tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post1234962219664647563..comments2023-04-02T07:03:21.099-05:00Comments on Principium Unitatis: What Is the True Church? Part 1Bryan Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-52856974007803893902008-05-23T21:32:00.000-05:002008-05-23T21:32:00.000-05:00Excellent excellent post Cross (thanks for the lin...Excellent excellent post Cross (thanks for the link to the audio series).<BR/><BR/> The point that you make concerning the foundational starting platforms that people utilize when debating an issue is right on the mark. I always find it interesting how many times even well trained scholars fall into this pit when evaluating a theory (i.e, just about everyone who reviews Barth for the first time). <BR/><BR/> The analysis you give regarding the marks of the Church between the Catholic and Reformed is a penetrating one. <BR/><BR/> Just want to add that the charge of Gnosticism has also been leveled against the Protestants under the Sanctum rubric. The Eclessia Catholica has viewed the physical world (and elements contained therein) as proper vehicles of grace (not on their own account but by the power of the Triune God). Protestants look askance at such definitions of the channels of Grace (and thus are charged with the Gnostic duality of corrupt physical matter and the superiority of the good spiritual things). <BR/><BR/> I remember once attending a Reformed service and in their book of confessions they had the word "catholic" with a line running through it (in the Nicene Creed). I asked one of the elders what this meant and his response was that since the Catholic Church was basically lost for 1500 years before Luther they did not want to ally themselves with that apostate body (in contrast to this line of thought St. Augustine warned us of the schismatics who could only be found in small particular geographic locations). <BR/><BR/> Apostolicam: The fragmenation and theological degradation that is attacking our Protestant brethren (such as in the Anglican churches) is a sad commentary on the consequence of rejecting the monolithic voices of our fathers. <BR/>_____________<BR/><BR/>R.E. Aguirre<BR/> regulafide.blogspot.comR. E. Aguirre.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03462109808396671690noreply@blogger.com