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Showing posts with label Protestant Reformation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protestant Reformation. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Who Are Anabaptists to Ask?
Surely, they don't still hold on to the belief that they are in continuity with the early Church in doctrine or authority?
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
How Many Protestant Denominations Have Already Substituted Liberalism and Feminism for the Gospel?
Reformation Day can be a reminder that our God is a God who speaks, a God who offers his Word as a bridge to his world. https://t.co/fZuzdoa4YC
— First Things (@firstthingsmag) November 1, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Fifty years ago today Pope Saint Paul VI canonized the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. May they pray for the Church in Britain, that in all its undertaking it may be unswervingly faithful to Christ and the Church, and to the enduring legacy of their blood. pic.twitter.com/4gTa2MsJYj
— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) October 25, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Classical Liberalism?
Or is the author of Politics After Christendom is just endorsing Protestant toleration of non-Protestant Christian sects? Maybe the reviewer is projecting too much of his own liberalism onto the author.
Public Discourse
Book might be worth checking it. I disagree that the Noahic covenant is a fundamental foundation of understanding political authority and that Christendom was a problem. Christian Empire, especially with the patriarch of Rome as a competitor, was a problem.
Related:
Politics After the Noahic Covenant? by John Shelton
Reformed Forum Podcast
(Youtube)
Reformed Faith and Practice review
Office Hours podcast
The New Geneva Podcast
Mere Fidelity Podcast
Review by Justin Hawkins
Review by Brian K. Miller
“Conservative Liberalism” after Christendom https://t.co/RUVefDjC1k
— Public Discourse (@PublicDiscourse) October 12, 2020
Public Discourse
Book might be worth checking it. I disagree that the Noahic covenant is a fundamental foundation of understanding political authority and that Christendom was a problem. Christian Empire, especially with the patriarch of Rome as a competitor, was a problem.
Related:
Politics After the Noahic Covenant? by John Shelton
Reformed Forum Podcast
(Youtube)
Reformed Faith and Practice review
Office Hours podcast
The New Geneva Podcast
Mere Fidelity Podcast
Review by Justin Hawkins
Review by Brian K. Miller
Saturday, September 26, 2020
Hm. Anabaptists...
We've seen all this before: In 1534, a violent gang of radical Anabaptists seized control of Münster and announced they were building Heaven on earth. My look at some parallels to the current American scene, today in @EpochTimes:https://t.co/nTnbasXIDh
— Joseph Bottum (@JosephBottum) September 25, 2020
Did you catch @albertmohler's interview with Joseph Bottum on this topic?https://t.co/SruGyz6ocK
— ⋊ sternfels ⋉ (@cfbearden) September 25, 2020
Just earlier this week we got a civic nationalists who believes in American exceptionalism comparing the Woke to Apostolic Christians who purged classical civilization.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
City of God Podcast with Joseph Bottum
Ours is an angry age. It's characterized by what Roger Scruton called "ressentiment" (resentment).
— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) August 27, 2020
In a new episode of City of God with Joseph Bottum, we consider the spirit of the age.
Listen: https://t.co/xvNKbCimLl
Subscribe: https://t.co/F0UIaXHPOE pic.twitter.com/7ltRBHj1ck
City of God
Monday, August 24, 2020
What Is the Source of the New Woke Religion?
Protestant Christianity? Secularized Yankee culture? Something else?
At the moment I am dubious of genealogies that put the blame on American Protestant culture, even if such a polemic is convenient for Latin apologists.
Spiked
A discussion by two NuAmericans:
At the moment I am dubious of genealogies that put the blame on American Protestant culture, even if such a polemic is convenient for Latin apologists.
This interview with @JosephBottum is one of the best analysis of wokeness-as-religion I've read.
— Nathan Taylor (@ntaylor963) August 22, 2020
In particular, how demise of Protestantism led to transferring religious passions out of churches, and into the political realm.https://t.co/WM8JBH1Wcl pic.twitter.com/q7Pagq7XQW
Spiked
A discussion by two NuAmericans:
How Much Self-Disgust Can a Nation Sustain? - The Wisdom of Crowds Newsletter https://t.co/Ib9hRvCaKe
— University Bookman (@ubookman) August 23, 2020
Monday, August 17, 2020
Recusant Culture
An archaeologist helping restore a Tudor mansion's attic expected to little of value. But he found "a veritable treasure trove of more than 2,000 items dating as far back as the 15th century," including some relating to secret practice of Catholic faith. https://t.co/Y9N1PMMH5K
— Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) August 17, 2020
Incredible news emerging from @OxburghHallNT, the ark of East Anglian Catholicism. Although if there's anywhere you'd expect to find interesting stuff stashed in the attic, it would be in the house of a recusant family... https://t.co/PqNbrkalN3
— Dr Francis Young (@DrFrancisYoung) August 17, 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Still Fighting the Reformation
Crisis: Reflections on the Protestant Revolution by Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
"Revolution" instead of "Reformation." I have heard Latin traditionalists and even some conservative Latins advocate the same thing before. Even if such rhetoric might be effective, its effectiveness would have been 500 years ago, not now, and I don't think the rhetoric would have been effective with the reformers nor with the Christians who thought they had a point. Pope Francis doesn't talk about the Protestant Revolution, and some may be critical of his overtures to Protestants. Certainly there may be excesses in his sort of ecumenism, such as meeting with female "bishops" like Antje Jackelén, the Lutheran archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, who said of Pope Francis, “Living in a single-sex environment may not make it so easy to in all aspects achieve a balanced view of humankind.”
Now his defenders will say that as the leader of the Church who is interested in ecumenism, he must maintain relations with the Lutherans, and this includes meeting with their leaders, regardless of their gender identity. The original protestors against Rome would probably be shocked by the deviations from the primitive Gospel that their various confessions have undergone. What, then, is the point of an aimless ecumenism that seeks to be friendly with all, while reconciling none? Benedict XVI was able to restore communion with traditional Anglicans, and some were hoping that there would be similar overtures to traditional Lutherans. Apostolic Christians, especially Latins, can reach out to traditional Protestants who have not traded in the Gospel for heretical liberalism, and those who are not traditional need to be evangelized or be left behind in their "town." What other action is possible? Whether the "Christian" believes in feminism, the liceity of homosexuality or same-sex marriage, abortion, fornication, or a host of other errors pertaining to the Divine Law, I don't see how they cannot be corrected. Is it an act of mercy to leave them in ignorance? But what if their ignorance is culpable?
Back to Chodakiewicz's polemic -- I don't believe the Protestants were completely wrong in their protests, and Louis Bouyer points to the fundamental intuitions which were correct in his The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism. If the Latins had not been estranged from the rest of the Church Universal, would they have been in an intellectually better state to dialogue with the Protestants, instead of enshrining scholastic theology as dogma? I do think the separation that the Apostolic Churches suffered and maintained did weaken all of them, and we should take care to heal those divisions.
Related:
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the World Communion of Reformed Churches
[B]but in the 19th century, when the study of history became professionalized, it was mostly Protestant scholars in Germany who led the way. They got to name names, including “Protestant Reformation.” The British picked it up automatically, and so did the Americans. Now it is applied universally.
And it makes sense to many. The Catholic Church is allegedly retrograde, reactionary, and incapable of change. It is only fit to launch a Counter-Reformation. Really? What of the Cluniac Reform? If we agree about the truth of this Catholic reformation, on the one hand, and the Protestant revolution on the other, we will be mentally equipped to acknowledge that what we were dealing with was not a “Catholic Counter-Reformation” but, rather, a Catholic counter-revolution. Let’s get it straight.
This is an uphill battle, but someone’s got to do it.
"Revolution" instead of "Reformation." I have heard Latin traditionalists and even some conservative Latins advocate the same thing before. Even if such rhetoric might be effective, its effectiveness would have been 500 years ago, not now, and I don't think the rhetoric would have been effective with the reformers nor with the Christians who thought they had a point. Pope Francis doesn't talk about the Protestant Revolution, and some may be critical of his overtures to Protestants. Certainly there may be excesses in his sort of ecumenism, such as meeting with female "bishops" like Antje Jackelén, the Lutheran archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, who said of Pope Francis, “Living in a single-sex environment may not make it so easy to in all aspects achieve a balanced view of humankind.”
Now his defenders will say that as the leader of the Church who is interested in ecumenism, he must maintain relations with the Lutherans, and this includes meeting with their leaders, regardless of their gender identity. The original protestors against Rome would probably be shocked by the deviations from the primitive Gospel that their various confessions have undergone. What, then, is the point of an aimless ecumenism that seeks to be friendly with all, while reconciling none? Benedict XVI was able to restore communion with traditional Anglicans, and some were hoping that there would be similar overtures to traditional Lutherans. Apostolic Christians, especially Latins, can reach out to traditional Protestants who have not traded in the Gospel for heretical liberalism, and those who are not traditional need to be evangelized or be left behind in their "town." What other action is possible? Whether the "Christian" believes in feminism, the liceity of homosexuality or same-sex marriage, abortion, fornication, or a host of other errors pertaining to the Divine Law, I don't see how they cannot be corrected. Is it an act of mercy to leave them in ignorance? But what if their ignorance is culpable?
Back to Chodakiewicz's polemic -- I don't believe the Protestants were completely wrong in their protests, and Louis Bouyer points to the fundamental intuitions which were correct in his The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism. If the Latins had not been estranged from the rest of the Church Universal, would they have been in an intellectually better state to dialogue with the Protestants, instead of enshrining scholastic theology as dogma? I do think the separation that the Apostolic Churches suffered and maintained did weaken all of them, and we should take care to heal those divisions.
Related:
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the World Communion of Reformed Churches
Friday, April 10, 2020
UU "History"
Unitarian Universalists... did the authors consult any reputable historians before pushing out an article like this? They should have consulted non-Western Christians as well.
‘This present paradise’ by Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Parker
For almost 1,000 years, the Christian church emphasized paradise, not Crucifixion. How Christianity took a disastrous turn, and how we can rediscover paradise today.
They distort the Gospel to a message of self-actualization, self-divinization.
The Kingdom is at hand. But this world is not the Kingdom. The Kingdom replaces this world.
Even Latin Christianity still affirms life; orthodox Christianity recognizes that Christ gives life by destroying death with the cross, but it also recognizes that the waves of sin is death. Do the Unitarians have any understanding of sin? Or of a God who is distinct from us? While some Latins may think of heaven as a completely separate reality, not all do.
If they think that popular Latin Christianity has been wrong, then they should look to other forms of Apostolic Christianity. But they're more interested in "debunking" Christianity in favor of their man-made religion than in Christ, who was just another wise human teacher anyways.
‘This present paradise’ by Rita Nakashima Brock, Rebecca Parker
For almost 1,000 years, the Christian church emphasized paradise, not Crucifixion. How Christianity took a disastrous turn, and how we can rediscover paradise today.
They distort the Gospel to a message of self-actualization, self-divinization.
Nearly everything we had previously understood about Christian history, theology, and ritual began to shift as we delved deeper into the meaning of paradise. Our new book, Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire, reaches back nearly four thousand years to explore how the ancient people of West Asia imagined paradise. It shows how the Bible’s Hebrew prophets invoked the Garden of Eden to challenge the exploitation and carnage of empires. It shows how Jesus’s teachings and the practices of the early church affirmed life in this world as the place of salvation. Within their church communities, Christians in the first millennium sought to help life flourish in the face of imperial power, violence, and death.
The Kingdom is at hand. But this world is not the Kingdom. The Kingdom replaces this world.
What led Western Christianity to replace resurrection and life with a Crucifixion-centered salvation and to relegate paradise to a distant afterlife?
Even Latin Christianity still affirms life; orthodox Christianity recognizes that Christ gives life by destroying death with the cross, but it also recognizes that the waves of sin is death. Do the Unitarians have any understanding of sin? Or of a God who is distinct from us? While some Latins may think of heaven as a completely separate reality, not all do.
If they think that popular Latin Christianity has been wrong, then they should look to other forms of Apostolic Christianity. But they're more interested in "debunking" Christianity in favor of their man-made religion than in Christ, who was just another wise human teacher anyways.
Wednesday, December 06, 2017
Was würde Luther tun?
Beim Konzert der lutherischen geistlichen Musik gab es heute eine junge, brünette Frau im Chor, die war eine Ablenkung. Sie trug schwarz wie alle anderen auch, aber ihr kurzes Kleid war für den Club passender als die Musikhalle oder Kirche. Ihr Verhalten erinnerte mich an Taylor Swift oder ein Importmodell.
Das Publikum bestand, wie immer, hauptsächlich aus älteren Leuten, aber da war eine junge, brünette Frau, die auffiel, weil sie strickte und einen Schal trug.
Was für ein Kontrast!
Der Priester merkte an, dass die Musik katholischer sei als das, was heutzutage oft während der katholischen Messe gesungen wird.
Würde Luther sich mit den Lutheranern von heute identifizieren?
Beim Konzert der lutherischen geistlichen Musik gab es heute eine junge, brünette Frau im Chor, die war eine Ablenkung. Sie trug schwarz wie alle anderen auch, aber ihr kurzes Kleid war für den Club passender als die Musikhalle oder Kirche. Ihr Verhalten erinnerte mich an Taylor Swift oder ein Importmodell.
Das Publikum bestand, wie immer, hauptsächlich aus älteren Leuten, aber da war eine junge, brünette Frau, die auffiel, weil sie strickte und einen Schal trug.
Was für ein Kontrast!
Der Priester merkte an, dass die Musik katholischer sei als das, was heutzutage oft während der katholischen Messe gesungen wird.
Würde Luther sich mit den Lutheranern von heute identifizieren?
Saturday, October 28, 2017
The Protestant Reformation Led to the Rise of Feminism?
A link suggeted by Amy Welborn: Women and the Protestant Reformation
Luther and the Reformers went to war against the evangelical counsels as ideals and as the core of a vowed, religious life. Every woman—it was assumed—was meant for marriage, children, and homemaking.
Luther and the Reformers went to war against the evangelical counsels as ideals and as the core of a vowed, religious life. Every woman—it was assumed—was meant for marriage, children, and homemaking.
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