LDT, the Catholic Church... where to start? Bishop Strickland is Bishop Emeritus because this pope kicked him out. Bishop Strickland had one glaring flaw, he didn't buy the hierarchical crap and he called a spade a spade, believing the Bible over that of a leftist ideologue who wears a funny hat. Strickland would have made a great Protes…
LDT, the Catholic Church... where to start? Bishop Strickland is Bishop Emeritus because this pope kicked him out. Bishop Strickland had one glaring flaw, he didn't buy the hierarchical crap and he called a spade a spade, believing the Bible over that of a leftist ideologue who wears a funny hat. Strickland would have made a great Protestant. Having said that, I can't denounce the Catholic Church. Our preacher was asleep at the wheel when the Roe decision came down, and only later admitted that the Catholic response to Roe had put him to shame. He later went to jail during Operation Rescue and never lost his respect for the initial Catholic reaction to the Supreme Court decision to declare as legal the extermination of unborn human beings.
As an aside to Strickland's critique of Jesuits, the late Francis Canavan stands tall. He wrote three books on the philosophy of Edmund Burke, and Canavan's "The Pluralist Game" should be required reading for all socialists.
And doctrine, oh my. It's a long list. But I'm wrestling with the notion of doctrine in the context of I Timothy 6:3, "the doctrine which accords with godliness." And what is the "mystery of godliness? as outlined in 3:16? Turns out that Catholic doctrine, and Baptist doctrine, and acapella Church of Christ doctrine all pass the Timothy 3:16 test. What role does conscience play? Good question. Will get back to you on that...
I am Anglican... North American, not CofE. Yes, and what constitutes godliness? Who determines what is godly? Man or God? I believe God does, not man. Man can get it wrong, even the best of us. God is completely holy, righteous and true.
Agree. Our job is humility. His job is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Which is what makes the first line of 3:16 so incredible: "God was manifested in the flesh..." More than my poor brain can comprehend, and yet, I believe it with my whole heart, with tears...
LDT, the Catholic Church... where to start? Bishop Strickland is Bishop Emeritus because this pope kicked him out. Bishop Strickland had one glaring flaw, he didn't buy the hierarchical crap and he called a spade a spade, believing the Bible over that of a leftist ideologue who wears a funny hat. Strickland would have made a great Protestant. Having said that, I can't denounce the Catholic Church. Our preacher was asleep at the wheel when the Roe decision came down, and only later admitted that the Catholic response to Roe had put him to shame. He later went to jail during Operation Rescue and never lost his respect for the initial Catholic reaction to the Supreme Court decision to declare as legal the extermination of unborn human beings.
As an aside to Strickland's critique of Jesuits, the late Francis Canavan stands tall. He wrote three books on the philosophy of Edmund Burke, and Canavan's "The Pluralist Game" should be required reading for all socialists.
And doctrine, oh my. It's a long list. But I'm wrestling with the notion of doctrine in the context of I Timothy 6:3, "the doctrine which accords with godliness." And what is the "mystery of godliness? as outlined in 3:16? Turns out that Catholic doctrine, and Baptist doctrine, and acapella Church of Christ doctrine all pass the Timothy 3:16 test. What role does conscience play? Good question. Will get back to you on that...
I am Anglican... North American, not CofE. Yes, and what constitutes godliness? Who determines what is godly? Man or God? I believe God does, not man. Man can get it wrong, even the best of us. God is completely holy, righteous and true.
Agree. Our job is humility. His job is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Which is what makes the first line of 3:16 so incredible: "God was manifested in the flesh..." More than my poor brain can comprehend, and yet, I believe it with my whole heart, with tears...