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Pope Apologies To Protestants For Past Persecutions On Behalf Of The Church by Prosper123: 12:06pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Pope Francis asked Protestants and other Christian
Churches for forgiveness for past persecution by
Catholics as the Vatican announced on Monday he
would visit Sweden later in the year to mark the
500th anniversary of the Reformation.
Speaking at an annual vespers service in St. Paul's
Basilica in Rome attended by representatives of
other religions, he asked "forgiveness for the un-
gospel like behaviour by Catholics towards
Christians of other Churches". He also asked
Catholics to forgive those who had persecuted
them.
The Vatican announced that on Oct. 31 Francis
would go to the southern Swedish city of Lund,
where the Lutheran World Federation was founded
in 1947, for a joint service with Lutherans to launch
Reformation commemorations that will continue
throughout the world next year.
Martin Luther, a German, is credited with starting
the Protestant Reformation in 1517 with writing 95
theses - said to have been nailed to a church door
in Wittenberg - criticising the Catholic Church for
selling forgiveness from sins for money.
It led to a violent, often political schism throughout
Europe and Christianity, prompting among other
things the 30 Years' War, the destruction of English
monasteries, and the burning of numerous "heretics"
on both sides.
Catholic traditionalists have accused Francis of
making too many concessions to Lutherans,
particularly in a "common prayer" that both religions
will use during the 2017 commemorations.
They say the prayer, which will be used during the
pope's visit to Lund, excessively praises Luther, who
was condemned as a heretic and excommunicated.
Francis, however, has made dialogue with other
religions one of the hallmarks of his papacy.
He has already visited the Lutheran church of Rome,
the Waldensian protestant community in northern
Italy, and Rome's synagogue. This year he is due to
become the first pope to visit the Italian capital's
mosque.
While his predecessors have visited Protestant
churches, Francis has come under criticism from
traditionalists who accuse him of sending confusing
signals about inter-faith relations.
They have also contested guidelines issued this
month for the "common prayer".
"The Reformation and Martin Luther are repeatedly
extolled, while the Counter-Reformation and the
Popes and Saints of the 16th century are passed
over in total silence," the traditionalist blog Borate
Caeli said.
Theological dialogue between Roman Catholic and
Lutherans began in the late 1960s after the Second
Vatican Council. But Catholics and Lutherans are
still officially not allowed to take communion at each
other's services.
When he visited Rome's Lutheran church last year,
traditionalists attacked Francis for suggesting in
answer to a question that a Lutheran woman
married to a Catholic man could decide for herself
if she could take communion in her husband's
church. |
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