Over at Called to Communion, there’s a really worthwhile piece up about the claim of the Catholic Church to be the Church founded by Christ. It starts out with a gem of a quote: “So we stand here and with open mouth stare heavenward and invent still other keys. Yet Christ says very clearly in… Continue reading When Will the Reformation End?
Tag: Lutheranism
Why the Liturgy Matters
I. The Liturgy and Arius I was reading a few Lutheran blogs last night to wind down from some last-minute studying for the exam I took this morning, and came across a post called “Why non-Liturgical Worship Cannot be Lutheran” by one Dr. Jack Kilcrease. His arguments are from a Lutheran standpoint, so there were… Continue reading Why the Liturgy Matters
Salvation by Faith Working in Love
Picking up where I left off yesterday, I had been talking about how Pope Benedict has argued that “Luther’s phrase, ‘faith alone’ is true, if it is not opposed to faith in charity, in love.” It’s a provocative argument from the Roman Pontiff, but one not dissimilar to Cardinal Newman’s argument that saving faith and… Continue reading Salvation by Faith Working in Love
St. Paul, Sola Fide, and OSAS
I. Paul on FaithPaul writes a lot on the neccesity of faith for salvation. Most famously, in Romans 3:28, he writes, “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.” That’s the NIV translation. The KJV translation says, “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without… Continue reading St. Paul, Sola Fide, and OSAS
Proving Too Much
David Green is, to the best of my understanding, a Hyper-Preterist, someone who believes that all of the Biblical prophesies were fulfilled by 70 A.D. with the destruction of the Temple. This includes, strangely enough, the resurrection of the body. “Futurists,” reasonably enough, point to 2 Timothy 2:16-18, but the Green’s response is that this… Continue reading Proving Too Much