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Catholic missionary work in Russia is commonly seen as evangelism, not proselytism. Archbishop Kondrusiewicz openly stated "that proselytism is absolutely unacceptable and cannot constitute a [[strategy]] for the development of our [[structure]]s either in Russia or in any other country in the world."[3] Especially regarding claims by Orthodox church that spreading the faith and receiving converts amounts to proselytism[4] Catholic church CDF issued document called "Doctrinal Note on some aspects of evangelisation" [5] which states that evangelism is "an inalienable right and duty, an expression of religious liberty ...", document added that "The incorporation of new members into the Church is not the expansion of a power group, but rather entrance into the network of friendship with Christ which connects heaven and earth, different continents and age. It is entrance into the gift of communion with Christ ...

Catholic missionary work in Russia is commonly seen as evangelism, not proselytism. Archbishop Kondrusiewicz openly stated "that proselytism is absolutely unacceptable and cannot constitute a [[strategy]] for the development of our [[structure]]s either in Russia or in any other country in the world."[3] Especially regarding claims by Orthodox church that spreading the faith and receiving converts amounts to proselytism[4] Catholic church CDF issued document called "Doctrinal Note on some aspects of evangelisation" [5] which states that evangelism is "an inalienable right and duty, an expression of religious liberty ...", document added that "The incorporation of new members into the Church is not the expansion of a power group, but rather entrance into the network of friendship with Christ which connects heaven and earth, different continents and age. It is entrance into the gift of communion with Christ ...

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And how [[Gratitude|gratefully]] proud were these humble men on that day when the Master refused to accept a certain rich man as an [[evangelist]] unless he would sell his goods and help the poor. When the people heard this and beheld the twins among his counselors, they knew of a certainty that [[Jesus]] was no respecter of [[person]]s. But only a [[divine]] institution--the kingdom of heaven--could ever have been built upon such a mediocre human [[foundation]]![http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper139.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper139.html&line=226#mfs]

And how [[Gratitude|gratefully]] proud were these humble men on that day when the Master refused to accept a certain rich man as an evangelist unless he would sell his goods and help the poor. When the people heard this and beheld the twins among his counselors, they knew of a certainty that [[Jesus]] was no respecter of [[person]]s. But only a [[divine]] institution--the kingdom of heaven--could ever have been built upon such a mediocre human [[foundation]]![http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper139.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper139.html&line=226#mfs]

 

==References==

==References==

# Bible as a Second Language, webpage, retrieved November 05, 2008

# Bible as a Second Language, webpage, retrieved November 05, 2008