An Arena for Three
A N A R E N A F O R T H R E E
- Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox
The three great divisions of Christendom…
The Christian journal Touchstone has a brilliant statement, where they pro primo say that the Magazine is "conservative in doctrine and eclectic in content" with editors and readers from the three great divisions of Christendom - Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox.
The mission to provide a place…
Secondly has the Magazine the mission to provide a place where "Christians of various backgrounds can speak with one another on the basis of shared belief in the fundamental doctrines of the faith as revealed in Holy Scripture and summarized in the ancient creeds of the Church."
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About the Magazine:
Edited by a bevy of mainly younger Protestants, Orthodox, and Roman Catholics, Touchstone advances an ecumenism of orthodoxy defined by the Great Tradition.
-Richard John Neuhaus, Editor-in-Chief, First Things
Touchstone serves the most significant form of ecumenical endeavor today: the rallying and coalescing of those in all the churches who stand for doctrinal, moral, and devotional orthodoxy.
-J. I. Packer Author, Knowing God
Touchstone is a voice that greatly needs to be heard in today's Christian world. If this is what robust ecumenism means, we need more of it!
-Kallistos Ware, Bishop of Diokleia & Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Studies at Oxford University
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Among Swedish writers and contributing editors is Folke T. Olofsson.
God & the Genesis of Gender The Trustworthy Biblical Design of Man & Woman by Folke T. Olofsson, first appeared in the September 2001 issue of Touchstone.
See >> Folke T Olofsson
In the Christianity - and in The Swedish Christianity - we should question if we need different Arenas for the three main lines in Christianity - Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox.
Reflections… Are there any Arenas in Sweden? If we have an Answer, is the further Question: Do we need Arenas with a wider Spectrum including more Partakers? Are we to be content with Arenas like Conferences run by the Dioceses and all the Organisations (for example with OASIS, aKF, Gullbranna, SSB, EFK, EFS etc)? And, do we need anything like an arena as Touchstone in Sweden for our needs, run by SKR or anyone else?
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