I think ecumenism is a symptom of a greater underlying problem, that main problem being the way in which Christianity has handled modernity. Instead of sticking to Christian morality, the "progressive" part of the church decided to adapt their values with modernity. This was a huge mistake and it's still philosophical direction of the church which has led to ecumenism in the first place.
You're right to bring up freemasonry because ultimately the struggle between Christianity and modernity is the struggle between objective morality through an impersonal moral code derived from God vs. subjective morality through an individual personal code as derives from liberal humanism. The freemasons have always advocated the latter and have always been in rebellion against a moral order established by religion. Instead they seek to be the source of the moral order themselves. Humans as God rather than God as God.
As soon as the church abandoned divine law in place of this modern humanist philosophy, it was over for the church. There exists no place for God in a world that is wholly against God's creation and continuously rebels against an objective moral code because such a code seems repressive. Almost all of our societal problems today can be linked to a lack of common impersonal moral code as derived from God. Society would be much better off with traditional Christian morality as the sole source of morality, not a shaky collectivist atheist sense of morality rooted in liberal social "sciences" being the source of morality.
You can read up on how marxists specifically infiltrated the church to subvert the church's values. The current pope for example is a marxist. The war on Christianity has been hundreds of years in the making. Orthodox has the right idea but it is actually fairly weak overall in its handling of morality. Too many people claim to be orthodox but don't actually care to follow the religion at all. It's not much different than 80s-90s Catholicism and I suspect not much further behind in how it'll adapt. That's why I personally prefer religions that specifically identity the problems and are working specifically to counter them; hence, traditional Catholicism non-vatican II but it sounds like you at least know what's up.
Thanks for the long and thoughtful reply. I agree with everything you said and I will join you in prayer for goodness, truth, and beauty to prevail over evil. The odds are stacked against us, but with God, we cannot fail. Godspeed, brother!
I think ecumenism is a symptom of a greater underlying problem, that main problem being the way in which Christianity has handled modernity. Instead of sticking to Christian morality, the "progressive" part of the church decided to adapt their values with modernity. This was a huge mistake and it's still philosophical direction of the church which has led to ecumenism in the first place.
You're right to bring up freemasonry because ultimately the struggle between Christianity and modernity is the struggle between objective morality through an impersonal moral code derived from God vs. subjective morality through an individual personal code as derives from liberal humanism. The freemasons have always advocated the latter and have always been in rebellion against a moral order established by religion. Instead they seek to be the source of the moral order themselves. Humans as God rather than God as God.
As soon as the church abandoned divine law in place of this modern humanist philosophy, it was over for the church. There exists no place for God in a world that is wholly against God's creation and continuously rebels against an objective moral code because such a code seems repressive. Almost all of our societal problems today can be linked to a lack of common impersonal moral code as derived from God. Society would be much better off with traditional Christian morality as the sole source of morality, not a shaky collectivist atheist sense of morality rooted in liberal social "sciences" being the source of morality.
You can read up on how marxists specifically infiltrated the church to subvert the church's values. The current pope for example is a marxist. The war on Christianity has been hundreds of years in the making. Orthodox has the right idea but it is actually fairly weak overall in its handling of morality. Too many people claim to be orthodox but don't actually care to follow the religion at all. It's not much different than 80s-90s Catholicism and I suspect not much further behind in how it'll adapt. That's why I personally prefer religions that specifically identity the problems and are working specifically to counter them; hence, traditional Catholicism non-vatican II but it sounds like you at least know what's up.
Thanks for the long and thoughtful reply. I agree with everything you said and I will join you in prayer for goodness, truth, and beauty to prevail over evil. The odds are stacked against us, but with God, we cannot fail. Godspeed, brother!