz Lyko ... Over years, however, as the exchange of information between us took place, we noted many confessional similarities but also differences. The Catholic side recognizes in the document the Cristocentric character of our beliefs, and especially our belief in the trinity, as well as ecclesiological identity of the Church, a status affirmed by an act of the Polish Parliament."
