tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post3772571292478099340..comments2023-11-05T01:28:27.551-07:00Comments on Theology of Andrew: The Faillure of Anglicanism: Papists & PuritansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-84900826496294726492010-05-17T19:33:29.284-07:002010-05-17T19:33:29.284-07:00The best argument against Presbyterianism is the C...The best argument against Presbyterianism is the Council of Trent. How much better can you get than an official anathema?<br /><br />Also, I object to the idea that sola Scriptura is equivalent to private interpretation. As Michael Horton has written:<br /><br />"The Latin slogan [sola Scriptura] means “by Scripture alone,” not “Scripture alone” (solo Scriptura). For example, both Lutheran and Reformed churches regard the ecumenical creeds, along with their own confessions and catechisms, as authoritative and binding summaries of Scripture, to which they are all subordinate. We accept these statements because they summarize biblical teaching, not on the basis of the church’s authority. The key difference is that whereas the Roman Catholic view treats the church’s authority as magisterial (sovereign), churches of the Reformation view it as ministerial (subordinate to Christ’s scriptural Word)."M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-66532883419928297922010-05-17T18:40:43.293-07:002010-05-17T18:40:43.293-07:00I don't think I really ever had "inquiry&...I don't think I really ever had "inquiry" proper into another faith, I just despised Catholicism and came up with an argument against reason, and then used Fideism and attacks on Catholicism to defend a position which itself was logically untenable.<br /><br />I forgot to include all the arguments from the Papal Bull Apostolicae Curae, which I found convincing for why Anglicanism does not have apostolic succession. Even the Orthodox don't accept Anglican orders as valid, and they have every reason to. That was a major point, how could one reside in a communion which might not have valid communion.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752373297874435269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-91850017992000605582010-05-17T16:49:52.201-07:002010-05-17T16:49:52.201-07:00As a Catholic, I don't endorse blind obedience...As a Catholic, I don't endorse blind obedience or stopping inquiry prematurely because one is afraid of where it leads. At the same time, it is great for Peter to say to the Lord, "where would we go? you have the words of eternal life!"Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262662173303042998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970772341265505777.post-71793616448909485992010-05-17T13:44:58.391-07:002010-05-17T13:44:58.391-07:00I find this more convincing than your last post. Y...I find this more convincing than your last post. Yes I did criticize you for denying Anglicanism its due last time. Partly because there is a lot good to say about Anglicanism and partly because I think its important to reject things for the right reasons.<br /><br />Although I think you are on the right track here, the Catholic churches relation to the state was a lot more than incidental during the Renaissance so I don't think that argument quite works.<br /><br />And while it is true that the church is allowed to teach and individuals ought to obey, I'd argue that the area in which the church is called to teach is somewhat circumscribed.<br /><br />Finally, I'm not sure the issue submits to a purely analytic/epistemological answer. There is a point where you are left asking yourself which church seems to me to be God's church and which others, while they may have lots of good things about them and even serve God's purposes in all sorts of ways, are not. And that answer comes more from prayer and contemplation than from hard logic.Jules Aiméhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08262535377454858987noreply@blogger.com