Union of Christian denominations?

[Heretic_Cata]

Only without Pope!

Yup, i really don't see us ever agreeing to accept the authority of some guy in Rome.
At least over here, the lack of a major central authority dictating stuff from a land far away was benefic. Orthodoxism got a "native" taste this way. I reckon this happened to other countries too.

Plus, i personally have a problem with authorities ya know, i'm a heretic.


As for Orthodoxism - Protestantism. Well ... there are differences, but the way i see it, they can be overlooked with ease. It's just that Protestantism is NOT A CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION - IT'S A CATHOLIC DENOMINATION. And this thing always made protestantism a very distant relative to us. So relations are cold.
And i am preety sure that the wave of protestant silly sects (read Jehova's Witnesses and other such) that came after the revolution got priests and people really pissed about western & american "new religions" that were never here before.
Why is it that the crazy sects always come first when an oportunity occurs ?

 

[Tycoon101]

Catholics (Eastern Orthodox included) and radioactive monkeys.

I just cannot stand to listen to many of my fellow Protestants.

 

[chinesefireball]

Denominations merged here in Australia about 20 years. It was the presbyterians, methodists and some other one. Well these denominations didn't completely merge - there is still the ordd presbyterian church and methodist church. It is called the Uniting church - problem is that they are in the middle of a big argument about gay clergy at the moment so there is potential for them to split again.

For more information: http://www.uca.org.au/

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Catholics (Eastern Orthodox included) and radioactive monkeys.

I just cannot stand to listen to many of my fellow Protestants.

I don't get that part.

 

[The Last Conformist]

One of the big failings of modern Christianity is its inability to make uranian simians feel at home.

 

[Mirc]

I am symapthetic to all the Christian denomination, except some exagerted ones.

I am a Orthodox myself, and I do strongly hope for reunion with the Catholic church. I just don't know how the people will accept the authority of a pope. I considered becoming a priest myself, but there are a lot of annoying restrictions.

 

[classical_hero]

The problem with the many branches of Christendom is that the doctrinal stances are so very different, so for a unity to occur, one will have to change, but it just depends on which direction they go, towards truth, or apostacy.