http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus Das ist die Welt aus meiner Sicht. Mit einem kostenlosen Weblog von blogigo. Papst will für Einheit der Christen kämpfen Die Einheit der Christenheit hat der neue Papst Benedikt XVI. einen Tag nach seiner Wahl als wichtigstes Ziel seines Pontifikats ausgegeben. In seiner ersten Predigt am Mittwoch in der Sixtinischen Kapelle - nur gut 15 Stunden nach seiner Wahl - skizzierte er die Grundzüge eines Programms für sein Pontifikat. de Fredericus Fredericus Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:38:00 +0100 daily 1                         The White House - too much influence for Neo Cons ?                                            In some areas of our globe, the title "neocon" has                       become a synonym for one-dimensional imperial                       thinking and policy. "Arrogance of power" became an                       often-used label. These neocons have a lot of power                       and influence in the administration of George W.                       Bush. Therefore, it is interesting to take a closer                       look at these protagonists of a hegemonic policy of                       the world's sole superpower, the United... Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:38:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/The-White-House-too-much-influence-for-Neo/21/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/The-White-House-too-much-influence-for-Neo/21/ THE INTERNATIONAL VOICE OF TIFPEC   On Riches What about those of you who have good, well-paying jobs, nice houses, new cars, etc.? What can Jesus possibly offer you? You’ve got it all! Those things are great here on earth, make no mistake. But do they hinder your relationship with the Lord? If you give full credit for that comfort and those material things to God, then that’s one thing. But, will you still praise the Lord when you’ve lost your material possessions? Do you love the Lord unconditionally, like Job, or do you love Him because He’s given you possessions? Riches tend to take people away from Jesus, rarely closer. Let’s see what Jesus had to say about this: Matthew 19:16-24 And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?" (17) And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." (18) Then he *said... Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:12:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Riches-tend-to-take-people-away-from-Jesus/20/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Riches-tend-to-take-people-away-from-Jesus/20/ The Free Protestant Episcopal Church +Leon Checkemian  +James Martin  +Andrew C.A. MacLaglen This church was established in England on 2 November 1897 by a union of several small British episcopates established in the 1870s in reaction to the rising Anglo-Catholicism of the Church of England. The Most Rev'd Leon Checkemian (1848 to 1920), an Armenian Uniate bishop had moved to Britain and became an protestant Anglican and served as the first primate of the new Church. Apostolic Succession in The Free Protestant Episcopal Church This Church holds valid Apostolic Succession derived from the Armenian Catholic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Church of England (through the Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States of America). These lines were in the jurisdictions that united in 1897... Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:57:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/FOUNDERS-OF-OUR-CHURCH-IN-1897/22/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/FOUNDERS-OF-OUR-CHURCH-IN-1897/22/   „Jesus Christus gestern,heute, morgen und derselbe auch in alle Ewigkeit“ Diesem einprägsamen Satz aus dem 13.Kapitel des Hebräerbriefes, geht unmittelbar ein anderer Satz voraus, der beschreibt, was Gedächtnis – oder Erinnerungs-Kultur unter uns bedeutet: „Gedenkt an eure Lehrer, die euch das Wort Gottes gesagt haben. Ihr Ende schaut an und folgt ihrem Glauben nach.“ Über 100 Jahre TIFPEC feiern, heißt auch: sich zu Erinnern. Heißt, eine besondere Form der Gedächtniskultur zu pflegen, die die Vergangenheit gleichsam mit an den Tisch holt. Zum kulturellen Gedächtnis unserer Kirche gehört auch die Erinnerung an unsere Gründer und Lehrer, die uns das Wort Gottes gelehrt und verkündigt haben. Wir brauchen diese Kultur, damit wir nicht bei jedem Ereignis von null anfangen müssen Geschichte neu zu schreiben. Und eine Kultur des Erinnerns hilft uns, allem Erinnern eine Struktur zu geben. Dazu wollen wir mit diesem Jubiläum beitragen. Ich bin in... Tue, 01 Nov 2005 14:28:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Jesus-Christus-gestern-heute-morgen-und-alle-Ewigkeit/19/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Jesus-Christus-gestern-heute-morgen-und-alle-Ewigkeit/19/   OPINION "While many of our contemporaries are deeply affected by violence, fear of the future or the anguished question about the meaning of life, Christians must be more than ever the ardent and vigorous witnesses to the hope that fills them."  With hundreds and hundreds of denominations, sometimes Christians are asked why we have so many separate groups. Jesus wanted his followers to be “one,” and at least as far as organizations are concerned, we aren’t. What would it take for us to be “one”? Could we all join one existing church? No: too many compromises would have to be made. Could we form one new church based only on what we have in common? No: our beliefs differ too widely. Jesus gave the solution in John 17:21:   " That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” We learn three important... Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:47:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/OPINION/18/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/OPINION/18/     Thoughts on the Future of Anglicanism(s) I have been asked to speak partly because I represent a segment of the Anglican community which describes itself as "conservative evangelical." I am happy with that label, although in this country I find that it is often misunderstood. "Evangelical" has to do with the gospel, and a conservative is committed to preserving certain things. I really would prefer to be known as a "conservative evangelical liberationist" since the terms "conservative" and "evangelical" do not seem to convey the necessity of a commitment to the transformation of the world in the name of Christ. Let me begin by attempting to outline a few Anglican kinds of "difference" which exist today. Kinds of Anglican "Difference" Diverse understandings of what it means to be an Anglican have long divided the Communion into "parties" (low, middle, high, catholic, evangelical, broad, charismatic) in both Britain, North America and Africa. In some parts of the... Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:35:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/VOICE-OF-TIFPEC/17/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/VOICE-OF-TIFPEC/17/ THE INTERNATIONAL FREE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL UNIVERSITY® UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA  Accreditation (siehe ANABIN) The University of Liberia is accredited by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Liberia, West Africa. As Rector and Bishop of The International Free Protestant Episcopal Church and  University 1897, Diocese of Liberia,  I also have been accredited by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Liberia in 1971. GOD BLESS, ‡ Horst-Karl, BP Xth,TIFPEC   Identity Statement Episcopal University is a centre of research and higher education seeking to promote intellectual and ethical leadership by contributing the resources of the Christian intellectual tradition to the critical development and transformation of human culture. It is a higher education provider offering a critically grounded values-based education for the development and renewal of Africa and worldwide.... Sun, 04 Sep 2005 22:05:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-INTERNATIONAL-FREE-PROTESTANT-EPISCOPAL-UNIVERSITY/16/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-INTERNATIONAL-FREE-PROTESTANT-EPISCOPAL-UNIVERSITY/16/ TIFPEC SOCIAL NETWORK ® EPISCOPAL UNIVERSITY Rape: A Weapon of War The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that every person is entitled to life, liberty, and security of person. The Declaration also mandates that no one should be subjected to cruel, degrading treatment or torture (Agosin, 1998). Clearly women and girls raped during conflict have been violated. Rape is a form of torture. It attacks a woman's identity and personal integrity. Lepa Mladjenovic, a psychotherapist and Serbian feminist antiwar activist, stated that it renders a woman "homeless in her own body." Rape is a violation of a woman's power that degrades and seeks to destroy her (Copelon, 1995). This paper will discuss instances of rape during conflict and war. Sexual Violence During Conflict It has been estimated that between 30,000 and 60,000 women were raped during the war in former Yugoslavia. It is difficult to clarify just how many women were victimized since many are now refugees in other... Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:29:30 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/TIFPEC-SOCIAL-NETWORK/15/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/TIFPEC-SOCIAL-NETWORK/15/ Worte von Frère Alois -------------------------------------------- Frère Alois, der neue Prior der Communauté de Taizé, sprach zu Beginn des Gottesdienstes: "Frère Roger hat einen Weg gebahnt und mit außerordentlicher Energie und Lebensmut uns auf ihn mitgenommen. Innerste Überzeugungen haben ihn bewegt, auf diesen Weg unermüdlich weiter zu gehen. Erlauben Sie mir, nur zwei dieser Überzeugungen zu nennen. Oft wiederholte Frère Roger die Worte: "Gott ist ohne Ausnahme mit jedem Menschen vereint." Dieses Vertrauen trug und trägt die ökumenische Berufung unserer Communauté. Mit der ganzen Kirche wollen wir diese Wirklichkeit glauben und alles tun, damit sie durch unser Leben zum Ausdruck kommt. Frère Roger hatte ein Herz für alle Menschen aus allen Nationen, insbesondere für die Jugendlichen und die Kinder. Wir möchten in seinem Sinn weiterleben. Und die andere Überzeugung: Frère Roger bezog sich ständig auf einen Wert des Evangeliums: die... Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:11:55 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Der-neue-von-Taiz-France/14/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Der-neue-von-Taiz-France/14/ frère Roger has entered into the life of eternity During the evening prayer on Tuesday 16 August, in the midst of the crowd surrounding the Community in the Church of Reconciliation, a woman - probably mentally disturbed - struck Brother Roger violently with knife blows. He died a few moments later. In its sorrow, the Taizé Community thanks all those who are supporting it by their affection and their prayer. On the morning of 17 August, after Brother Roger’s death, the following prayer was read in the church: “Christ of compassion, you enable us to be in communion with those who have gone before us, and who can remain so close to us. We confide into your hands our Brother Roger. He already contemplates the invisible. In his footsteps, you are preparing us to welcome a radiance of your brightness.” “Costly in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his friends” On Tuesday 16th August, after the death of Brother Roger, a prayer was celebrated at midnight in the Church of... Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:52:34 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/The-late-Fr-re-Roger/13/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/The-late-Fr-re-Roger/13/ We have learned of the assassination of † Brother Roger and send you a fictive letter from our late Brother... My Dearest Friends, I suppose it's fair to assume that by the time you're reading this, I'm no longer here with you. I hope that you haven't cried and worried yourself to much upon my account, because it's a far, far better place I am in then where you are now. After 90 years, it was my time to go, and haven written this letter so far into the past, I, myself don't even know how I passed on, but I assure you that it was the way it had to be. Bearing in mind, I might have been gone a long time before you've gotten a chance to read this letter, I pray this; I hope you remember me. The way I used to be, so long ago. Before I became heartless and evil, as many of you believed me to be. Remember me, in the best moment. Remember my laughter, my eyes, my voice, and remember each moment we spent together in which you knew I truly cared for you. I may not have shown how I felt to many of you, but... Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:36:29 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Fictive-letter-from-our-late-Brother-Roger-Taiz/12/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Fictive-letter-from-our-late-Brother-Roger-Taiz/12/ The Protestant faith has never accepted the Seventh Ecumenical Council as true. Protestantism has accepted the first four Councils, and the fifth and sixth insofar as they refine the formulations of the first four. The Protestant faith corrects the errors of Rome and Orthodoxy on this point, and after nearly 500 years the tradition of the Protestant faith has as much weight as any of these other traditions. We share a common heritage as catholic churches of the Reformation. Despite our previous geographic, linguistic and cultural differences, in recent years we have discovered in one another a shared faith and spirituality. This discovery has called us into a search for more visible unity in mission and ministry. We recommended "that where between two Churches not of the same denominational or confessional family, there is unrestricted communio in sacris, including mutual recognition and acceptance of ministries, the appropriate term to use is 'full communion,' and that where varying degrees of... Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:10:11 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-PROTESTANT-FAITH-AFTER-500YEARS/11/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-PROTESTANT-FAITH-AFTER-500YEARS/11/   Dear brothers and sisters  in our Ecumenical Church Foundation I am heartily grateful to the founding fathers of our Church and all those who in their several generations have been effective vessels in the hands of our God in directing the affairs of the St. Andrew's Ecumenical Research Fellowship. I pray that the LORD will continue to bless the works and services of the Fellowship. Your gathering is called "International Bible Conference Online"- IBCO - which presupposes that it is a gathering from all over our Church of people who are committed to biblical ideals and are prepared to uphold the integrity of Scripture as the revealed and written Word of God. At a time when there is an ever widening gap between biblical teaching and practice, and a time when much is being done by many to manipulate and discredit the Bible from being a timeless God-given basis for quality life, what can be more gratifying than to see such a large number of our... Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:56:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/INTERNATIONAL-BIBLE-CONFERENCE-ONLINE/10/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/INTERNATIONAL-BIBLE-CONFERENCE-ONLINE/10/ TIFPEC ALERT!   Agreeing on Africa, up to a point Jun 14th 2005 From The Economist Global Agenda George Bush and Tony Blair have agreed that America will funnel more money towards Africa, and the G8 has reached a deal on broad-based debt relief. But if rich countries are really serious about poverty reduction, they should also curb subsidies that keep out products from the poor world. WE will rember them!!!   IS 2005 the year when Africa finally starts getting the help it needs to pull its inhabitants out of penury? Tony Blair certainly hopes so. The British prime minister has made reducing African poverty the centrepiece of his presidency of the G8. In preparation for the group of rich nations’ summit at Gleneagles, Scotland, which is coming up in July, he has worked hard to secure support from other heads of government for his plan to forgive vast swathes of Africa’s crippling debt burden and pour $50 billion more a year... Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:23:33 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/TIFPEC-ALERT/9/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/TIFPEC-ALERT/9/ The Free Protestant Episcopal Church This church was established in England on 2 November 1897 by a union of several small British episcopates established in the 1870s in reaction to the rising Anglo-Catholicism of the Church of England. The Most Rev'd Leon Checkemian (1848 to 1920), an Armenian Uniate bishop had moved to Britain and became an protestant Anglican and served as the first primate of the new Church. Apostolic Succession in The Free Protestant Episcopal Church   This Church holds valid Apostolic Succession derived from the Armenian Catholic Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Church of England (through the Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States of America). These lines were in the jurisdictions that united in 1897 to found the Free Protestant Episcopal Church. The Anglican Succession is as follows: The Most Rev'd and the Rt. Honble Dr. John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury... Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:36:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-FREE-PROTESTANT-EPISCOPAL-CHURCH/8/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-FREE-PROTESTANT-EPISCOPAL-CHURCH/8/ THE SCIENCE OF THOUGHT REVIEW devoted to the teaching of APPLIED RIGHT THINKING   Editor Horst-Karl Friedrich Block   History of the Science of Consciousness Introduction Thoughtful observations of consciousness probably predate the earliest human writings, some two millenia ago. Aristotle, Plato, the Upanishads, and other ancient sources explored questions that scientists today still pursue, like mental imagery, meaning, perception, beliefs, emotional feelings, the experience of the beautiful, pain and pleasure, awareness of self and other, sleep and dreaming, the relation of mind and brain. As psychology and brain science began to emerge about 1800, consciousness was discussed without fear. It is only in the early 20th century that it became a scientific taboo. Human consciousness is a natural bridge between the humanities and the sciences; the taboo in science may therefore... Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:05:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-SCIENCE-OF-THOUGHT-REVIEW/7/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/THE-SCIENCE-OF-THOUGHT-REVIEW/7/   Taizé-Gründer Frère Roger  Frère Roger - Ein Licht der Welt  ist für immer erloschen !   WE WILL REMEMBER HIM   1949 gründete Frère Roger die erste ökumenische Ordensgemeinschaft der Kirchengeschichte. Vor allem die Jugend konnte der charismatische Geistliche mit seinem Projekt erreichen. Nun wird Frère Roger 90 Jahre alt.   An manchen Tagen muss er sich auf einen Mitbruder stützen, um in die Kirche zu gelangen. Doch an geistiger Frische mangelt es Frère Roger trotz seines hohen Alters nicht. "Es ist ein Alter, das zählt", hat er einmal gesagt. Als Teenager bekam er eine schwere Krankheit, die lange Wanderungen in den Bergen notwendig machte. Während dieser Zeit kam ihm zum ersten Mal der Gedanke, sein Leben in einer Ordensgemeinschaft zu verbringen.   "Als ich jung war, war ich betroffen von der Vorstellung, dass sich alle Christen auf denselben Gott berufen, aber dennoch getrennt bleiben, sich... Mon, 16 May 2005 21:27:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Late-Fr-re-Roger-RIP/4/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/Late-Fr-re-Roger-RIP/4/ Drawing world-wide rejections by Anglican churches, the consecration of an openly gay U.S. bishop triggered divisions within the faith of 70 million adherents. "The divisions that are arising are a matter of deep regret; they will be all too visible in the fact that it will not be possible for Gene Robinson's ministry as a bishop to be accepted in every province in the communion.This message was released following 56-year-old Robinson's consecration by the U.S. Episcopal Church - a branch of the worldwide Anglican communion - at a sports arena in the small New Hampshire university town of Durham. Some 55 American Episcopalian bishops attended the ceremony for the ritual laying of hands on Robinson, a divorced father of two whose appointment had been ratified by a majority of the church's House of Bishops in August 2003. That ceremony went ahead despite formal objections from conservative faithful and threats of a permanent schism within the Anglican faith's 70 million... Tue, 03 May 2005 19:33:42 +0200 http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/World-wide-rejections-by-Anglican-Churches/2/ http://www.blogigo.de/Fredericus/World-wide-rejections-by-Anglican-Churches/2/