tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36100279.post7623310954223799948..comments2023-11-02T06:18:52.845-05:00Comments on Past Elder : A "Quia Subscription" to TrentPast Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36100279.post-70117803072839194842008-05-19T23:36:00.000-05:002008-05-19T23:36:00.000-05:00I'm no stranger to that feeling of which has gone ...I'm no stranger to that feeling of which has gone mad, the whole world or me.<BR/><BR/>It strikes me that the revisionism that infects all our churches is largely the same.<BR/><BR/>I think indeed that as this proceeds those Orthodox who are really Orthodox, those Lutherans who are really Lutheran, and those of other Christian confessions who really confess those confessions, will find ourselves much closer to each other than to the common revisionists we all face.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your visit to my blog!Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36100279.post-10335295025017432122008-05-19T14:00:00.000-05:002008-05-19T14:00:00.000-05:00****"And I'd say we both know, and if we don't we'...****"And I'd say we both know, and if we don't we'd better start, that in the end we now face the same ultimate opponent regardless of uniform more than each other."*****<BR/><BR/>When I was a Lutheran (ELCA) and almost a Roman Catholic and this became so crystal clear, (BTW, one doesn't need a whole lot of theological sophistication to know that you can't call arbitrarily decide at some point in time to call something white that has always been called black. Period....<BR/><BR/>There is no one who wants to listen, or worse...thinks it matters.<BR/>Besides, they say, if it was as serious as you are trying to say, then why haven't those in charge seen it.<BR/><BR/>Some days you wonder if the whole world has gone mad, or if maybe you, yourself have gone mad,.....<BR/>There are precious few other explanations (I have completely run dry of possible reasons) as to why this has gone on so long and continues to go on and go even farther day after day... and no one even questions.<BR/><BR/>As a Lutheran, I remember asking about being in full communion with a denomination that denies the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist...an got blank stares, at all levels....as if no one knew what I was talking about, or worse, why I would rock the ecumenical boat over such a small thing.isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197570185780850236noreply@blogger.com