<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522</id><updated>2012-01-27T12:52:51.731-08:00</updated><category term='Teologia'/><category term='Adviento 1C'/><category term='UE ES SER REFORMADO?'/><category term='Iglesia  Reformada'/><title type='text'>todo arte es completamente inutil</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-6254298796173641512</id><published>2011-05-27T14:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T15:00:40.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Apoyo o visita del Conep a Olllanta?</title><content type='html'>http://www.generaccion.com/usuarios/57067/debemos-cuidar-esperanza-ollanta-humala-recibe-respaldo-pueblo-cristiano-peru&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para mi es un respaldo conociendo a los buneos lideres del Coneop claro que politicamente no estaria correcto decirlo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-6254298796173641512?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/6254298796173641512/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=6254298796173641512' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/6254298796173641512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/6254298796173641512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2011/05/apoyo-o-visita-del-conep-olllanta.html' title='Apoyo o visita del Conep a Olllanta?'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-7272421505740267815</id><published>2010-03-08T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T12:19:04.752-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La esperanza en la Teta y el Oscar</title><content type='html'>Ayer de seguro que la ceremonia del Oscar batio record de sintonia en el Peru, todos estabamos espetando a que el milagro se produciera, a que las fibras sensibles de los miembros de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas se reprodujeran cual efectos visuales de Avatar o que el sentido de lo politicamente correcto, que ha hecho que una pelicula sobre una persona visiblemente enferma fisica y psicologicamente ( una joven que pese 140 kilos no es normal) sea alabada por todos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero no...no se cumplio el objetivo, la Teta perdio pero igual es un logro aunque desde el punto de vista critico lo de la Berlinale tenga mas merito. PERO ESTO DEL OSCAR ERA MAS POR EL SIMBOLISMO que representa ganar en la meca del cine y que bueno q haya ganado "The Hurt Locker" y no Avatar, la ganadora es una historia que propone la realidad de porque mucha gente se enlista para una guerra estupida, poque quiza su propia vida es mas estupida que la guerra. Y que bueno que Bigelow le haya ganado a Cameron ( aquel fanfarron que decia " Im the king of the world" por esa lacrimogena version del Titanic que se llevo 11 injustos Oscares) RECONOZCO QUE AVATAR tiene buenas cosas aparte de los obvos efectos especiales pero al menos no de jara de ser la pelicula mas taquillera de la historia pero la calidad argumentativa es otra cosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merecidisimo Oscar para Jeff Bridges, mas merecido aun el Oscar secundario para Cristoph Waltz. No he visto "The Blind Side" asi que no puedo hablar acerca del Oscar de Sandrita Bullock, el de Mo" nique si parece justo, aunque Penelope en "Nine" estaba perfecta, a proposito dos grandes peliculas que pasaron casi desapercibidas ayer, "Nine" y " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-7272421505740267815?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/7272421505740267815/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=7272421505740267815' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/7272421505740267815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/7272421505740267815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2010/03/la-esperanza-en-la-teta-y-el-oscar.html' title='La esperanza en la Teta y el Oscar'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-3410973461091170598</id><published>2009-12-23T08:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T08:31:04.782-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Los falsos lideres Eclesiasticos</title><content type='html'>Muchas veces las iglesias buscan el pragmatismo, entendiendo esto como el que puede conseguir mejores resultados ( esto es mas conversos ) este es quien tiene la razon. ASI ES como lideres manipuladores, sin escrupulos, llegan a tener puestos de poder y mas aun esto ocurre cuando hay misiones extranjeras que dan recursos, alli el asunto es quien chupa mejor las medfias del gringo para obtener mas beneficios aunque sea en detrimento de los paisanos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-3410973461091170598?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/3410973461091170598/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=3410973461091170598' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/3410973461091170598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/3410973461091170598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2009/12/los-falsos-lideres-eclesiasticos.html' title='Los falsos lideres Eclesiasticos'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-3871861383837973574</id><published>2009-11-27T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T11:47:23.141-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adviento 1C'/><title type='text'>La Venida del Hijo del Hombre</title><content type='html'>La Venida del Hijo del Hombre con gran poder y gloria.&lt;br /&gt;Ensayo basado en el texto de Lucas 21:25-36&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A diferencia de nosotros que tenemos una visión linear de la historia (un evento sigue detrás del otro) el calendario litúrgico de la Iglesia es cíclico, es decir hay eventos que se repiten cada cierto tiempo, por eso es que en Adviento el Leccionario nos pone con sucesos que hablan de la segunda venida de Cristo para luego pasar a los eventos que sucedieron en la primera venida de Cristo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hay que entender que la comunidad cristiana a la cual le escribe Lucas estaba pendiente acerca del cumplimiento de las profecías de Jesús que por transmisión oral habían llegado hasta ellos, mientras que Marcos parece encajar todos esos eventos a la destrucción del templo en el año 70, Lucas escribiendo casi 20 años después ( después del año 70 mismo) indica que habrá una distancia entre esos sucesos y aquellos que ocurrirán al final de los tiempos, solo pone como ejemplo el árbol de higos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucas al referirse al mundo no utiliza la palabra Cosmos sino OIKOUMENE esto significa que Jesús no se esta refiriendo al fin del mundo como tal, sino al final del mundo como ellos lo conocían. (Interesante nota para entender esta profecía)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;También entendamos la venida del Reino de Cristo no como una inmigración masiva de almas de un mundo podrido a un cielo lleno de bendiciones ( como muchos hermanos lo entienden al hablar del rapto y cosas similares) sino el fin de esta era llena de injusticias, opresión y violencia, en esto entendamos lo que significa Adviento para nosotros, esta temporada del año no se aplica para que vayas desesperado a comprar el ultimo muñeco de Ben 10 a tu hijo o estés ahorrando el ultimo centavo para tener un pavito en la cena de Nochebuena, menos aun para pensar en Papanoeles sino en la transformación del mundo que Dios hizo, entendamos que sol era un símbolo del Imperio Romano y las lunas y estrellas eran de sus reinos clientes, entonces cuando decimos que estos astros caerán se refieren a estos reinos. El fin es el tiempo del cumplimiento de todas las promesas de Dios&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estos eventos apocalípticos nos parecieran a nosotros extraños, Quizás a algunos no nos preocupa tanto la situación del fin del mundo, pero todos sabemos lo que es esperar, así como la comunidad lucana sabia: todos estamos esperando algo: (el resultado de un examen medico, de una admisión a la universidad, de un familiar que tenemos en el extranjero, etc.) pero mientras esperamos nosotros debemos cumplir con la misión de la Iglesia, no agarrar un escudo y escondernos en el sótano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mucha gente a través de la historia se ha visto a si misma viviendo “los últimos días” pero no lo vemos como el cumplimiento de las promesas de paz, es interesante que cantamos “Noche de Paz” en Navidad, pero el mundo no tiene paz y no tiene justicia. Lucas le estaba escribiendo a una comunidad conformada en buena parte por campesinos pobres que tenían que vivir del dia, mientras las elites del país querrían tener una vida cada vez mas placentera ¿algún parecido con nuestra realidad? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adviento significa que debemos prepararnos en arrepentimiento, pero no en el arrepentimiento entendido como un apenarse, meditar, sino todo lo contrario: arrepentimiento implica cambio para justamente preparar el camino para que el sol, las lunas y las estrellas caigan., para que este mundo sea transformado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vivimos en medio de los dos grandes polos de la intervención divina en la historia humana: La venida de Cristo en carne y la venida de Cristo en gloria. Ya se nos ha dicho el fin de la historia pero tenemos que esperar su conclusión., pero no lo hagamos con los brazos cruzados recostados en el sillón, hagámoslo activamente con esperanza en nuestro triunfo sobre las fuerzas del mal.. ¿Solo debemos esperar y orar? ¿O es que solo nos concentramos en nuestra salvación personal y no entendemos que el proceso redentor es global?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Así como dentro de un mes pondremos en nuestras casas a un bebe como símbolo de aquel que vino hace mas de 2 mil años al mundo para renovarlo, así también estemos atentos para el nacimiento de un nuevo mundo transformado por aquel a quien celebramos en Navidad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como dice Jurgen Moltmann: “ Hablar de la esperanza cristiana no es para “alucinarnos” con un mas allá glorioso sino fundamentalmente para mantenernos vivos y actuantes aquí y ahora”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-3871861383837973574?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/3871861383837973574/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=3871861383837973574' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/3871861383837973574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/3871861383837973574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2009/11/la-venida-del-hijo-del-hombre.html' title='La Venida del Hijo del Hombre'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-9114823053695569181</id><published>2009-06-02T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T13:50:25.258-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Razones para ser un episcopal 3</title><content type='html'>language of my Relatives without it being econd best to Latin, or old-world English! -- Robby Drain robbyd@prodigy.net &lt;br /&gt;I'm 3rd generation, blessed and proud to be part of a loving, open-minded community. -- Pam Chapman Queenpamela50@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;I'm an Episcopalian because of the incredibly profound understanding of authority in the Anglican Communion. The three-legged stool - with its stout legs of Scripture, tradition, and reason, supported by (but also firmly joined by) the seat of our experience and prayer - is perhaps Anglicanism's most glorious contribution to theology. -- Paul M. Johns paulj334@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;I'm comforted by the fact that I am part of a church that allows for differing viewpoints and open debate. While many lable our church as 'wishy-washy' or divided on issues, I think that my faith is stronger for my being an active participant in trying to understand God's will. When I hear or read the spirited opinions of my fellow Episcopalians, I find that I am grateful to them, whether I agree with their viewpoints or not. They are contribuing to the vitality of our church, and keeping us all honest. -- Jennifer Hanshaw Hackett &lt;br /&gt;I'm glad to be a member of the Episcopal Church because its evangelical, catholic, pentecostal, and liberal. It is evangelical because it glories in the cross of Jesus Christ as salvation for all people. Its catholic in that it is a church which lives as resurrection people beyond the blight and bondage of death. We're pentecostal because we trust in the supernatural empowerment of the Holy Spirit. And we're liberal because we yearn for the Kingdom of God in the world as it is in heaven and labor in the hope that will make it so. -- Bishop. Alden Hathaway hathawayvi@worldnet.att.net &lt;br /&gt;In a global family, like the Anglican Communion, the voice of prayer is never silent. -- Canon James Rosenthal StNicholasMyra@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;In the Episcopal Church doubt is so okay that we name some parishes 'St. Thomas.' -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;In the Episcopal Church not only am I allowed to use the gifts God has given me, I'm encouraged to use them, urged to use them, begged to use them. -- Alison Bush kokopelli120@hotmail.com &lt;br /&gt;In the Episcopal Church you will be treated as an adult, and the child in you will be welcomed. -- Alex H. MacDonnell alexmacd@cybercomm.net &lt;br /&gt;In the Episcopal Church, I do not have to understand; I only have to believe. -- (Rev. Dr.) Charles L. Wood c.n.wood@juno.com &lt;br /&gt;In the Episcopal Church, it’s perfectly okay to kneel at the communion rail and marvel at the ornate beauty and mystery of the Eucharistic table while wearing jeans and cowboy boots. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;In the Episcopal Church, it's all right to have questions, doubts, and disagreements about your beliefs and you won't be criticized for not having enough faith, or somehow made to be felt that you don't belong, or that you're less of a Christian because your faith isn't 100% complete. -- Pierre R. Wheaton pierre15208@verizon.net &lt;br /&gt;In this Communion my spirit soars, while my(alleged) intellect and will are challenged, and my feet are grounded in terra firma. -- The Rev. Canon Peter D. Haynes stmikescdm@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;It is a church in which we are free to entertain the notions that no theological proposition is beyond challenge and that doctrine is theology in cement, yet it is where we can celebrate the eucharist in all its liturgical manifestations to transcend such notions. -- Lewis R. Amis lraarb@att.net &lt;br /&gt;It takes three Episcopalians to screw in a light bulb: one to make the martinis, another to screw in the bulb, and a third to talk about how much prettier the old lightbulb was. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;It’s one of the few denominations I know where you go out for a beer after Bible study...and actually talk about Bible study while in the bar. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;It's a church where you can come in without leaving your brain at the door and then have the opportunity to love all of those who managed to come in with their 'wrong' ideas. -- The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, D.D. BishopFrade@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;It's ok if I don't want to memorize a bunch of Bible verses. -- Bob Wyatt bwyatt@ang-md.org &lt;br /&gt;It's okay to cross yourself, your fingers, or your knees. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;It's one of the few denominations that allow alcoholic beverages to be served on the grounds. -- Wes Quesenberry wesqga@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;I've found the Episcopal Church to be more real than any other. It's diverse, just like reality. -- Kevin J. Perez KevinPz@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;Jack Spong, Marcus Borg, Matt Fox. -- Lou Poulain &lt;br /&gt;Jesus said 'Feed my sheep,' but he didn't specify that they be fed a narrow and rigid diet. Our Episcopal/Anglican approach to the sacrament of Penance is a good example: 'All may, some should, none must.' -- Dean. George L. W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies gwerner@episcopalchurch.org &lt;br /&gt;Join our Missionary Society. -- Ralph Spence RSPENCE406@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;Joy! -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Lay Episcopalians cannot be excommunicated. -- Thomas Ferguson tferguson@episcopalchurch.org &lt;br /&gt;Let God repair your ticklebox. -- Lutibelle/Louie &lt;br /&gt;Lighten your burden. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net &lt;br /&gt;Like Catholic and Orthodox Christians, Episcopalians are in touch with the ancient voices and aesthetic and spiritual practices of the Christian tradition. We are united by a common liturgy and by the Book of Common Prayer. And so long as we do the liturgy right, we are orthodox, and thus permitted a broad range of theological opinions. With its riches of liturgy, prayer, and music, it is for me a sacrament of the sacred, and it feels like home. -- Marcus J. Borg &lt;br /&gt;Makes me want to do right rather than be right. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;Many of our priests give birth. All do re-birth. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Many whom we know well are starved for the spiritual food we receive daily. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Ministering in the lesbigay community for 33 years. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;My agnostic husband likes going to church. -- Rachel Endicott &lt;br /&gt;My father always said that he liked being an Episcopalian because he would have the same funeral as Queen Elizabeth. He said that because of our use of the Book of Common Prayer. Everyone gets the same funeral service. I thought of that as I watched Diana's funeral. Before God everyone is the same. The extra things like Elton John singing are for the audience. -- Nancy Engelrth &lt;br /&gt;My father is Catholic, my mother Southern Baptist.  I was raised Catholic but converted.  I was confirmed at the age of 25 into the Episcopal Church, my confirmation day was the first day I was allowed to take communion with both of my parents.  Needless, to say my mother and I cried.  It was beautiful! -- Emily Walters emily@perrysrestaurants.com &lt;br /&gt;My favorite reason for being an Episcopalian is the coherence of scripture, tradition and reason/experience as basic tenets of our belief. I appreciate our melding of church and world, sacred and secular, soul and body, sophistication and simplicity, literary and on-verbal, seriousness and nonchalance, holiness and ordinariness, indeed, our being deeply rooted in the Incarnation. -- The Rev. Malcom Boyd &lt;br /&gt;My four-year-old son has attended the Episcopal Church since birth. Hesings the Alleluia from the fraction anthem as easily as the theme from 'Blue's Clues.' -- The Rev. Rachel Endicott &lt;br /&gt;My Jewish mother and Roman Catholic father found themselves welcomed into the Episcopal Church over fifty years ago as they sought a home for their yung family. I grew up in the Episcopal Church feeling that everyone was welcome. My father, a blue collar worker, served on the vestry with a doctor, corporate executives, public officials, and educators. They shared a common vision of a church that was big enough to make all differences less important. -- The Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski cannon@stjohndivine.org &lt;br /&gt;My mind is Protestant and my spirit is liturgical. Where other than to the Book of Common Prayer can my worship go and still have both be happy? -- Phyllis Tickle Tickrel@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;My parish welcomes everyone regardless of sex, orientation, race, nationality, church affiliation, or seriousness, just as God does.  She's Black, you know. -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com &lt;br /&gt;My wife and I started coming to St. Andrew's in January of 2001. And we will join the Episcopal Church during this year's Easter Vigil. We have not seen God since we started going to this church. We have not heard his voiceor witnessed a miracle. But just from getting to know the people of St. Andrew's better and getting more involved in the church we have become closer to God. And we are constantly reassured of his presence in our lives. -- Ben Philpott standrews@wwisp.com &lt;br /&gt;My wife and I were sitting in the second-from-the-front pew (yes, we are Episcopalians anyway!) at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in London, the parish church of the Royal Family and the Admiralty.  In the row behind us there was a man who looked and smelled as though his last bath was at infant Baptism.  He made loud unintelligible comments to the serman by a recently-ordained woman priest.  After he received Communion he turned in the nave and gave the finger to the priests (probably had not gotten enough wine).  No one seemed to notice.  At the end of the service his hand was shaken like everyone else's. Those are my kind of people! -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com &lt;br /&gt;Mystery and clarity co-exist here. -- Alex H. MacDonnell alexmacd@cybercomm.net &lt;br /&gt;News Genuinely Good for Absolutely Everybody! -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;No dress code. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org &lt;br /&gt;No matter where in the world I attend an Episcopal/Anglican church, I am always home. -- Joan Carr carr@islandnet.com &lt;br /&gt;Not so much organized religion - more spontaneous joy. -- Alice Fulton Alice-fulton@uiowa.edu &lt;br /&gt;One of Anglicanism's core tenets is that God transcends all creeds and sects (including it). Therefore, by not being Episcopal, God is Episcopal. Seroiusly, God is love. If you find a more loving faith, join it. If not, join this. -- Craig Oehme craigoehme@hotmail.co &lt;br /&gt;One of many blessings of being an Episcopalian is joining with a rich and global diversity to celebrate God's blessings in our worship and mission throughout the world. -- Corrinne Stover calcs@sprintmail.com &lt;br /&gt;One of the perks of membership in our parish is the exercise. My heart rate elevates with all the standing, kneeling, processing, bowing, passing the peace, reciting, crossing on'es self and singing. Fortunately there is some time for the pulse check during the sermon and the readings. -- Lu Sweeney &lt;br /&gt;One thing I've learned about Episcopalians this weekend: You folks may fight like hell with each other from 9am to 5pm but at the end of the day you put your arms around each other and say, 'Oh nuts. Let's go have a drink.' -- A Mormon sociologist speaking to a diocesan convention in the 1960s, via Rt. Rev. Sandy Hampton bishop838@fidalgo.net &lt;br /&gt;Only in the Epsicopal Church would an 18-year-old be encouraged to run for deputy to convention, and truly feel that her words and ideas are being taken seriously. The growing number of older teens and young adults on vestries and in the House of Deputies is very exciting. It's strengthening to feel that though we are young, we are still full-fledged members of the church. -- Allie Graham agraham@ycp.edu &lt;br /&gt;Only two commandments to remember! -- Carter Whitson cwhitson@stlmhb.com &lt;br /&gt;Other churches saw the sinner; Episcopalians saw another child of God. -- Keith Husmann keithhusmann@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;Others are often denominations of 'Don't'; the Episcopal Church is a denomination of 'Do.' -- B. Lance Moody &lt;br /&gt;Otherwise, I'd be unchurched. -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net &lt;br /&gt;Our bishops are made of flesh and blood, and so are we. Of such was Jesus begotten! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Our church service is called a 'Celebration,' and most of the time we do. -- Linda Strohmier &lt;br /&gt;Our doors may be locked, but we try to keep our hearts open. -- Ana Hernandez ahernandez@episcopalchurch.org &lt;br /&gt;Our eighth Sacrament: Fellowship and Good Food. -- Amanda Demers &lt;br /&gt;Our Eucharistic table is not made less special if all are invited, which is contrary to the understanding that I grew up with. Adjusting to the idea that everyone is invited to this most holy meal took me some time, but it has become one of the things I love most about the Church. Understanding that the true presence in the body of Christ is strong enough to survive inside someone who might seem less worthy requires more, not less, faith in its power. I am saddened that I cannot share in communion at my parents' church, and that they will not receive in mine, but I would rather be in that position than the other way around. -- Sean P. Hackett &lt;br /&gt;Our major heresy is plastic bread. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Our roots in the past bear fruit in the present. -- Alice Fulton Alice-fulton@uiowa.edu &lt;br /&gt;Our theology is an art form, not a law book. -- The Rev. Paul Gibson &lt;br /&gt;Ours is not just a checkbook ministry. Episcopalians roll up their sleeves and help. -- Agnes H. Moore agnes.moore@snet.net &lt;br /&gt;Ours is the perfect church for people who aren't perfect. -- John Schwaller &lt;br /&gt;Out of habit Episcopalians don't change anything easily, so they cna form ironclad habits. They never stop to compare what others believe or do, but settle comfortably into the habit of being Episcopalian. The thing is that such a habit, followed year after year, immerses us in the biblical language of the Book of Common Prayer and the story of Jesus -- to say nothing of making a life-giving habit of the weekly Eucharist. Such habits make life pretty special. -- Loren B. Mead lorenmead@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;Please join us for song, bread, wine and The Good Book. -- John K. Webster jwebster4@juno.com &lt;br /&gt;Pope Gregory was right: Not Angles; angels. As a recent convert, I find an angelic spirit in Anglicanism lacking elsewhere. -- Craig Oehme craigoehme@hotmail.co &lt;br /&gt;Prayer that is time-tested. -- Cindy McLeod &lt;br /&gt;Preaching is a small part of an Episcopal worship service. This alone is a big draw for people from denominations where the sermon is the central event and the preacher tries to make it last as long as possible. -- David Hunter &lt;br /&gt;Pregnant priests! Celebrating! -- Deborah G. Seles d.seles@attbi.com &lt;br /&gt;Prophets Welcome Here! -- Joanna Dupue depuej@optonline.net &lt;br /&gt;Q: How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb?  A: Change?  What do you mean, change?  My Mother gave that light bulb to the Church. -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com &lt;br /&gt;Q: How many taps are there on an Episcopalian bath? A: Three -- hot, cold, and strangely warm. -- Sudie Blanchard sudieb@maine.rr.com &lt;br /&gt;Religion on tap.  Where discussing theology with your priest over a beer doesn't warrant a second thought. -- Emily Walters emily@perrysrestaurants.com &lt;br /&gt;Resisting fundamentalism since 1785! -- Julie Wortman &lt;br /&gt;Saved by faith, grace, and good taste! -- Amanda Demers &lt;br /&gt;See God's face. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net &lt;br /&gt;Sermons more about Grace than Guilt. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org &lt;br /&gt;Share the mystery. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net &lt;br /&gt;The best reason to become an Episcopalian is that taking a date to an inquirer's class is really memorable. I became an Episcopalian one summer when I was baptized, confirmed and married in the span of a couple of months. -- Allan Stover calcs@sprintmail.com &lt;br /&gt;The Bible says we should make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Laughter is as joyful a noise as you'll ever hear and there's a lot of it in an Episcopal church. -- David Hunter &lt;br /&gt;The Book of Common Prayer allows a degree of uniformity in prayer while leaving room for the diversity of cultures, languages and liturgical styles. -- The Very Rev. David G. Bollinger &lt;br /&gt;The Book of Common Prayer gives me the words I need when I'm all mixed up. -- Barbara Klugh litlrivr@chartermi.net &lt;br /&gt;The Book of Common Prayer reminds me that my `sins of omission' are equally as serious and require as much attention as my `sins of commission.' -- Rosalind L. Forrest rosalindf@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;The calling of an Anglican is not to fill the church, but to fill heaven. -- The Rev. Selwyn Swift &lt;br /&gt;The Church and Science comfortably co-exist. -- Ron Sheperd &lt;br /&gt;The Church of Melanesia as trained me not become an English Christian, but a Melanesian Christian. -- Mama Charles Bani comdov@vanuatu.com.vu &lt;br /&gt;The clergy are not only smart, gifted, and spiritual -- they are fun! -- Lee Davis cleedavis@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;The comfort of the tradition. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;The 'Dark Night of the Soul' is understood and one is respected at such a time. -- Cynthia Mahaffey mahaffc@bgnet.bgsu.edu &lt;br /&gt;The democratic polity of ECUSA is extremely important to me. We, prayerfully, elect our bishops, delegates to conventions, rectors, vestry. We the people all have a say. -- The Rev. Nancy Vogele VogeleN@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The doors are always open. -- Val Hymes Valhymes@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church develops healthy eccentrics. -- Charles Hoffacker choffacker@advnet.net &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church does not emphasize solely the sermon, as did the church of my childhood. The totality of the liturgy helps us get to communion, in all senses of that word!). -- The Rev. Nancy Vogele VogeleN@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church doesn't foster the common religious version of co-dependence that says the way to holiness is to change somebody else. -- Michael Sarro MichaelS@cloud9.net &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church enables me to worship God with my mind. It doesn't install an idol like the Bible or the Pope as the source of ultimate authority. It has lived in the tension between ancient truth and living history and has evolved into something fragile but beautiful, something that is worthy of being defended as it becomes a sign of the inclusive Kingdom of God. -- Rt. Rev. John S. Spong JOHNSSPONG@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal church invites the impatient to learn 'patience' and the sticks in the mud to learn 'drainage.' -- Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church is a liturgical church in tune with a contemporary world -- Betsy Porter &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church is a place where bishops are people too, and some of them know it. Many even have spouses to remind them. -- Linda M. Maloney lmmaloney@csbsju.edu &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church is a place where I continue to learn in scripture and experience in sacrament that God loves me unconditionally; that I will never deserve one drop of His bloody grace, and yet He drowns me entire in His endless red sea. -- Dietrik Vanderhill dvanderh@nwciowa.edu &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church is one of the few places where you can be a mystic and a realist at the same time. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church is the place where I learned to 'Seek the Truth, Come What May' -- Robert B Cannon Jr progressive_episcopalian@hotmail.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church offers a gracious and roomy expression of catholic Christianity which points to an even more gracious God. -- Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting, ECUSA's Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations cepting@episcopalchurch.org &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church stretches me delightfully in ways that I never imagined. -- Ben Porter bporter@porter-inc.com &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church taught me that Jesus came to challenge, not just comfort; to overturn, not maintain; to love, not judge; to include, not cast aside. -- The Rev. Canon Elizabeth R. Geitz &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal Church welcomes YOU just as you are, with all your glorious and less than glorious moments, giving you a place to grow through God's unconditional love into the person God created you to be. There's room at the table for everyone, no matter what. -- Elizabeth Geitz &lt;br /&gt;The Episcopal liturgy, in the name of Jesus, gently clothes my Baptist suspicions. -- Michael Kugler kugler@nwciowa.edu &lt;br /&gt;The 'fashion police' don't come to our church; the Holy Spirit does. -- Vivian E. Norton Vivenorton@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The frustration with modern society and the sense of spiritual decay were also reflected in Willa Cather’s personal life, when she, parallel to entering her new line of writing, in 1922 joined the Episcopal Church. -- Norton Anthology of American Literature &lt;br /&gt;The hymn: 'One was a doctor and one was a queen and one was a shepherdess on the green and one was a soldier and one was a priest and one was slain by a fierce wild beast.' -- The Very Rev. Marilyn J. Engstrom Stmattsdean@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;The name rings a bell -- Herb Gunn herbgunn@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;The only church besides the MCC that can direct God to the antique store with a sapphire throne! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;The only institution that has lower entrance requirements than those for getting on a bus. -- The Rev. Selwyn Swift &lt;br /&gt;The options: Rite One or Rite Two; back-to-congregation or facing congregation; traditional or contemporary music; all are allowed and welcome! -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net &lt;br /&gt;The Prayer Book bids us to come to God's table for strength and renewal, not for solace and pardon only. -- Agnes H. Moore agnes.moore@snet.net &lt;br /&gt;The sadness and the joy are celebrated together in the Eucharist -- Keith Joseph :kjoseph@solomon.com.sb &lt;br /&gt;The seasons are color-coded. -- Bungee Bynum b.bynum@gmail.com &lt;br /&gt;The sermon lasted only five minutes, and the dean questioned the ongoing Vietnam War. I had never been to an Episcopal Church before, but I was hooked. -- Christina Hembree &lt;br /&gt;The signs that say, 'The Episcopal Church Welcomes You' mean it. -- Nick Humez &lt;br /&gt;The world is beautiful, so we worship the God who created beauty. -- Larry Graham GraLawLe@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;There are only 40 Episcopalians, and I know 28 of them. -- Martha Elizabeth Stough &lt;br /&gt;There is no Church in Vanuatu that offers the same kind of pastoral counseling as the Church of Melanesia. We try to help people with their problems, and are not afraid to come face to face with peoples demons, and drive them out and fill them with the love of the loving God for them. When people come to me and the other members of the Melanesian Brotherhood for prayer, we must welcome them as Christ, and give them a cup of water in Christ's name. We never try to convert people, or tell them they must come to us to be saved. But with the welcome they receive, the love they feel, the counseling they need, the people go out smiling and happy that someone was there to listen, and share with them the power of God. . -- Brother Malcolm Mwele, MBH comdov@vanuatu.com.vu &lt;br /&gt;There will be no outcasts in this church! -- Edmond Browning, Presiding Bishop 1985-1997 formerpb@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;There's no such thing as a politically incorrect Episcopalian. There are conservative Episcopalians and liberal Episcopalians. There are straight Episcopalians and LGBT Episcopalians. There are Catholics and Protestants. There are African, English, Asian and Alaskan Episcopalians. And none of the above. The Episcopal Church doesn't offer you set dogma, or pat answers, or a list of do's and don'ts. There's room for all kinds of people and all kinds of theologies. What the Episcopal Church does offer you is a way of prayer, a way of thinking and asking questions, a way of life in this often confusing, conflicting and complicated world, a way that may lead you closer to God. -- Jacqueline Schmitt nuchap94@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;Think, question, think again, question again, These are the use of God's gifts: not sins in the Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion. -- Robert L. Neal 3rd RobtLNeal3@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;This church affirms that God loves me and others like me because it allows me, a woman and a lesbian to be ordained; and it even celebrates who I am. -- The Rev. Rose Hassan rosehassan@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;This is a church which tries to open its arms to all the diversity of God's creation; and although it fails miserably at times, it never stops trying. -- The Rev. Rose Hassan rosehassan@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;This is the only church that's as lovingly loony as your family. -- Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;Though you pray without ceasing, you won't be called devout. -- The Rev. Canon Bill Lewellis blewellis@diobeth.org &lt;br /&gt;Tired of hell fire and brimstone? Try incense. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;To this recovering Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church is a breath of fresh air and a ray of sunshine. Christianity never tasted so good! -- Richard F. Bautsch agit8r2@juno.com &lt;br /&gt;Try us. You'll like us and we'll love you. -- Carol Marsh cmmarsh@zianet.com &lt;br /&gt;Two millennia of faith; four centuries of liturgy; comrades worldwide traveling in love the journey to God we each tread alone. -- Peter Berry PBerry7053@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We affirm paradoxy. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;We are a fun loving bunch. I am not sure if you ever noticed, but wine is rarely missing from any of our celebrations together. So it is no wonder that the story of the Wedding feast at Cana of Galilee is one of our all time favorite Gospel stories. -- Stephen D. Becker &gt;sbecker@stpauls-lakeview.org &lt;br /&gt;We are connected to the ages by stepping through the icon of the liturgy. -- Vashon Washington chsvashon@foxinternet.net &lt;br /&gt;We are supported not judged. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;We believe that love without justice is cheap sentimentality. -- Carter Heyward &lt;br /&gt;We believe that when God made the world and flesh, God said, 'It is good!' -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;We belong before we believe. -- Joanna Wragg jwragg@wraggcasas.com &lt;br /&gt;We celebrate a Christmas Season and not just a Christmas day. -- Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey BpJackM@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We change and transform lives in Christ without the Turn-or-Burn. -- Amanda Demers &lt;br /&gt;We do liturgy with all our hearts and souls. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;We do not give simple answers to complex questions. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;We do not give simple answers to complex questions. Instead, we offer tools that help people develop a sustaining faith. -- B. Lance Moody &lt;br /&gt;We do pomp almost as well as the Orthodox, but we're not so dour about it. -- Dr. Ford Elms hcc.elmf@hccsj.nf.ca &lt;br /&gt;We don't claim an exclusive franchise on God. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;We don't deliver our theology in sound bites. -- Jane Dobosh jpdwrite@webspan.net &lt;br /&gt;We don't get rid of our enemies; we love them as our friends. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;We don't have all the answers, and we welcome others who love the questions. -- The Rev. Wilifred Allen-Faiella Revwaf@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We don't quiz you on your beliefs before worshipping with you. -- James Handsfield jhandsfield@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;We don't say 'we're right, and others are wrong.' We say, 'Peace be with you.' -- Dan Catchpole catchpole@gmail.com &lt;br /&gt;We don't use clichés or undebatable dictums to mask the struggles we experience in this earthly journey -- The Rev. William V. Livingston &gt;rector_bill@bellsouth.net &lt;br /&gt;We eat, drink, and are merry, for we live in the Kingdom of our Lord Christ. -- Ken Guthrie EngTeecher@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We find our unity in shared worship, not in enforced agreement. -- Lou Poulain &lt;br /&gt;We get to sing all the verses of the hymns -- The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell gardener58@verizon.net &lt;br /&gt;We go boldly where no church has gone before! -- Patsy Duncan trainman@texhoma.net &lt;br /&gt;We have a faith not afraid to reason and reason not ashamed to adore. (Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle) -- The Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, First Bishop of Utah and 13th Presiding Bishop, via The Rev. W. Lee Shaw WinstonLS@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We have an open door, an open font, and open rail. We'll meet you 100% of the way. -- Larry Salvadori salvadoril@kendallhq.com &lt;br /&gt;We have full-bodied worship: Bow, kneel, sit, stand, kneel, hug, walk, and sometimes even raise your hands, cry, laugh, sing, shout, whisper, smell, taste, feel, touch, hold, see, and behold.. -- The Very Rev. Marilyn J. Engstrom Stmattsdean@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We have morning and evening service everyday 365 days every year and even though I miss some of the services it makes you feel good that our members worship every morning and afternoon especially in the Church of Melanesia. -- Henry Nin comdov@vanuatu.com.vu &lt;br /&gt;We have the liturgical beauty of the Catholics combined with the local authority of the Southern Baptists. -- Cindy McLeod &lt;br /&gt;We honor tradition but do not fossilize it. -- Lee Canipe Leecanipe@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We leave neither our minds, nor our hearts, nor our bodies at the church door. -- Larry Graham GraLawLe@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We may not have all the answers, but we have all the questions. -- Roy Murphy murphy@panix.com &lt;br /&gt;We Nourish Spirits -- Ralph Spence RSPENCE406@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We partake of the wine too, not just the host. All one body we. -- Ernest Clay Ernest_Clay@hotmail.com &lt;br /&gt;We promise not to throw the book at you. -- Leilani Nelson Leilani.Nelson@ecunet.org &lt;br /&gt;We promise to welcome you in Christ's name. We will honor the gifts you bring. We will invite you into our community, or wish you well if you choose another path. -- Dorothy/Anne Crocker &lt;br /&gt;We proudly wear ribbons of so many different colors. -- Mary Jane Herron HERA576@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;We tackle issues that other denominations have neither the courage to face nor the theology to deal with. -- Patsy Duncan trainman@texhoma.net &lt;br /&gt;We use cool words like 'verger', 'thurifer', 'amice', 'warden', 'aumbry' and 'columbarium' -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net &lt;br /&gt;We view the bible as a 'Why To' not a How To' manual. -- Duke DuTeil duteil@austin.rr.com &lt;br /&gt;We welcome the faithful, the seeker, and the doubter. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;We worship God with class, art and joy. -- Alison Dingley dingleya001@hawaii.rr.com &lt;br /&gt;We'll never tell you you have to believe in God the way we do to be a good person, but we can tell you how our belief in God makes the goodness in us. -- P. J. Howe howe@globe.com &lt;br /&gt;'Well, I thought you must be an Episcopalian, because you swear just like Governor Seward, who is a church warder.' -- Abraham Lincoln to General Reynolds, a Methodist &lt;br /&gt;We're forgiven sinners and given Jesus' power to forgive. -- The Rev. Tom Rightmyer trightmy@juno.com &lt;br /&gt;We're here for you. You can be truly you. You have space, and permission, to grow. -- The Rev. Roger Stokes roger.stokes2@ntnworld.com &lt;br /&gt;We're high, low, broad, and sometimes wide. -- Tony Hitsman tonyhit@globetrotter.net &lt;br /&gt;We've never had enough people to agree about any issue to prepare 'confessional' statements. Here again we are catholic, and not a denomination. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;We've set a place for you. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net &lt;br /&gt;What I like about the episcopal church is that they encourage us to develop our own ideas. I thik that that's cool, how they treat us like people with valid opinions instead of idiots that can only believe what others tell them. -- Anonymous 14-year-old &lt;br /&gt;What other church will let a priest like me walk around in a dog collar and short trousers and flip flop, carrying a shiny black New Testament in my shirt pocket (Protestant evangelical), a Rosary in my trouser pocket Catholic traditional), and a CND Peace Cross around my neck (1960's till today, concern for political and social matters). I celebrate the Eucharist wearing maniples and facing East, and fiddle back chasubles, but with hand clapping and guitars, the singing every word of the service in 6 or 7 languages. I can be ministering to rapists as 4:30, and at 6:00, be shaking hands with the President of the Republic. What other church is richer spiritually and socially? -- Father Thomas Rowland, Church of Melanesia comdov@vanuatu.com.vu &lt;br /&gt;What you will find inside the church is even better than any web site! -- Christopher Hart chart@voicenet.com &lt;br /&gt;When asked if he was saved, Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple replied, 'I have been saved, I am being saved, I hope to be saved.' That understanding of faith, hope, and humility reinforces me as an Episcopalian/Anglican. -- Dean. George L. W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies gwerner@episcopalchurch.org &lt;br /&gt;When I close my mind from worries, the liturgy carries me straight to Christ. -- Wendy W. Sopkovich WWWS@prodigy.net &lt;br /&gt;When you count acolytes, Chalice bearers, ushers, greeters, nursery people, altar guild, choir, and so on, there are more people involved in an Episcopal service than in any other. And there are more opportunities to be involved. -- Donna H. Barthle &lt;br /&gt;Whenever four Episcopalians gather, there is always a fifth. -- Bob Wyatt bwyatt@ang-md.org &lt;br /&gt;Where a woman's place is in the House of Bishops. (No attribution) -- &lt;br /&gt;Where all may, some should, and none must. -- Lori Allen lorinda.allen@verizon.net &lt;br /&gt;Where doubts are welcome and wounds are embraced -- Karl Lusk karllusk@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;Where else but the Episcopal Church will I have the assurance that the significant events of my life will be magnified by such beauty and dignity? -- Michael P. Stephenson mikestep@att.net &lt;br /&gt;Where else can I hear stupid jokes from tipsy priests other than a Diocesan convention? Then lead the youth delegation the following morning, breaking into convention singing with 50 other youth, followed by taking the bishop by the arm and dancing with him, leading to the entire confrence getting up and moving. Woohoo, I'll be an Episcopalian, cradle to grave. -- Maggie Thompson phishechicke@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;Where else can you be considered a 'young person' until you are 50 years old? -- Lesley M. Adams ladams@hws.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where else can you find news articles every day about your church struggling to live into God's commands? -- Bob Crystal Crys24634@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;Where evolution is not only taught, it also happens! -- Rex Fliess rex@fliess.org &lt;br /&gt;Where faith is caught, not taught. -- Tony Hitsman tonyhit@globetrotter.net &lt;br /&gt;Where faith is God's gift to us, not our gift to God. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where flesh is not something dirty, but what God became! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where God forgives you as you forgive others. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where God is celebrated, not damned. -- June Maffin june@maffin.net &lt;br /&gt;Where God is the only judge. -- Mike Harbin MHARBIN@OhioHealth.com &lt;br /&gt;Where God is with you, not against you. -- Lori Allen lorinda.allen@verizon.net &lt;br /&gt;Where God lets me be who She created me to be -- not who other people think I should be! -- The Rev. Teresa T. Bowden alohayouall@hawaii.rr.com &lt;br /&gt;Where God loves you before you decide whether you love Her. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where God uses your face for Her own. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where God's unconditional love for all of us is celebrated every day. -- Sen. Marge Kilkelly &lt;br /&gt;Where I can be myself. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;Where I've met the most interesting and courageous people, and they have introduced me to God. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net &lt;br /&gt;Where Jesus is ever present; underlying all the missunderstandings that go on amongst any congregation, Jesus is there. His presence is made known. The best thing about the Episcopal process is that the Church is a place of worship; only for the worship of God; all else, all worldly concerns other than prayer are laid aside. Our church is for Jesus. Thanks be to God! -- Gayle Szeredy silverstone@txcyber.com &lt;br /&gt;Where Manna is baked fresh daily, never freeze dried! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where mucking about is an art form and where those who wish to clean it up are viewed as indelicate. -- Bill Easter paques@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;Where our mind, soul, and body unite with the God who made them.... -- Karl Lusk karllusk@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;Where our priest can dress up in fancy outfits. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;Where the only requirement at Communion is that you be hungry! -- The Rev. Phillip Wilson phillipwilson@mindspring.com &lt;br /&gt;Where the priesthood of all believers has a good chance of including everyone, including people of all shapes, sizes, ages, colors, and abilities. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net &lt;br /&gt;Where the road to Easter is never a shortcut, but you always get there. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net &lt;br /&gt;Where the word of God is a person, not a book. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Where there is freedom to think, to have doubts, and to be a full human being. -- The Rev. Robert Cromey twocromeys@earthlink.net &lt;br /&gt;Where two or three are gathered, there will be fine wine and lively conversation. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org &lt;br /&gt;Where wholeness and holiness are 2 sides of the same coin. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net &lt;br /&gt;Where you don't have to hang up your brain up at the door. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;Whether Queen or Beggar, Bishop or Editor, CEO or unemployed, we share the same meal at the altar where heaven and earth join in Sanctus, and kneel (or stand) side by side whether in Canterbury Cathedral or the hut chapel of St Philip, Khartoum, Sudan, as equal sinners saved by loving grace, with absolutely no distinctions, aided by Mary, Francis, John the Beloved, Mary Magdalen, Nicholas, Lucy, Martin, Sebastian, Stephen, Jonathan Daniels, Janani Luwuum, and those who have spread light for 2000 years that at the unique name of JESUS every knee should bow. -- Canon James Rosenthal &lt;br /&gt;Whole families (be they traditional or non-traditional) attend. -- The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell&lt;br /&gt;With Yogi Berra, Anglicanism says, 'If you come to a fork in the road, take it' -- Craig Oehme&lt;br /&gt;Women are born in God's image. -- Sally Bucklee&lt;br /&gt;Women can be pastors and ministers, but only in the Episcopal church can they be priests. &lt;br /&gt;Worship in our lovely catacomb! &lt;br /&gt;Yes, the Anglican Communon is quite messay, but it's just so loveable. -- ++Desmond Tutu &lt;br /&gt;You are accepted as family immedately and always have someone to turn to -- Edward L. Tatro, Jr. WhiteBirch05@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;You don't have to be right, just honest. -- Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey BpJackM@aol.com &lt;br /&gt;You don't have to harbor and dwell on all your sins. That's why we have an altar in Episcopal churches. Take them there and leave them! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu &lt;br /&gt;You don't have to pass a 'litmus test.' -- Nigel Renton nrenton@insdra.com &lt;br /&gt;You don't have to swim to get baptized. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org &lt;br /&gt;The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: What an incredible blessing it is! -- Greg Lynch jgljack@apci.net &lt;br /&gt;It is always tea-time somewhere in the Anglican Communion -- John Leech johnrleech@yahoo.com &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians believe in prayer, but would practically die if asked o pray out loud. -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians, who love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of people you could call up when you're in deep distress. If you are dying, they will comfort you. If you are lonely, they'll talk to you. And if you are hungry, they'll give you tuna salad! -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians usually follow the official liturgy and will feel it is their way of suffering for their sins. -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians drink coffee as if it were the Third Sacrament. -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians believe in miracles and even expect miracles, especially during their stewardship visitation programs or when passing the plate. -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at church. -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;Episcopalians still serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color of the season and Episcopalians believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take themselves too seriously. -- Garrison Keillor &lt;br /&gt;You know you are an Episcopalian if you hear something really funny during the sermon and smile as loudly as you can. -- Garrison Keillor&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img 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Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-3497375469053246143</id><published>2008-06-26T18:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T18:38:01.571-07:00</updated><title type='text'>N.T Wright hablando en un programa de television</title><content type='html'>lign='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-3497375469053246143?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/3497375469053246143/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=3497375469053246143' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/3497375469053246143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/3497375469053246143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2008/06/nt-wright-hablando-en-un-programa-de.html' title='N.T Wright hablando en un programa de television'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-4764803134405818117</id><published>2007-12-28T17:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-28T17:42:33.926-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mc Millan y la Adoracion Reformada Verdadera</title><content type='html'>Mc Millan y la Adoracion en Escocia antes de Covenanters y Pacto Donatista(1638)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cuando tenemos un servicio que algunos dirian que es pseudo-romano no piensan en &lt;br /&gt;como fue la adoracion del Siglo 16 y 17 en las principales iglesias reformadas antes que la bacteria del puritanismo infecte estas iglesias.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eran servicios que duraban varias goras en los cuales habia por lo regular la Eucaristia (sobre todo en las iglesias continentales)pero aun en Escocia se practicaba esto,al igual que los servicios matutinos y vespertinos diarios(suplantados ahora con nuestro practico culto familiar)y los bautismos con padrinos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Algunas iglesias permitian que los Ministros usaran la vestimenta acostumbrada en la epoca pre-reforma,otras solo una sobria tunica negra como la que usaba Calvino pero no creo que alguna permitiera vestir al Pastor como cualquier parroquiano como se hace en la mayoria de las iglesias evangelicas de ahora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se celebraba los festivales cristianos originarios como Pasuca,Navidad(el mismo 25 por si acaso),Ascension,Pentecostes y Epifania,incluso algunos abogaban por la celebracion del Dia de Todos los Santos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Que todo esto fuera parte de la Iglesia Reformada demuestra que las intenciones de la iglesia era justamente Reformar las cosas malas que habian dentro de la Iglesia Catolica pero no separarse o pretender que la historia se detuvo a partir de San Agustin y recien aparecio con Lutero,como muchos"reformados" creen ahora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Dia de Todos los Santos por ejemplo era una fecha para recordar a nuestros antepasados en la fe quienes eran una fuente de buen ejemplo,pero el Romanismo en los ultimos siglos habian llenado el año de santos realmente sin trascendencia y eso era lo incorrecto que habia de cambiar y asi con cada una de las costumbres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interesante la antigua costumbre de sentarse todos a una misma mesa a compartir los elementos Eucaristicos,ahora seria muy dificil lograr esto pero podria hacerse el intento. Otra forma de volver a la intencion de los Reformadores es cultivando el año liturgico con sus diferentes estaciones y colores correspondientes,es una buena forma que poco a poco va imponiendose en nuestra Iglesia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En resumen unna iglesia reformada segun Mc Millan tendria dos servicios dominicales con Eucaristia(al menos el de la mañana),servicios diarios mañana y tarde,celebracion de los festivales cristianos,vestimenta especial de los ministros,una Liturgia ordenada y escrita con oraciones bellamente elaboradas que podrian incluir responsos y letanias,una Lectura extensa de ambos Pactos(Testamentos) y un Sermon que seguramente tendria mas de 3 puntos,Eucaristia con un sentido profundo de la realidad de la Presencia Divina en medio de nosotros al ascender espiritualmente al cielo al encontrarnos con el Resucitado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La lectura de Mc Millan nos hace pensar cuan lejos hemos caido de una Liturgia Reformada y cuan lejos aun estamos como Iglesia "Reformada" de implantar algo propiamente digno de ese nombre y dejar nuestros prejuicios a lado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He aqui un ensayo conciso de la obra de este Scoto-Catolico.      &lt;br /&gt;                                                                   Jose Barriga&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-4764803134405818117?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/4764803134405818117/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=4764803134405818117' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/4764803134405818117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/4764803134405818117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/12/mc-millan-y-la-adoracion-reformada.html' title='Mc Millan y la Adoracion Reformada Verdadera'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-4508218232179488541</id><published>2007-12-28T16:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-28T17:10:35.029-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La Liturgia como Renovacion del Pacto,Guerra Santa y Memorial</title><content type='html'>La Divina Liturgia Reformada como Renovacion Pactual,Guerra Santa y Memorial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo que pasa en cada domingo en una Iglesia Cristiana con una liturgia Eucaristica,no es solo un ritual mas sin importancia para calmar nuestras pecadoras conciencias.,es una renovacion del Pacto que Dios hace con su pueblo,es por ello que desde el inicio es El quien nos llama convocandonos a adorarle, de alli la importancia de seguir un orden en la LIturgia,luego confesamos nuestros pecados de forma colectiva como pueblo suyo,luego le brindamos sacrificios de alabanzas y luego escuchamos su Palabra y la Explicacion de esta (sermon),luego viene la Recitacion de nuestro juramento pactual que vendria a ser el Credo y luego el Padre Nuestro que es nuestra oracion modelo,mas sacrificios de alabanza y por ultimo el gran momento donde nos encontramos con Cristo,la Sagrada Eucaristia,la cual es el momento mas importante de la semana para todos los cristianos reformados,luego viene la Bendicion Apostolica que la da el Pastor en "Personae Christi" y alli acaba el servicio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Eucaristia es un memorial anabatico y a la vez catabatico porque le recuerda a Cristo del sacrificio de su Hijo por nosotros,es por ello que nuestras ofrendas son presentadas inmediatamente a la Eucaristia,no hacer ello seria caer en el pelagianismo que nuestras obras son necesarias y suficientes para agradar a Dios.&lt;br /&gt;Cada vez que celebramos la Eucaristia le decimos a Dios que Cristo ha comprado con su sangre la vida de todos sus Hijos y por lo tanto nuestras misiones deben ser exitosas no por nuestros meritos,sino porque estamos reclamando el terreno ganado por Cristo en la cruz. La guerra santa no es contra carne ni sangre,pero esta ya ha sido ganada por alguien mas fuerte y poderoso que nosotros que derroto al Maligno y la Eucaristia es un recordatorio de esa derrota de las fuerzas del mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ya estamos en el Reino de Dios ya que Cristo dijo que no beberia del fruto de la vid hasta que la beba nueva en el Reino de mi Padra pero El comio y bebio(algunos dirian que realizo todo el Servicio)con los caminantes a Emaus y tambien con los demas Apostoles en otra ocasion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Eucaristia es un memorial a nosotros y a DIOS de que Cristo ya gano la guerra y en cada renovacion del Pacto nos hacemos firmes sucesores de las promesas abrahamicas como pueblo triunfante del Todopoderoso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por ello lo fundamental de realizar una Liturgia que a DIOS le agrade y que tenga bases biblicas,una liturgia que siempre tenga el banquete Eucaristico como parte central de ella.                                                           &lt;br /&gt;                                                              Jose Barriga&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-4508218232179488541?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/4508218232179488541/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=4508218232179488541' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/4508218232179488541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/4508218232179488541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/12/la-liturgia-como-renovacion-del.html' title='La Liturgia como Renovacion del Pacto,Guerra Santa y Memorial'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-1906955968089962576</id><published>2007-12-11T08:42:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T09:14:33.566-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Las iglesias del jugo de uva</title><content type='html'>Cuando era niño creci en una iglesia de "jugo de uva" y aprendi que el alcochol era malo,asi como muchas cosas que despues me di cuenta que no lo son,no dudo que el alcohol puede tener desastrosas consecuencias si se toma en exceso,pero porque prohibir a la gente hacer cosas que la Biblia no prohibe,porque convertir al cristianismo que es la unica religion que te predica la Gracia inmerecida de Dios en una maldita(en el sentido que trae maldicion)coleccion de reglas.&lt;br /&gt;Recordemos que no somos nadie ante los ojos de Dios,peor que los gusanoa que nos saldran despues de morir,que nuestras obras son como trapo de inmundicia(trapo lleno de menstruacion segun el contexto original de Isaias),que si no fuera por aceptar a Cristo estariamos totalmente perdidos a pesar de todo lo bueno que pudieramos ser.&lt;br /&gt;El querer "ganar"nuestra salvacion siguiendo algunas reglas impuestas por los hombres,el rechazar el vino que nuestro Señor nos ofrece en cada liturgia divina los domingos solo para ser!sensibles! a nuestros vecinos.Cuando deberiamos ser sensibles ante todo a lo que Cristo instituyo antes de morir por nosotros y mostrarnos el camino a seguir.Esa es la sensibilidad que Cristo quiere que tengamos,que lo amemos a El con todo nuestro ser(incluyendo nuestra mente)y a nuestro projimo como a nosotros mismos.Esa es nuestra fe,la que el Maestro nos dejo hace casi 2000 años en la Palestina.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-1906955968089962576?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/1906955968089962576/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=1906955968089962576' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/1906955968089962576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/1906955968089962576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/12/las-iglesias-del-jugo-de-uva.html' title='Las iglesias del jugo de uva'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-2756074154037429673</id><published>2007-12-11T08:42:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T08:57:51.745-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La Diferencia entre ser Evangelico y ser un Reformado 2</title><content type='html'>Cuando veas que alguien utiliza la Biblia como el horoscopo de la mañana,cuando veas que alguien enciende la radio o prende el televisor para ver a un "SuperPastor" que le dira que su vida sera un jardin de rosas si es que acepta a Cristo,cuando veas que ese mismo predicador u otro te dice que el fin ya esta cerca y que necesitas ser mas"espiritual" para que no te quedes durante el rapto,cuando vayas a una iglesia"Evangelica" y te sirvan jugo de uva y una cachanga en lugar del pan y vino biblicos,con lo cual no son tan evangelicos ya que si fuera asi tendrian que dar pan y vino;cuando te pidan que "siembres" para que des tu diezmo y ofrendas como si debieramos esperar una cosecha y convertir a la Iglesia en un vulgar banco,cuando le pidan a tu amiga que se ponga una falda mas larga (aun cuando la falda ya estaba en la rodilla),cuando veas un sermon donde el Pastor quiera repetir su experiencia familiar o repita los chistes de otro pastor,cuando tu Iglesia no tenga ninguna obra de arte en su templo porque es"idolatria",cuando te pidan"converitr" en 5 minutos  a alguien utilizando el famoso "camino de Romanos",cuando veas que el vino es servido en un dedal para ahorrar mientras que tienen una alfombra muy cara,cuando sientas que si dices sexo te pueden excomulgar,cuando te censuren el tomar un poco de alcohol o bailar,cuando programen "fulbito evangelistico",cuando pongan la bandera "Cristiana" en el pulpito,cuando conviertan el servicio en el show escolar del dia del padre,de la madre,del maestro,del pastor,de la iglesia,etc,y por ultimo cuando veas que tu vida es un cumulo de reglas pero no es la verdadera religion de Gracia que predico Jesucristo,que eres mas un fariseo que un publicano y aun te enorgulleces por eso,entonces llego la hora de cambiar y dejar de ser"evangelico" pàra ser por primera vez Cristiano.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-2756074154037429673?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-6145397470773011429</id><published>2007-12-11T08:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T08:41:57.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La diferencia entre ser Evangelico y ser Reformado</title><content type='html'>Cuando puedan ver el desarrollo de una divina liturgia en una iglesia Catolica Reformada,reformada de verdad(Anglicana,Luterana,Presbiteriana,Reformada)dense cuenta que estan mas cerca de nuestros origenes,que hemos depurado mucha de la supersticion medieval que Roma le habia impuesto a la cristiandad pero que no somos una"denominacion" o un "grupo" que nacio en tal o cual año,somos herederos directos y genuinos del evangelio de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo.Gocemonos con nuestra adoracion a nuestro Rey de la forma en que nuestros ancestros lo hicieron y de la forma en que los Apostoles lo hicieron.Cuando comulguen cada domingo(al menos cada domingo)sientan que nuestra participacion en la Eucaristia es parte de la ofrenda que le hacemos a DIOS,ofrenda que la ofrecemos por medio del sacrificio de su Hijo.Que nos podemos alimentar realmente de los elementos consagrados,que no es simplmente pan y vino:son alimento para nuestras almas.&lt;br /&gt;Tambien que Cristo nos quiere en unidad,pero no una unidad de licuadora,sino una unidad de verdad en la que tengamos un sentir y a pesar de nuestras pequeñas diferencias podamos adorar a nuestro unico Padre Celestial.Nuestra fe no depende de una expriencia o de un hombre(Papa)o de un libro por si solo,nuestra fe esta basada en los millones de hermanos que antes de nosotros nos enseñaron el camino a seguir y de toda la sabiduria que Dios escogio revelarnos a traves de las Escrituras.&lt;br /&gt;Sintamonos orgullosos cuando tengamos que defender nuestra fe ante otros y polemizar con ellos.Ayudemosles a acaercase mas a la verdad juntos. A recitar juntos "Creo en la Santa Madre Iglesia Catolica" nuestra madre al igual que Cristo es nuestro Padre.&lt;br /&gt;Poruqe recuerden que nadie puede tener a Cristo como Padre sino tiene a la iglesia como Madre.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-6145397470773011429?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/6145397470773011429/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=6145397470773011429' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/6145397470773011429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/6145397470773011429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/12/la-diferencia-entre-ser-evangelico-y.html' title='La diferencia entre ser Evangelico y ser Reformado'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-2783437217170367569</id><published>2007-12-11T08:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T08:08:50.627-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mis Libros Favoritos</title><content type='html'>Pueden ler mis librosa favoritos en el Bookshelf de mi Facebook&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-2783437217170367569?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/2783437217170367569/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=2783437217170367569' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/2783437217170367569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/2783437217170367569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/12/mis-libros-favoritos.html' title='Mis Libros Favoritos'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-325260657496078194</id><published>2007-07-04T18:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T19:02:33.819-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UE ES SER REFORMADO?'/><title type='text'>¿En que creemos los reformados?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Por mucho tiempo han habido discusiones dentro de la comunión reformada para esclarecer cual seria el límite entre un reformado y alguien que no lo es.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Para mi cuatro son los parámetros fundamentales para distinguir a los cristianos reformados:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Primero: Las Doctrinas de la Gracia,comúnmente llamadas los 5 puntos del calvinismo, las cuales nos indican que el ser humano está inclinado intrínsecamente hacia el mal,que DIOS nos ha llamado,buscado y no al revés,que Cristo murió por los escogidos de DIOS y que en algún momento de sus vidas estos elegidos llegarán a la fe cristiana y perseverarán en ella hasta la muerte.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Segundo: El Pacto de Gracia, el cual nos indica que DIOS por su propia iniciativa ha establcido sucesivos pactos con el género humano,siendo el último y perfecto pacto el que tenemos con Cristo. Que las bendiciones de este pacto se dan dentro de la comunidad de fe y que nuestros hijos también son parte de esta alianza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Razón principal por la cual bautizamos a nuestros hijos de infantes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Tercero:La creencia en un Reino de DIOS presente y a la vez futuro,es decir que luchamos en el presente por mejorar la situación de la humanidad,la cual creemos que está mejorando paulatinamente( a diferencia de la gran mayoría de evangélicos) pero creemos al mismo tiempo que la felicidad eterna sólo se dará en el reino celestial de la Nueva Jerusalem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Que ya somos perfectos en Cristo pero todavía tenemos una naturaleza humana inclinada hacia el mal,el famoso YA pero TODAVÍA NO.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Cuarto: La presencia de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo en la Eucaristía,recuerdese que esa fue la razón por la cual la mayoría de las iglesias  cristianas de Estraburgo,Ginebra,Zurich,Frankfurt y el Palatinado pasaron a llamarse con el nombre genérico de reformadas.En 1580 en el famoso consenso de Zurich  se delimitó la diferencia entre la posición luterana (conocida más tarde como consubstanciación) y la reformada que era la presencia real pero a través de la presencia espiritual de Cristo más no física. Aquí debo anotar que la posición nunca ha sido el simple memorial como la gran mayoría de evangélicos actuales propone y es una lástima que en muchas iglesias "reformadas" se hayan dejado llevar por la fuerte influencia de estos grupos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;También debe recordarse que esa fue la diferencia entre los luteranos y reformados en el  siglo xvi y no el asunto de la predestinación,porque en este punto los luteranos( A DIFERENCIA DE MUCHOS LUTERANOS ACTUALES) eran firmes defensores de la elección soberana e incondicional de los hijos de Dios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ante esto podemos delimitar e indicar que por ejemplo nuestros hermanos bautistas"reformados" no son reformados ya que no creen correctamente en el pacto de gracia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;También que si hubiera alguna iglesia pre-mileniarista que dijera ser reformada,realmente no lo sería de acuerdo a nuestro tercer punto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Pero nótese que no he considerado la forma de gobierno eclesiástico entre mis puntos y es que a pesar de que la gran mayoria de las iglesias reformadas han escogido el sistema presbiteriano,creemos que hay iglesias episcopales (Iglesia Reformada Húngara) o congregacionalistas (Iglesias Congregacionales de muchos países) que han escogido otra forma de gobierno y me parece perfectamnente válido ya que ni siquiera el mismo Calvino indicó que su sistema era el único correcto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Tampoco estarían entre mis puntos asuntos como los dones espirituales o forma de liturgia,creo que la tradición reformada es sumamente rica en diferentes formas de liturgia y distintas expresiones y experiencias espirituales.como para hacer de esto un parámetro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;De lo dicho se desprende que incluso algunos Anglicanos que aceptan la presencia espiritual de Cristo en la Eucaristía son verdaderamente reformados.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Incluso movimientos dentro de la Iglesia Romanista como el Jansenismo fue probablemente reformado a pesar de no haber roto con Roma. (Lo cual hubiera ocurrido de haber durado mas tiempo).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-325260657496078194?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/325260657496078194/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=325260657496078194' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/325260657496078194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/325260657496078194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/07/en-que-creemos-los-reformados.html' title='¿En que creemos los reformados?'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-3647552633458434035</id><published>2007-06-21T15:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T10:27:04.781-07:00</updated><title type='text'>El Pastorado femenino en la Iglesia</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff0000;"&gt;En la mayoria de las iglesias reformadas "conservadoras" como la mia (Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana del Perú) no se le ha permitido nunca a la mujer ejercer el pastorado y siempre se ha argumentado para esta decision fundamentos biblicos como los pasajes de l Corintios 14, l Timoteo 2 y Efesios 5 como contundentes para negarles a la mujer ese sitial dentro de la iglesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Para empezar tenemos q empezar a definir que es el liderazgo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Para mi como reformado el liderazgo es solamente el presbítero,vale decir que un profesor de Escuela Dominical estrictamente hablando no es un lider(aunque tiene un rol muy importante dentro de la Iglesia). Entonces una mujer podria desempeñar ese puesto sin ningun problema al igual que el diaconado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;El problema es con las mujeres que sienten el llamado de DIOS al pastorado o ejercer un puesto de presbítera gobernante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Allí habría que definir lo contextual y temporal de lo atemporal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;En mi modo de ver y al igual que muchos teólogos(para una muestra ver &lt;a href="http://www.ntwrightpage.com/"&gt;http://www.ntwrightpage.com&lt;/a&gt;) muestra claramente que los pasajes de l Timoteo 2 y lCorintios 14 son para ese contesto específico y no se podrían aplicar ahora.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Pero Efesios 5 si se aplicaría aún ahora y allí esta el gran problema:¿La mujer puede estar sujeta al hombre siendo pastora?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;El punto es que en el pasaje no se refiere a cualquier hombre o mujer,sino a una estructura famliar especifíca ya que todo el pasaje habla sobre el matrimonio; entonces concluímos que una esposa no puede estar sobre su esposo,por lo tanto si una mujer desea ser pastora debe tener un esposo pastor o presbítero tambien en su misma congregación...¿y si es soltera? entonces debe serlo su padre ya que mientras no este casada,ella debe someterse a su padre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Si su padre ha muerto o vive en otro lugar? En ese caso ella debería esperar hasta casarse; salvo que la persona que esta asumiendo el rol paternal(tío,abuelo,etc) en su hogar sea el presbítero en su congregación.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ahora en un sistema episcopal las cosas son distintas ya que si el esposo o padre es el obispo de una diócesis,ella puede ser la pastora de cualquier parroquia de esa diócesis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;El esposo o padre debe ser presbítero docente o gobernante ya que en nuestro sistema presbiteriano tienen el mismo valor y definitivamente si la esposa tiene el donde pastorado pero el esposo no, no se le exigirá asumir ese rol.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Debemos guiarnos biblícamente y no por tradiciones o prejuicios; mucho menos por ideas preconcebidas de la mujer que solo debe criar a los hijos y demas cosas del hogar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Definitivamente toda mujer deseosa del pastorado debe estudiar en un Seminario y pasar por las mismas pruebas y exigencias de un varón para ser luego ordenada y así demostrar su idoneisad para el santo ministerio al que aspira.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-3647552633458434035?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/3647552633458434035/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=3647552633458434035' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='text'>Se puede creer en Roma?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ahora que el ecumenismo esta de moda entre los "conservadores" (entre los otros estuvo de moda hace mucho tiempo ya) podemos plantearnos el hecho que Roma se ha convertido en una parada obligatoria para las asociaciones eclesiásticas o grandes iglesias,ahora esa Puta de Babilonia-nombre del libro del gran escritor colombiano pero gran blasfemo también Fernando Vallejo-que robó,mató,masacró a miles de cristianos verdaderos mientras ella se caía a pedazos en su podredumbre llena de sodomitas y pederastas,esa misma que se vio obligada a cambiar algunas de sus costubres mas absurdas en el concilio vaticano ll,(pero que dejo las más repulsivas como los dogmas de la Infalibilidad papal,Inmaculada concepción y Asunción de María,etc)en plena decada del 60 donde la gente salía en masa del romanismo,esa misma que siempre fue aliada de los tiranos de turno siempre y cuando le convenga,esa misma que nos decia antes herejes y ahora nos trata como"hermanos separados",esa misma Iglesia ahora quiere venir a decirnos que la Reforma no fue gran cosa y hasta serían capaces de canonizar a Lutero si con eso lograran mas poder terrenal que es lo unico q siempre ha buscado la jerarquía de la Puta de Babilonia-sino preguntenle a nuestro lindo cardenal que dijo que los derechos humanos eran una cojudez en el Ayacucho impregnado del terror de ambos bandos(Ejército y Sendero)para despues ser espía en la casa del embajador japonés hace diez años.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Podemos plantearnos ....¿se puede confiar en ella?, ahora q el Papa viene a Brasil para impedir que millones de brasileros sigan felizmente saliendo de ella(aunque muchos vayan a parar a sectas igual o mas nocivas como DIOS es Amor que mejor debería llamarse Amor al Dios Dinero),yo creo que no y es que Ratzinger estaría deseoso de borrar las actas del concilio vaticano ll si pudiera hacerlo sin causar tanto revuelo,Ratzinger el mismo que fue apoyado en el conclave por los cardenales Opus Dei- incluido mi lindo cardenal Cipriani-ese Opus Dei heredero directo del asqueroso nacional-catolicismo español  q respaldo al asqueroso de Franco durante mas de 30 años en el poder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Se puede confiar en ella? ¿Debemos hablar con ella? Demás esta decir q me gustan algunos programas de EWTN y que estaría gustoso de hablar con varios teólogos de esta versión constantiniana del cristianismo pero ..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿podríamos hablar con los que siguen orando a Maria y los santos despreciando asi el poder mediador de Cristo? Creencia popular muy arraigada que nunca han querido combatir aunque su teología oficial indique otra cosa..¿podriamos hablar con los que siguen afimando la transubstanciación en la Eucaristia?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con los que siguen hablando de obras en su esquema de salvación y de purgatorio purificador despues de la muerte?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con los que adoran o segun ellos"veneran" cualquier yeso de cualquier virgen recien inventada o "aparecida" en algun rincon de este planeta?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con los que hablan en plena Africa moribunda de el "pecado"de la anticoncepción?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con aquellos que insisten en la supremacía de la iglesia Romana sobre toda la humanidad cristiana?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿podriamos hablar con los que siguen cobrando por misas para muertos sabiendo que los muertos ya estén salvos o condenados nadie los podrá sacar de esa condicion?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con los que contradicen a sus principales Doctores y sus históricos Concilios con fórmulas de catecismo?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con los que tienen asegurado el monopolio de la educación religiosa en las escuelas públicas y la remuneración de muchos de sus sacerdotes por los famosos concordatos que son una forma sutil de estafa para todos los q pagamos impuestos en los infelices paises que por la culpa de infelices presidentes tuvieron la infeliz ocurrencia de firmarlos?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar con los que insisten en el monstruoso sistema del celibato obligatorio (q fue otro invento para tener mas poder y riqueza)que es refugio para homosexuales y eunucos de nacimiento?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Se puede hablar con unaIglesia que justificó en nombre de la evangelización de los "indios" matanzas a toda la población autóctona de toda América Latina y el saqueo de riquezas más grande que la humanidad tenga memoria?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Podriamos hablar en suma con los que nos venden una fe ligth que calma las conciencias con limosnas y confesiones y penitencias y procesiones(con turrón incluído) que fueron otros inventos fabricados para engañar y adormecer a la gente para q no busque a DIOS de la forma correcta y les hacen repetir frases tan absurdas como...el 13 de mayo la Virgen María bajo de los cielos....refiriéndose a la segura alucinación de unos pobres campesinitos portugueses oportunamente declarada verídica por el "Santo Padre" mientras María debe estar en el cielo mirando con mucha tristeza( si es que pudiera hacerlo) como malversan su santo nombre?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;En resumen ...se puede creer en Roma??????????????????&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; Se debe hablar con Roma????????????????????????&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Nunca hasta q cambien y se arrepientan de su apostasía y decidan retornar al cristianismo que abandonaron hace casi 1700 años.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-7376494502691626737?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/7376494502691626737/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=7376494502691626737' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/7376494502691626737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/7376494502691626737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/06/se-puede-creer-en-roma.html' title='Se puede creer en Roma?'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-9008933271433209905</id><published>2007-06-12T11:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T10:09:18.121-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iglesia  Reformada'/><title type='text'>Vino nuevo en odres viejos</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;¿Es posible fundar iglesias modernas,misioneras y con un fuerte sentido cristocéntrico dentro de la Iglesia Reformada ahora?.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Hemos vivido por años(y en ciertos casos siglos) detenidos en discusiones estériles mientras otras ramas del cristianismo nos sacaron desde hace un buen rato amplia ventaja.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;No se puede poner vino nuevo en odres viejos,el cristianismo reformado histórico necesita renovarse completamente;adecuarse a su tiempo y realidad contextual, emprender de nuevo una lucha,ahora ya no contra Roma sino contra sus propias vetustas instituciones y líderes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Debemos buscar la unidad mas alla de "conservadores" y "liberales" sino entre "reformados ortodoxos" y los que no lo son.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Es triste ver como en algunas iglesias "conservadoras" presbiterianas hay muy poca ortodoxia y demasiada ignorancia,empezando por mi iglesia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ecclesia semper reformanda debe ser el lema siempre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-9008933271433209905?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/9008933271433209905/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=9008933271433209905' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/9008933271433209905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/9008933271433209905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/06/vino-nuevo-en-odres-viejos.html' title='Vino nuevo en odres viejos'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951067758607823522.post-2882607218335873135</id><published>2007-06-05T09:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T10:05:35.213-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teologia'/><title type='text'>Sensus Divinitatis y la Depravacion total</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Y que es eso de que podemos tener una vision de la Divinidad si es que somos totalmente depravados,hay una cuestion de teología natural en Calvino que subsiste por su lectura de los escolásticos pero que no concuerda en algún sentido con su doctrina paulina de la gracia;salvo que crea que la sociedad era tan"buena" que todos podian llegar a estar en un proceso de llegar al Bien Supremo. Lo cual a la luz de los últimos acontecimientos suena bastante estúpido.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8951067758607823522-2882607218335873135?l=eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/feeds/2882607218335873135/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8951067758607823522&amp;postID=2882607218335873135' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/2882607218335873135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8951067758607823522/posts/default/2882607218335873135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eclesiasemperreformanda.blogspot.com/2007/06/sensus-divinitis-y-la-depravacion-total.html' title='Sensus Divinitatis y la Depravacion total'/><author><name>Jose Daniel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12712911569059464672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LsmczcypuI0/SiWLX_5p0GI/AAAAAAAAACw/v2oz2-bBazY/S220/4412_217532225160_771865160_7065281_4792531_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
