Message Says “God’s Gift of Bread Not for Our Selfish Needs”
STUTTGART, Germany/GENEVA, 2 August 2010 – The Armenian Apostolic Church sent greetings to the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), underlining that God’s gift of bread “should not be for our selfish needs, but for the sake of reaching others, sharing with our neighbors.”
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, in a message read to the Assembly by LWF Director of Personnel Rudolf Renfer, said “beyond passing nice resolutions, we must act. We are the stewards of the Creation; this is a God-given vocation. Hence, we must act together as churches on the basis of the Gospel values and in obedient response to the call of God in Jesus Christ.”
The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church urged interreligious collaboration “on the basis of common values, accepting and respecting our differences.”
“We, therefore, pray that the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation opens new ways to strengthen the God-given unity in the Lord’s Chalice, and safeguard God’s creation,” the message concluded. (184 words)
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