{"id":2854,"date":"2020-01-28T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T17:34:57","slug":"baptist-history-heritage-distinctives-the-most-astounding-story-of-1999yet-no-one-seemed-to-pay-any-attention-part-1-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/28\/baptist-history-heritage-distinctives-the-most-astounding-story-of-1999yet-no-one-seemed-to-pay-any-attention-part-1-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives \u2013 The Most Astounding Story of 1999\u2026yet no one seemed to pay any attention Part 1 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Thomas E Kresal<\/a> Admin<\/strong><\/a> \u00b7 March 25, 2019<\/abbr><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Baptist History, Heritage & Distinctives \u2013 The Most Astounding Story of 1999\u2026yet no one seemed to pay any attention Part 1 of 2 March 25, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story came out of Augsburg, Germany and was reported in the Washington Post on November 1, 1999:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFour hundred and eighty-two years ago, the blunt-speaking monk Martin Luther nailed his legendary attack on Catholic Church practices to a church door in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His act of conscience triggered the Protestant Reformation, the wrenching division of Western Christianity, and more than a century of religious wars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, leaders of the modern Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches signed a document that officially settles the central argument about the nature of faith. The agreement declares, in effect, that it was all a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body. Let us then pursue all that makes for peace and build up our common life,\u201d proclaimed Catholic Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, Pope John Paul II\u2019s emissary. Cassidy signed the Augsburg accord on behalf of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All but about 3 million of the world\u2019s 61.5 million Lutherans were represented by bishop Christian Krause, president of the Lutheran World Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States has 61 million Catholics and 5.2 million Lutherans whose churches belong to the worldwide federation. Another 2.6 million Lutherans belong to the Missouri Synod, which rejected the accord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TO BE CONTINUED<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thomas E. Kresal from: Excerpts from 21tnt.com<\/a> Essays\/News by James R. Beller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note from Tom: Brother Beller was the most prolific Baptist historian of our generation. I highly recommend his many books on Baptist history such as America in Crimson Red, Sacred Betrayal, The Collegiate Baptist History Workbook, Soul of St. Louis, etc. Please visit his book store at: prairiefirepress.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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