Recently I attended a catholic retreat in a Benedictine mountain monastery. The theme was: The wolf in us. We discussed the archetypes and myths of the wolf, a topic I had explored in great length before, their archetypes here and here. The point was raised, that the wolf represents greed, one of the seven deadly sins. What … Continue reading
Charismatic Christian (Whitsun) movements have been a huge challenge for the Roman-Catholic church in Africa, South America and India largely ignored by Europe’s clerical mainstream. I was first made aware of this by Philip Jenkins “The Next Christendom”. He gives not an entirely optimistic analysis but a profoundly helpful up-to-date eye opener. To me the election of … Continue reading
Die Erwartung der Rückkehr Christi zur Erde gehört zur Grundlage des christlichen Glaubens. Christus, der nach dem Hingang zu seinem Vater durch die Verkündigung und die Wirksamkeit seiner Zeugen auf Erden eine Gemeinde sammelt, die seine schon angebrochene Herrschaft bezeugt, wird zu einem nur Gott bekannten Zeitpunkt (Mt 24, 36; Mk 13, 32) zur Erde … Continue reading
Philip Jenkins argues that in his book the “The Next Christendom” – in the long run Christ wins out. He observes that especially Pentecostalism, mainly a protestant renewal movement within Christianity (German: Pfingstler, Pfingstkirche, Pfingstbewegung), is steadily winning millions of follower in Latin America, South America, Africa, India, Malaysia, China, and Eastern Europe, including Russia. There is also … Continue reading
The Revelation of Saint John scarcely merits the title. Far from being a revelation, it is the most disliked book of the anti-religious Westerners and even in some parts of the Western Christian Churches. An apocalyptic book describing the revelation Jesus Christ gave to John. It connects the beginning of the Bible (Genesis 1-11) describing … Continue reading