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Published in Church &Life (1825) 11.11.2011 –30.11.2011 No 17 Just recently Time magazine did a major survey on marriage. The results are rather obvious. Fewer and fewer people are taking marriage vows;they are simply living together. Now that is not news! The news is that the survey about marriage and family basically [...] Published in Church and Life No 16 (1824) 20.10 to 09.11.2011. Priests are always ordained during a Divine Liturgy. This is so,because the central role of a priest is the Eucharist,the response to the command from Jesus Christ to “do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke22:19). The liturgical function of the priest is [...] Published in Church and Life (1823) 28.9.2011-19.10.2011 No 15 The Didache is the oldest document in the church which describes early Christian life. It was written by a man called Hippolytus about 215. This document describes the daily practice of early Christians. [...] Published in Church and Life (1822) 8.9.2011-27.9.2011 No 14 I presume you may never have heard of this document. Learned people say that it was written by the 12 apostles. It was probably a result of the first meeting of the 12 apostles about the year 50 AD and it was written in Greek. There [...] Published in Church and Life (1821) 25.8.2011 –7.9.2011 No 13 Astrology in all its forms has always been condemned by the church as a work of the devil. This is one of the earliest and most constant teachings of the church. It is not surprising because when Jesus came into this world the whole [...] The word “peace maker” is only used once in the Bible in Mt.5:9. It is used to mean – the one who reconciles quarrels. Jesus is not on the side of violence. He is saying that there is no way to peace except through peace making. [...] Most people I know believe that there was a real historical person who was called Jesus Christ. After all,there is enough historical evidence to prove that such a person existed about 2,000 years ago. Yet,not surprisingly,there is a growing number of people who,first of all,do not know who Jesus Christ [...] The situation with the members of the Anglican Church who want to join the Catholic Church is very interesting to Ukrainian Catholics. There are individuals,parishes,priests and even bishops of the Anglican Church who have petitioned Rome to be accepted as members of the Catholic Church. The Holy Father has given them a very [...] The Australian Catholic Bishops have issued some very useful suggestions on how we can become ‘Peace Makers’. These steps are worth reviewing. [...] Our Ukrainian Catholic Church is not a museum of its own history. Jesus Christ,the apostles,the Church Fathers and Mothers did not intend to create a church which was ‘once upon a time’ alive,glorious,relevant and useful to its members. Jesus actually said that He would be with the church until the end [...] | ||||||
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