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Date Posted: 10:12:16 06/28/13 Fri
Author: Lois
Subject: The c-not-of-c's slavish imitation of the NCC

Please note the slavish imitation, which borders on plagiarism.
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http://www.ncccusa.org/interfaith/ifr.html

Interfaith Relations and the Churches
A Policy Statement of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
November 10, 1999

33. Jesus Christ is also the focus of the most vexing questions regarding how Christians understand their relationship with men and women of other religions. Christians agree that Jesus Christ incarnated--and incarnates still--the inexhaustible love and salvation that reconcile us all. We agree that it is not by any merit of our own, but by God�s grace that we are reconciled. Likewise, Christians also agree that our discipleship impels us to become reconciled to the whole human family and to live in proper relationship to all of God�s creation. We disagree, however, on whether non-Christians may be reconciled to God, and if so, how. Many Christians see no possibility of reconciliation with God apart from a conscious acceptance of Jesus Christ as incarnate Son of God and personal savior. For others, the reconciling work of Jesus is salvific in its own right, independent of any particular human response. For many, the saving power of God is understood as a mystery and an expression of God�s sovereignty that cannot be confined within our limited conceptions. One question with which we must still struggle is how to define the uniqueness of God�s self-revelation in Jesus Christ in the light of such passages as "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6); "There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12); "In him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things" (Colossians 1:19-20); and "as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:22).

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Community of Christ 2002 World Conference Bulletin pp. 75-78,
H-8 Interfaith Relations Committee Report

(H-8) "The most troublesome text for the Christian community regarding other religious traditions is to be found in Acts 4:12. This text makes exclusive claims to salvation through Jesus Christ and him alone. This text has tended to foster prejudice toward not only Jews but all other religious claims as well because of its exclusivity. This text is best understood within the context of the sermon preached by Peter in the company of John and others. It should not be universalized and become a framework for either missional or theological purposes."

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Re: The c-not-of-c's slavish imitation of the NCC -- George, 18:21:22 06/28/13 Fri