Earlier this week I wrote about the election of Benedict XVI:
“My joy at the announcement highlights to me the authenticity of the alliance that does exist across the denominations or churches or whatever one’s preferred term is, an alliance of those who know the Lord of the Nicene Creed, the Incarnate Lord of the Gospels.” (I am Eastern Orthodox.)
Another member of this alliance: “I’m thrilled too at Cardinal Ratzinger’s selection. Reading snippets of his work on the internet, his core theology and emphasis on Christ speak directly to my heart. And I’m a Southern Baptist, with no intention of changing denominations. I am convinced that Pope Benedict XVI is the Holy Spirit’s choice for shepherd for my Catholic brothers and sisters.”
Touchstone itself is one proof and expression of the alliance, as it has grown over the last 17 years from a tiny newsletter to a monthly journal in which Catholics, Evangelical and mainline Protestants, and (yes, even those cranky) Eastern Orthodox readers enjoy articles by the likes of Catholic historian James Hitchcock (whose editorial on JPII will run in June), Princeton’s (and everyone else’s) Robert P. George, Southern Baptist seminary dean Russell Moore, Berkeley’s fiery “radical” Phil Johnson (a regular columnist), Eastern Orthodox curmudgeon Patrick Henry Reardon and the much sweeter Frederica Mathewes-Green, not to mention Anthony Esolen’s lyrical writing (a sample of which is right below this posting; he is the translator of Dante for the Modern Library).
If you are seriously interested in the new alliance of Christians across denominational lines who all can appreciate the election of Benedict XVI, you can join in the fray, the fun, and the fervor all aimed to feed your mind and heart from the riches of the Great Tradition. Get a deal on a subscription today by clicking here. (No risk, money-back guarantee.) You will gain some new friends you never knew you had.
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