Trueblood: what the Church is

Saturday, April 10, 2010
    Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761
    Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347
    Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955
Meditation:
    And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
    —Mark 13:10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    All of the early Christians were missionaries. They did not leave the evangelistic task either to professional evangelists or to pastors to whom they paid salaries, for these did not exist... The early Church did not have a missionary arm; it was a missionary movement.
    ... Elton Trueblood (1900-1994), The Incendiary Fellowship, New York: Harper, 1967, p. 112 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, make me a missionary wherever You place me. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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