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**insoneeri** · 12-09-2006, 07:34 AM

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Go into any C of E church in England and you see a map showing where in the world the contributions of the parish are doing good: water supplies in a village somewhere in Africa, orphanages in S. America, or whatever. Go into a Greek Orthodox church in England and all you find is a load of leaflets asking why the Cyprus problem is still unsolved.

In Christ,

Andreas.

Dear Andreas,

Food for thought indeed in your post. As St. James tells us
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:26 We know from Eusebius, for example, that one of the things which marked out the early Christians from the culture of which they were part was the great care they took of each other, and their works of charity to their poor. When we speak about the traditions of the Church, we bear these things in mind.

This is not, as some have thought at times and in places, a call to political action, it is a command to take care of each other, as Our Heavenly Father takes care of us.

The poor and the oppressed on Cyprus as elsewhere are our concern; the political fate of Cyprus is just that - and we are told to render unto Caesar those things which are Caesar's. In a democracy such as this one, that allows us to vote for whomsoever we would wish - for all the good it often does.

In Christ,

John

12-09-2006, 07:34 AM	#8
insoneeri Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 362 Senior Member	. Go into any C of E church in England and you see a map showing where in the world the contributions of the parish are doing good: water supplies in a village somewhere in Africa, orphanages in S. America, or whatever. Go into a Greek Orthodox church in England and all you find is a load of leaflets asking why the Cyprus problem is still unsolved. In Christ, Andreas. Dear Andreas, Food for thought indeed in your post. As St. James tells us For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:26 We know from Eusebius, for example, that one of the things which marked out the early Christians from the culture of which they were part was the great care they took of each other, and their works of charity to their poor. When we speak about the traditions of the Church, we bear these things in mind. This is not, as some have thought at times and in places, a call to political action, it is a command to take care of each other, as Our Heavenly Father takes care of us. The poor and the oppressed on Cyprus as elsewhere are our concern; the political fate of Cyprus is just that - and we are told to render unto Caesar those things which are Caesar's. In a democracy such as this one, that allows us to vote for whomsoever we would wish - for all the good it often does. In Christ, John
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