| Subject: 每個時代，教會都有不少危機要面對 |
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Date Posted: 00:14:14 11/03/04 Wed
In reply to:
Ken_Reformed
's message, ""天主教現在面臨之危機是「新神學」(Liberalism)之污染」"" on 21:14:46 11/02/04 Tue
關於新宗教主義（或類似名字｝，雖無深究，略有聽聞。
我沒權威亦沒資料研究並解釋教會將如何面對挑戰，只願分享一下，只要我們相信上主在前面領導，上主都會領導我們跨越任何困難。
在三、四世紀，教會深被羅馬政權逼迫，上主便感化了君士坦丁大帝和他母親海倫娜，使他們領洗入教。立時，基督教（廣義｝由弱勢社團變成了國教，傳播福音的力量大增。
到教會變得強大，漸漸被俗務富人政治領袖插手、污染時，上主挑選了馬丁•路德神父，作祂拯救教會的工具。自此，理性、純潔福音的足印更加遠達地極。
當上主宗徒的繼承人已不再聖潔，上主又從耶穌會開始，重整並淨化教會。
可是嘛，分裂的教會互相攻擊，互相殘殺。上主又從信義會和聖公會開始，帶出合一相愛的重要訊息，重新提醒普世的基督徒，愛勝過一切。
科學曾為教會帶來重重的創擊，可是上主依然帶領我們，使我們知道信與知識，並不是對立的。如今，全世界不少著名的科學家，都是虔誠的基督徒。
今天嘛，教會面對的問題更多。
物質社會的衝擊、新宗教的挑戰、道德觀價值觀的異化和扭曲…
但我深信上主會繼續帶引。
我們「不要怕，只要信」，在上主需要我們時要像撒慕耳般「上主，我在這裡，你的僕人在這裡靜聽」，像聖母般「我是上主的婢女，願你所說的在我身上成就」，生活裡「作地上的鹽、世上的光」，面對抉擇時「依從聖靈而不是肉慾」，時時刻刻希望「作上主和平的工具」。
下面又以一首聖詩作為分享，這聖詩是跟＜教會根基＞The Church's One Foundation 同期的，是為在社會變異和紛爭分裂時的教會祈禱：
http://www.hkedcity.net/citizen_files/aa/ef/fh4562/visitor_cabinet/109859/22_-_Thy_hand,_O_God,_has_guided_(Thornbury).mp3
THY HAND, O GOD, HAS GUIDED
Words: Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821-1891)
Music: Basil Harwood (1859 - 1949)
Thy hand, O God, has guided
thy flock from age to age;
the wondrous tale is written,
full clear, on ev'ry page;
our forebears owned thy goodness,
and we their deeds record;
and both of this bear witness:
ONE CHURCH, ONE FAITH, ONE LORD.
~ ~ ~ ~
Thy heralds brought glad tidings
to greatest, as to least;
they bade them rise, and hasten
to share the great King's feast;
and this was all their teaching,
in ev'ry deed and word,
to all alike proclaiming:
ONE CHURCH, ONE FAITH, ONE LORD.
~ ~ ~ ~
Through many a day of darkness,
through many a scene of strife,
the faithful new fought bravely
to guard the nation's life.
Their gospel of redemption,
sin pardoned, hope restored,
was all in this enfolded:
ONE CHURCH, ONE FAITH, ONE LORD.
~ ~ ~ ~
And we, shall we be faithless?
Shall hearts fail, hands hang down?
Shall we evade the conflict,
and cast away the crown?
Not so: in God's deep counsels
some better thing is stored:
we shall maintain, unflinching,
ONE CHURCH, ONE FAITH, ONE LORD.
~ ~ ~ ~
Thy mercy will not fail us,
nor leave thy work undone;
with thy right hand to help us,
the vict'ry shall be won;
and then by all creation,
thy name shall be adored.
And this shall be their anthem:
ONE CHURCH, ONE FAITH, ONE LORD.
＊本錄音資料：
誦唱團體：Choir of Wells Cathedral, England
指揮：Malcom Archer
專集：The English Hymn - 1 'Christ Triumphant'
出版：Hyperion Records
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