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**eFDMBwKH** · 09-16-2007, 12:15 AM

Keeping our heads down and quietly getting on with our comfortable lives is not an answer. For example, almost 200,000 (yes, that is two-hundred thousand) unborn babies are murdered in England and Wales every year, over 6000,000 (yes, that is six million) since 1967. And what do we do about it ? The Catholics have their 'Life' and SPUC organisations that hold street demonstrations, lobby parliament and picket abortion clinics. A couple of years ago it took an Anglican curate to take the Crown Prosecution Service to the High Court over their failure to prosecute two doctors who had carried out an illegal abortion, but we do what exactly ?

I agree with you, John. Orthodox in this country are numerically almost insignificant, and our influence is further diluted by the effects of jurisdictionalism, but what voice we do have should be added to the rest of those who oppose the destruction of what remains of our Christian culture.

I take some heart from the proposal of Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev to form a European Catholic-Orthodox Alliance.

This alliance may enable European Catholics and Orthodox to fight together against secularism, liberalism and relativism prevailing in modern Europe, may help them to speak with one voice in addressing secular society, may provide for them an ample space where they will discuss modern issues and come to common positions. The social and ethical teachings of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches are extremely close, in many cases practically identical. I have had a chance to compare the ‘Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church,’ published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in 2004, with the ‘Bases of the Social Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church,’ approved by the Bishops’ Council of the Moscow Patriarchate in 2000. There are so many striking similarities and so little difference. Why, then, should we not be able to reveal our unity on all these major issues urbi et orbi? http://insidethevatican.com/newsflas...apr24-05-2.htm

And, of course, while the SPUC is a predominantly Catholic organisation, there is nothing to stop an Orthodox, a protestant, or indeed anyone from being a supporter. I still am.

09-16-2007, 12:15 AM	#19
eFDMBwKH Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	Keeping our heads down and quietly getting on with our comfortable lives is not an answer. For example, almost 200,000 (yes, that is two-hundred thousand) unborn babies are murdered in England and Wales every year, over 6000,000 (yes, that is six million) since 1967. And what do we do about it ? The Catholics have their 'Life' and SPUC organisations that hold street demonstrations, lobby parliament and picket abortion clinics. A couple of years ago it took an Anglican curate to take the Crown Prosecution Service to the High Court over their failure to prosecute two doctors who had carried out an illegal abortion, but we do what exactly ? I agree with you, John. Orthodox in this country are numerically almost insignificant, and our influence is further diluted by the effects of jurisdictionalism, but what voice we do have should be added to the rest of those who oppose the destruction of what remains of our Christian culture. I take some heart from the proposal of Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev to form a European Catholic-Orthodox Alliance. This alliance may enable European Catholics and Orthodox to fight together against secularism, liberalism and relativism prevailing in modern Europe, may help them to speak with one voice in addressing secular society, may provide for them an ample space where they will discuss modern issues and come to common positions. The social and ethical teachings of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches are extremely close, in many cases practically identical. I have had a chance to compare the ‘Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church,’ published by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in 2004, with the ‘Bases of the Social Doctrine of the Russian Orthodox Church,’ approved by the Bishops’ Council of the Moscow Patriarchate in 2000. There are so many striking similarities and so little difference. Why, then, should we not be able to reveal our unity on all these major issues urbi et orbi? http://insidethevatican.com/newsflas...apr24-05-2.htm And, of course, while the SPUC is a predominantly Catholic organisation, there is nothing to stop an Orthodox, a protestant, or indeed anyone from being a supporter. I still am.
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