Are there elements of sanctification and truth in separated Communities?
Does the Holy Ghost use the separated Communities as a means of salvation? The so-called “sister Churches”. Is that which unites us greater than that which separates us? Conclusion CHAPTER III The Pastoral Problems Posed by Ecumenism Ecumenism Begets Doctrinal Relativism It minimizes the rupture caused by heretics. It imagines that the faith of the Church can be perfected by the “riches” of other communities. It relativizes adhesion to certain dogmas of the faith. It permits a “permanent reform” of dogmatic formulas. It refuses to teach without ambiguity the Catholic faith in its entirety. It puts on an equal level the authentic saints and the supposed “saints”. It therefore leads to a loss of the faith. Ecumenism Turns Souls Away from the Church It no longer demands the conversion of heretics and schismatics. It begets egalitarianism among Christian confessions. It humbles the Church and makes haughty the dissidents.
