Posted in eucharist on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a post from an older blog, but I thought it deserved to be made more accessible here. Some of my juvenile antics are present in this one, but oh well…
Joachim Jeremias, in his The Eucharistic Words of Jesus, has done us all a great favor by rigorously examining the various phrases recorded in [...]
Posted in church history, godly prince on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It seems to me that much of modern Presbyterianism shares (unintentionally to be sure) significant parts of a Roman Catholic definition of the Church. The Presbytery is considered a church, and the minister is not a member of his local congregation. Furthermore, they forbid lay baptisms, and some even argue for an apostolic succession of [...]
Posted in church history, godly prince on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Protestant Reformers were known as the Magisterial Reformers, which means that they worked closely with their kings. Luther appealed to the German princes to Reform the Church, and the other Reformers followed suit. Different regions had different political structures, largely influencing the various churches’ polities, but all were agreed on the basic position.
Zanchi was [...]
Posted in church history, papacy on September 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In vindicating the Reformers right to protest against the claims of the Papacy, French Reformer Jean Claude writes:
What could our fathers say to that divine power that the flatterers of the Popes attributed to them? As the Glossary of the Decretals, which remarks, “That everyone said of the Pope that he had all divine power- [...]
Posted in King James, catholicity, church history on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
King James felt it his responsibility to reunite the churches of Christendom. He never wanted to carry this out at the expense of truth, however, as can be seen by his refusal to submit to the Roman Catholic Church. The pope was eager to convert James, sending gifts and rosaries to his wife, but James [...]
Posted in King James, catholicity, church history on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned before about the Scottish episcopal system here and here. Patterson gives us a good look at the specifics of the original makeup:
The Book of Discipline had recognized the need for officials who would oversee local churches, supervise the establishment of new ones, and ensure that only qualified persons would serve as ministers. It [...]
Posted in Marilynne Robinson on September 21, 2008 | 13 Comments »
So while looking through the books at Borders a while back, I noticed that Marilynne Robinson had a collection of essays called The Death of Adam. “That’s interesting,” I thought and gave it a quick scan.
Interestingly enough, she’s got an article on Bonhoeffer as well as one on the Puritans. “Well now,” I thought once [...]
Posted in church history, melanchthon on September 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A third question is whether Melanchthon later gave up predestination; originally he had joined with Luther in decisively advocating it.
Note first that the refers to the universality of the promises of salvation and blames man’s debt on a miscarriage of the human will only, because God is not causa peccati, and in him is [...]
Posted in c s lewis on September 13, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Our Faith is not primarily intended as a way to create a great culture. It is not primarily a way to run for political office. It is not primarily a way to advance literature, poetry, or song. All of these things are great effects of our faith, but they are not the [...]
Posted in c s lewis on September 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Screwtape complains:
He has filled His world full of pleasures. There are things for humans to do all day long without His minding in the least– sleeping, washing, eating, drinking, making love, playing, praying, working. Everything has to be twisted before it’s any use to us. We fight under cruel disadvantages. Nothing is naturally on our [...]
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