I hope
everyone is doing well during this Covid-19 pandemic. Life often gives us many
obstacles, both collectively and individually. Ecumenism, for instance, often
has hurdles and obstacles. The human factor is perhaps one of the bigger hurdles.
This post is simply sharing an article from March 2020 by Denis Fortin titled: Understanding
Ecumenism and What Really Happened in Bologna. Basically, it is
seemingly a clarification of an ecumenism incident that happened in Bologna,
Italy. I am abstaining from giving details and opinions. Below is an excerpt
from the article:
In the last couple of weeks a story has been spread on social
media about an Italian pastor in the city of Bologna in northern Italy,
Giovanni Caccamo, who signed an ecumenical charter as a representative of the
Seventh-day Adventist church. He also preached a short sermon on that occasion
to a church full of people of many faiths.
Most of the media comments were about how inappropriate his
action was, and even how contrary to Adventism. The Inter-European Division and
the Union Conference of Adventist churches in Italy issued statements publicly
disapproving of his participation, and reaffirming the Adventist position that
we cannot belong to ecumenical organizations (gleanernow.com).
Read the
full article and get all the details at the link below:
Understanding Ecumenism and What Really Happened in Bologna | GleanerNow
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