Friday, April 11, 2014

Sydney Archdiocese CREDO evangelises without the belief in the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation

Sydney Archdiocese's CREDO evangelises without the belief in the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation; without the necessity of all in 2014 being visible members of the Church, with 'faith and baptism' (AG 7)

CREDO states:-


The strength of the Catholic vision of evangelisation is that it takes a big picture approach. In Pope Paul VI’s seminal document on evangelisation, Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975), he explains:
 
For the Church, evangelising means bringing the Good News into all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new.    
 
Off hand I recall Evangelii Nuntiandi saying that allthough others have their hands raised to  God it is only in the Catholic Church in which that there is true worship. I do not have the exact text before me but I recall this from a discussion at the seminary many years back.

CREDO emphasizes Jesus without the Catholic Church.

-Lionel Andrades


http://www.credosydney.org/evangelisation/what-evangelisation-is


CREDO is the Sydney Archdiocesan office for evangelisation and renewal.
Established in 2003 by Bishop Julian Porteous, Episcopal Vicar for Evangelisation and Renewal, CREDO seeks to promote and inspire evangelisation and renewal in the Sydney Archdiocese in accordance with the Church’s teaching that evangelisation “is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelise.” (Evangelii nuntiandi, 14)
CREDO supports and hosts works that enable people to encounter Jesus Christ and deepen their relationship with him in the Sacraments, Scriptures, teachings, traditions and community of the Catholic Church.
CREDO achieves this through parish missions, conferences and outreach events; the creation of networks for evangelisers; the provision of resources and training in evangelisation; and the support and encouragement of works of evangelisation and renewal.
 

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