tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780295056892403563.post4627125011722714850..comments2023-10-21T05:32:03.262-07:00Comments on theologia crucis: Joseph Ratzinger Doesn't Get the Augsburg Confession: Part 1Dr. Jack Kilcreasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362736419613180038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780295056892403563.post-59964095692829792322010-09-21T12:07:15.237-07:002010-09-21T12:07:15.237-07:00Oh, the irony!
Sort of like how the post-modern v...Oh, the irony!<br /><br />Sort of like how the post-modern view of no absolutes, is an absolute!<br /><br />And how liberalism tends to be tolerant until you disagree with it!<br /><br />You'd like to write a note to the Pope and say, "Pot, meet the kettle."<br /><br />Grace and peace,<br /><br />Pr. Benjamin Tomczak<br />www.stmarklutheran.wordpress.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098184542827827090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780295056892403563.post-6643549622074951492010-09-21T09:33:08.038-07:002010-09-21T09:33:08.038-07:00I am going to sound like I am Orthodox.*
The Orth...I am going to sound like I am Orthodox.*<br /><br />The Orthodox still hold on to scripture and tradition. (written and unwritten)The Orthodox fear is the innovation begets innovation and so on. In some cases this fear seems to be born out. The man innovation of the RC church, the problems in the various Lutheran churches, and the continued splintering of the Protestant churches. They will point to Scripture alone as the chief problem, not that scripture is the problem, but the continual reinterpretation of scripture is the heart and soul of the missteps the church has seen, especially during the last 200 years. <br />To the Orthodox church, Luther missed an opportunity to help return it back to what it was in essence a faithful reboot and not a new version.<br /><br />The RC church continues with its own doctrinal struggles, because it has innovated so many times that it has lost sight of what it was, which is not unlike the Protestant churches. <br /><br />Hopefully the LCMS will continue to avoid innovations and remain confessional to scripture. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* I grew up Orthodox before converting to the LCMS. Darn schools :)Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592158696437870800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780295056892403563.post-73762873446112844182010-09-21T08:27:38.247-07:002010-09-21T08:27:38.247-07:00It seems that his reference to "new exegesis&...It seems that his reference to "new exegesis" allows the development of the NPP, which is the rage in many Reformed circles. Obviously when someone claims that the Reformers got it wrong on justification (i.e. Wright), that fits neatly into the Roman insistence of the same critique over the last 500 years.<br /><br />Thanks for your writings; I just discovered your blog this morning.<br /><br />RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780295056892403563.post-27682688038168152342010-09-21T03:25:11.363-07:002010-09-21T03:25:11.363-07:00Andrew- That's a good point. I would just add...Andrew- That's a good point. I would just add that Catholics have tended to move away from the reliance on unwritten tradition- although not totally. Whereas Trent suggest the "two source" theory of Scripture and Tradition, Vatican II teaches "prima scriptura." According to this theory, Scripture is not the only source of doctrine, but it's the main one and all other tradition and authority has show that there's at least some sort of basis for it (no matter how lose!) in the Bible.<br /><br />You do make a good point though about the tradition. The orthodoxy have made many good points about the innovation of papal primacy.Dr. Jack Kilcreasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362736419613180038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780295056892403563.post-64228317785663109832010-09-20T19:50:52.774-07:002010-09-20T19:50:52.774-07:00Jack,
Maybe you should add tradition and history t...Jack,<br />Maybe you should add tradition and history to your last sentence. It is more than magisterial authority and the Spirit, it is the tradition of the past that also helps the RC church maintain its claim. <br /><br />The thing the holds the Roman Catholic church back more than even Matthew 16 is its own history. It will stubbornly refuse changes because of its own weight of history. <br /><br />The Orthodox church denies that the Roman Catholic church is the church of the New Testament because it elevated the Pope and broke with that same tradition.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592158696437870800noreply@blogger.com