THE CHURCH AS IT EXPRESSES ITS FULLNESS WITH ECUMENISM AND WHY THIS ECCLESIASTICAL-ECUMENICAL PROVINCE OF NE-TACA HELPS EXPRESS IT
How Is EEP an Interdenominational Touchpoint That Paraphrases, Via its Existence, the Actualization of “Catholic Church”?
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The Oral Covenant of Ecumenism
The Ecclesiastical-Ecumenical Province (EEP) manifests as an assembly of all traditional churches taking the form of an oral-covenant framework. It defines itself and Ecumenism as being the Fellowship Arm of the Nicene Creed.
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A Free-Movement Latitude Polity Activated by Voice
Itself being a consensus-driven verbal governance protocol (as God spoke the world into existence), EEP contains, like any “convocation” would hope to have it, room for all the traditional-Christian churches in existence, all morally orthodox conservative houses of God within the Catholic, Orthodox, Methodist, Lutheran, and Anglican denominations, along with all their hierarchies, dioceses, parishes, missions, and presbyteries, while coexisting under a verbal-alignment schematic to coexist as equals with eternal and countless commonalities, within the theological-dialogue agreement that is True Ecumenism. As God spoke the world into existence, His Word and our shared re-voicing of It, produces the Church.
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A Spoken-Memorandum of Understanding
This trust-indexed executive accord is, at hand, merely the eternal state of the Bible’s all-encompassing catholicity. Hence, an unchanging setting of permanent orthodoxy organized by the timeless pledge-anchoring of the Nicene Creed itself, this EEP needs no terrestrial jurisdiction, nor any physical hierarchical dominion. In simple terms, the orthodoxy and catholicity of our being each Christian able ministers of God’s Word who nurture our own churches requires no offices to be held by any inter-church incumbents.
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Intra-Oversight Only
No overseeing bishops, metropolitans, patriarchs, popes, nor any central governor such as a “first among equals” overseeing any fiduciary and ecclesiological management is necessary. Just each church’s intra-church incumbents shepherd over their individual jurisdictions solely, such as bishops and presbyters. Each church is filled only with the titles already known within each Christian’s church, such as “minister” or “priest” or “deacon.” This state of easily yoked, non-burdening True Ecumenism, is what and how the Orthodox Church was hoped to remain, in easy unity, since the moment of Pentecost. Plus, fun. Kids. Food. Prayer.
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A Vocalized Stakeholder Accord
Christianity as such is instantiated by presenting a universal state that is forever administrated as the sheer abstract of increasing everyday interdenominational communication between Christian able ministers of the Word: It is, as the Bible is, and as Love is, the Truth that Love is God (1 John 4:16) and that we enjoy as a churches Agape unity. Let’s just be together.
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Nothing in Writing. Totally Theology-Based
Zero written concordats or covenants except between individual churches or denominations. No property co-owned. The only documentation is the Bible. The only canons are the moral laws of Moses and Christ. No paranoia. No jealousies. Just Faith.
THEOLOGY OF THE EUCHARIST IN ECUMENISM
Christians know that Holy Communion is celebrated in churches everywhere, every Sunday. God sees us as one family in the many mansions of His House (John 14:2). Moreover, in all Christendom we are seen by Him as collecting together to participate with Him in the Reciprocal Indwelling/Perichoresis. This is our Triune God’s indwelling within us of the interpenetration of the Three Persons of the Trinity, substantiated during Holy Communion (περιχώρησις, עִמָּנוּ אֵל משותף מקום; John 14:20; 17:21-23; 1 John 4:13).
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Holy Communion is our sacrificing of our lives to Christ, viewable through our mutual and individual professed Oblation (προσφορά , קָרְבָּן תְּרוּמָה) during Mass, which is our voiced bloodless offering of ourselves, presented at the altar of every church, issuing aloud the promise of Faith and obedience, oaths shared with one another, the Priest, and God–in and of God, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and our hearts, minds, bodies, spirits, intellect and will (i.e., the indwelling).
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The Christian Mass, therefore contains our shared Theoria (θεωρία, הִתְבּוֹנְנוּת), which is our participation through the Liturgy of the Word and our mutual oblation at the receipt of the Holy Communion. Mass, understood by all Christians is the gift for us to emulate the Propitiation of Jesus, our Salvation by this Lamb, Whose Body and Blood that saves us, is shared with us through the Eucharist, throughout all of traditional Ecclesia (Luke 23:48; 2 Corinthians 3:18).
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It is by the sharing with the Priest the Bread and Wine during Holy Communion of the Anamnesis (ἀνάμνησις, זִכָּרוֹן), meaning the divine remembrance of His Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension that the Mass gives us our mutual Epiclesis (ἐπίκλησις, שֶׁפַע). This means the divine outpouring or invocation or the calling-upon of the Holy Spirit when the Bread and Wine are consecrated as the Real Presence. It is by our consuming this Eucharist that Christians continue in God’s transformative work in us that was begun at our Baptisms, our almighty Theosis (θέωσις, דבקות), which is our becoming One with the Trinity. Theosis is a feat fully achieved at our Salvation, at which time we will join together, as we do now, through baptized-Eucharistic church life, but thereafter in Heaven in oneness, Theosis, with the Trinity forever.
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Getting Together for Easy-Going Colloquial Synods
Ecumenical-minded, this Ecclesiastical Ecumenical Province, calling out to traditional Churches anywhere, thus operates upon lands everywhere, hosting as many as-wanted physical in-person get-togethers that can be made possible. These are events that are cherished as being sheer colloquies of fun and laughter, children and families, old and new friends, for Christ’s sake, organized and announced by Christian Able Ministers of the Word.
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Each Christian of the traditional Church simply recognizes one another by his or her Love for the Trinity and with Agape for each other, posting notices of meetups on social networking and via e-mail, as the watchful public recognizes the same Parrhesia (boldness, παρρησία, בְּטָחוֹן) that was shown by the Apostles, servants of Christ being themselves, calling all others in their regional vocal mannerisms and Galilean accents to worship Christ, and for all the Apostles to meet and witness Jesus (Acts 4:13).
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The altar-sharing or prayerful fellowships that can happen with Ecumenism’s/EEP’s encouragement are sheerly a matter of Agape Love manifested between churches who are behaving to uphold the promise of being good and dear and soulful toward one another, joining Christ in getting one another “up yonder” more assuredly to Heaven.
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An Oral-Alignment Consensus to Be the Catholic and Orthodox Universal Church Militant
Truly—the “Church,” and therefore EEP, which wears the garment of True Ecumenism, is also definitively an automatic “mission field,” from which traditional churches can freely recruit new ministers. Did Christ forbid the people who had never met Him perform miracles in His Name (Mark 9:38–40; Luke 9:49–50)?
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EEP offers its bounty to the traditional catholic world, along with the men and women who have been educated by its in-house priest-training group of record (NE-TACA).
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Whom Does EEP Benefit?
A home, or a newer, or a smaller church would especially benefit from belonging to such a Province, whereas older larger churches would benefit too because the Province thus offers a refreshing outlook and avenue to cultivate new ideas and relationships. More churches, less regulation, freedom to collaborate in Communion means that Ecumenism is for real.
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Who Operates EEP/NE-TACA?
There is no Bishop, Adjutor, or Monsignor overseeing this feat of Ecumenism. Regarding NE-TACA/EEP, there is a simple “metropolitan” or “founder” of this Province, who is merely its secretary and administrator, Bishop Mike DellaVecchia, who works for his own church, the Northeast Diocese of Traditional Anglican Church of America (NE-TACA).
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How Does This Ecumenical Province Benefit the Forward-Moving Minister?
Conveniently, a proactive Minister can also take his or her certification to a different church or Denomination, one outside of the churches of TACA and apply to become incardinated or appointed within the Vestry or Rectory there, either to receive the same kind of office you would have been given at NE-TACA (e.g., as a Priest), or a lesser/greater office to which they would deem it more valid and licit to convalidate you. EEP’s twofold connection with them and you would thereupon portray an ongoing friendly Ecclesiastical Ecumenical relationship. From that moment on, hence, the Province and the Church Universal itself would become further substantiated.
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“Priest swapping” (gleefully sharing ministers to one another’s altars under a formal Concordat and a Communion that would typically be drawn up mutually) would happen by itelf. Or, the blossoming of a friendship and its Eucharistic reciprocity would grow gradually while just now sharing a happy theological Bible-based Fellowship.
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Ecumenism Not Needing a Bishop Over Other Bishops and Dioceses
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There is no need for a “first among equals,” as stated earlier. Who have long ago said this?
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“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant” (Matthew 20:25-27).
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“For neither does any of us set himself up as a bishop of bishops, nor by tyrannical terror does any compel his colleague to the necessity of obedience; since every bishop, according to the allowance of his liberty and power, has his own proper right of judgment, and can no more be judged by another than he himself can judge another” (The Seventh Council of Carthage; Saint Cyprian of Carthage; Opening Address: Concerning Validity of Baptism of Heretics; Paragraph 1; September 1, A.D. 256).
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“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand” (2 Corinthians 1:24).
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“Wherever there is a bishop, whether it be at Rome or at Engubium, whether it be at Constantinople or at Rhegium, whether it be at Alexandria or at Zoan, his dignity is one and his priesthood is one. Neither the command of wealth nor the lowliness of poverty makes him more a bishop or less a bishop. All alike are successors of the apostles” (Letter 146: The Epistle to Evagrius; Saint Jerome; Paragraph 1; d. A.D. 420).
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“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:2-5).
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Yes, the TACA Training Is Free . . .
We and our families, along with our congregations and missions, have been bought and paid for by Jesus at a great price. Be educated and serve the Church. Buy the land and build your church.
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“And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel” (2 Samuel 24:24-25).