tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post391639475153711345..comments2023-04-02T07:03:21.099-05:00Comments on Principium Unitatis: Fr. Jeffrey Steel jumps into the TiberBryan Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-52274731681127187762009-06-09T10:22:03.243-05:002009-06-09T10:22:03.243-05:00Hello Joel,
Thanks for your comment. I said "...Hello Joel,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. I said "former Covenant Theological Seminary student" because that was my connection to Jeffrey. I have a deep respect and affection for the CTS community, both my brothers there and the faculty. They were so generous with me, and exceptionally gracious, and infectiously passionate in their love for Christ. I still consider them *my* community, my brothers and mentors. So it gives me a great deal of joy when any of them are received into full communion with the Church, and in that way we are thereby brought into in full communion with each other, able to partake of the "one bread".<br /><br />When men of the sort that were in my classes at CTS are reconciled to the Church, the results are going to surprise a lot of Catholics, because it is going to revitalize the Church. These men are like the ecclesial version of the Marines. When they're grafted back in, after 500 years of separation, fasten your seatbelt.<br /><br />In the peace of Christ,<br /><br />- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-7356307305074846832009-06-09T09:42:50.222-05:002009-06-09T09:42:50.222-05:00Dear Bryan,
I was happy to stumble upon your blog...Dear Bryan,<br /><br />I was happy to stumble upon your blog. I like to track, as much as possible, the lives and ministers of Covenant Seminary graduates.<br /><br />A few people must have hit on this post--through "blog searches", Google alerts, etc--as I've been asked about the opening statement.<br /><br />I wonder why you didn't post it as, "Reformed Theological Seminary graduate..." instead of "a former CTS student..." I was just curious. <br /><br />Thanks for the clarification further down that Jeffrey was an RTS graduate. <br /><br />Blessings to the both of you.<br /><br />Joel HathawayBLokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461451560279256559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-42094635460938517132009-06-07T13:51:57.826-05:002009-06-07T13:51:57.826-05:00Jeffrey,
I am very happy for you, more than I can...Jeffrey,<br /><br />I am very happy for you, more than I can say. I've been reading your blog for quite a while now, and it was getting to the point where I couldn't see anything of doctrinal substance that prevented your reconciliation with the Holy See. I commend you for the careful way you have studied this question. What happened at Lambeth last year seemed to add some urgency to your investigation. But when you made the trip the Rome recently, I was hoping that this would help you make this decision. (It is not all intellectual, as you know.) You and your family will remain in our prayers. I hope that at some point you collect your thoughts and write out this story. I'd love to read it, and I'm sure it would benefit many others as well, who are groping along the same path. <br /><br />Welcome home. <br /><br />Χριστὸς δὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ: <b>οὗ οἶκός ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς</b> (Heb 3:6)<br /><br />In the peace of Christ,<br /><br />- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-13860982565862731042009-06-07T13:01:58.249-05:002009-06-07T13:01:58.249-05:00Brian,
Thanks for the plug and we really need the...Brian,<br /><br />Thanks for the plug and we really need the prayers. It is a huge relief to finally be able to come out with this after a couple of months work behind the scenes. We are to be received very soon and we will be moving to London, Westminster Archdiocese. We need jobs, home, etc so please do pray and I hope and trust all your readers will as well. It was strange to sing the solemn Mass today (which is from the Roman Missal here) and take off my chasuble and wonder when or if I will put it on again. I will eventually enter the discernment process for priesthood but after I settle a bit first. <br /><br />Thank you for your prayers and it is so good to be in touch after so long!! It seems like forever since Covenant days. Sort of like a fog really.Jeffrey Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10729376635331369442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-46245685667055320572009-06-07T12:35:29.973-05:002009-06-07T12:35:29.973-05:00We were both students at Covenant Theological Semi...We were both students at Covenant Theological Seminary at the same time, in 1995. He went on to Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS), where he graduated in 1998.<br /><br />In the peace of Christ,<br /><br />- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938983304459855111.post-34129057462902403772009-06-07T10:00:23.318-05:002009-06-07T10:00:23.318-05:00Whoa. Did you ever have him for class?Whoa. Did you ever have him for class?qualiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814080640963756704noreply@blogger.com