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I INVITE YOU TO JOIN the

PRO-CATH-ORDOX FAITH
WELCOME !

WELCOME! I am here to tell you about a


NEW FAITH, which I invite you to join. I
have named it the Pro-Cath-Ordox faith
because it endeavors to united
Protestants, Catholics, & Orthodox
under one united church of Christ called
"Pro-Cath-Ordox". The requirement for
joining is first and foremost that you
profess Jesus Christ as your Savior.
Second, depending upon to which
"branch" of Christianity you belong you
must be able to accept brothers &
sisters from the other branches as equal
brothers & sisters in Christ. For
example, if you are Roman Catholic you
must accept your Protestant & Orthodox
sisters & brothers as equal to you,
neither superior nor inferior, as they
must accept you likewise. This new faith
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should NOT be perceived as a "threat"


to the already-organized individual
congregations around the world, nor to
the Vatican or the various
headquarter(s) of other denominations.
It is not my endeavor to abolish the
protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox faith
and to replace them with Pro-CathOrdox , but to provide a way for people
to see themselves better as united-inChrist. Like it or not, individual pastors
& priests despite voicing the notion of
unity of the worldwide body of Christ
inevitably become "competitive" to
make their individual church property
bigger & better, and inevitably become
bogged down with financial concerns
about "their church." In the process the
congregation consciously or
subconsciously gets drawn into this way
of thinking likewise, and concern about
"my church" above the larger worldwide
body of Christ often ensues. This is not
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to place blame on anybody in particular,


neither the church leader nor the
congregants, but it's just a subtle
process that overcomes most individual
churches. And of course most churches
recite the Nicene Creed which is
supposed to be a reminder of our larger
unity, but too often it goes in one ear
and out the other and I have rarely, if
ever, heard a church leader expound on
the notion of the larger body of Christ
worldwide. Of course, every now and
then there may be an annual "inter-faith"
service that attempts to combine a local
protestant church with a catholic
church, etc. but once again it's usually
once-per-year and that's not enough to
really help people appreciate the idea of
Christian unity.
But we are CALLED by GOD to be
brothers-&-sisters in Christ, united
worldwide, and so it is my HOPE that
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people will embrace the "Pro-CathOrdox" faith and envision yourself more
than just Catholic or just Protestant or
just Orthodox, but united-in-Christ as
pro-cath-ordox !
How to join: There's no need to do
anything to become a member of the
pro-cath-ordox faith apart from
intellectual, emotional, & spiritual
agreement with the jist of what I have
tried to convey in the above
introduction. If you agree, in spirit & in
truth, with the aforementioned theme of
Christian unity, you are a member of the
pro-cath-ordox faith. Welcome, and pass
it on !
By the way, I must reiterate the
importance of Jesus Christ being the
central, common denominator of the
pro-cath-ordox faith. We welcome
people from any and all faiths or
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religions as long as they profess faith in


Jesus Christ, & salvation only thru
Jesus Christ.
I will be periodically posting some
thoughts, ideas, other contributions and
links etc . God bless you . Keep the Faith
!

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