> Well, Lee, here I am to be an "itch" again.
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> On the page http://www.moravians.org/SPWeb_salvation.html
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> your comment reads:
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> "Its message that we don't know whether strict "belief in Christ"
> (understood as intellectual assent to faith) is in fact the ONLY way to
God
> appears to mirror and support the statement that had lead to such division
> one year ago. Suggesting that Rev Dunn's position is now accepted as
> official church position."
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> This is really unfair, it means nothing of the sort.  The statement,
though
> it could have been better written, is trying to express a position that
has
> in fact been a Moravian position for centuries.  It is expressed clearly
in
> Zinzendorf's writings, in Spangenberg's writings, and (I'd have to look up
> the references) is also present in the documents of the Ancient
> Unity.  That position could be paraphrased as "God can give His grace to
> anyone he wishes."  It does not mean "anything goes" or "all paths are
> equally valid."
>
> Once again, I have to complain that you are ascribing positions to our
> church leadership that they do not hold.  This is not the way to have an
> open fair discussion.
>
> Rev John Jackman
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