tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post6492465366098661588..comments2023-04-02T07:03:21.099-05:00Comments on Principium Unitatis: The Stone CasterBryan Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-76721655450711220002008-05-18T15:47:00.000-05:002008-05-18T15:47:00.000-05:00Thanks R.E. Insofar as Donatism fails to recognize...Thanks R.E. <BR/><BR/>Insofar as Donatism fails to recognize the *sacramentality* of ordination, and insofar as <A HREF="http://principiumunitatis.blogspot.com/2007/10/sacramentally-grounded-authority-vs.html" REL="nofollow">my argument</A> is correct that there is no principled middle position between sacramental magisterial authority on the one hand, and individualism on the other hand, Donatism must eventually collapse into individualism. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>In the peace of Christ on this Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity,<BR/><BR/>- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-3972834772759696272008-05-17T23:26:00.000-05:002008-05-17T23:26:00.000-05:00Bryan, this is a fascinating observation about the...Bryan, this is a fascinating observation about the Donatistic way people think about their church. It is indeed very common in American "Evangelicalism". But not just the moderns have a penchant for this type of thinking as St. Augustine records for us, the battles he had in his time contra the Donatists. <BR/><BR/> On a related note, I once heard of an entire congregation that split off from the OPC Protestant denomination over the interpretation of the "24 hour literalness" of the creation days in the Genesis account. In a way this is hyper-Donatism gone wild and is a tragic commentary on the (a)historicity in the minds of Christians today.<BR/>_____________________<BR/><BR/>R.E Aguirre<BR/>- regulafide.blogspot.comR. E. Aguirre.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03462109808396671690noreply@blogger.com