This idea sounds like something that's probably impossible to implement, but I agree that it would certainly be helpful. I'm somewhat unfamiliar...
Do Calvinists agree with this? John 3:5 doesn't refer to baptism by water? That's news to me.
In the Christian mystical tradition, one's love of God is sacrificial in nature. Mystical love is characterized by self-abnegation. Says Meister...
I've heard good things about The Orthodox Study Bible and it's been on my Amazon shopping list for a while. I already have three bibles, though...
That's too bad. He was a fine debater. His theology was frequently in conflict with mine and many other posters', but I'm of the mind that any...
Did Charlie leave? That would be a shame, if so. I wanted to ask him if the absence of a Christian baptism was a visible means of determining...
This concise and fascinating treatise on mysticism stands as probably the finest synthesis of Neoplatonist philosophy and Christian thought,...
Ah. I'm not familiar with any of those theologians, actually, except for Kierkegaard. But I see what Charlie meant now.
Thanks, Charlie. I'm sorry if it may not've been entirely clear: I'm not an Anglican, nor do I claim to be. I'm an apostate from the Roman...
The "deliberate turning away from God" that I mentioned was the (figurative) Adam's. The allegory is, of course, referring to our nature, which is...
I agree with you up to a point. Creeds are indeed "dependent on and ought to be corrected by Scripture," but the purpose of any council which...
Understood now. I read you wrong. You said this: In regard to Origen's allegorical method of interpretation, take a look at modern...
I think you’re trying to establish a connection that isn’t there. Which portion of scripture did Origen use the allegorical method to arrive at...
Thank you both for the links. Just to make it clear, though: the deeper meaning revealed by an allegorical reading of Adam & Eve is not “abusive,...
I would say the Creed, for one, compels to us to believe in things like the Virginity of Mary or the Resurrection of Christ. Just to point it out...
Right. Origen was condemned for universalism; he was not condemned for his allegorical reading of Genesis, which is the stated topic here. You...
Well, as far as I know the story of the Three Little Pigs isn't making an allegorical statment about anything metaphysical (correct me if I am...
Again, though, I'd like to know how the accusation of "neo-orthodoxy" could possibly apply to Origen, or to any of the other Church Fathers who...
I'm very disappointed that I didn't get Origen or St. Clement of Alexandria. I'm not a big admirer of St. Jerome. I blame the survey. Also, I...
Not to put too fine a point on it, but: pretty much everything. I don’t know about you, but the story fairly screams “myth” as far as I'm...