... Don't think we can look at it that way. Christ did *not* come, the first time, to judge the world (John 3:17). That means we remain unjudged, as there is...
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tharman32
Jan 21, 2008 12:21 am
... Pastor (sorry, the Marine in me prevents me from using your first name :) ) I certainly can't help with all your questions, but you mentioned praying to...
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Jeremy Finck
finckdaddy
Jan 21, 2008 3:04 am
Second, I hold tradition very highly, though not equal with Holy Scripture. Yes, I understand that Scripture was "handed over" (tradition) by men (the Church)...
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jan 21, 2008 3:56 am
Jon, Thanks for your note. Your reply reminds me, at least in part, of an episode of Frasier where Niles takes over Frasier's show. The first thing Niles...
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sr72000
Jan 21, 2008 4:26 am
Hi...I'm Randy, a former Lutheran seminarian, turned Orthodox a while ago. I haven't been following too closely; but it sounds like people are really...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 21, 2008 5:11 am
*Put briefly (for now), this is where the regula fidei is important and why it became important very early on. E.g., for Tertullian (to cite but one example),...
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jan 21, 2008 3:24 pm
Again briefly (breakfast on a day off for everyone, you know), look at the following (both in ANF 3): Against Praxeas, ch. 2; Prescription against Heretics,...
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jan 21, 2008 4:48 pm
Dear Randy, Yes, the BOC is a tradition. More to the point, it is a mode of interpretation (namely, a Lutheran one). I have always had difficulties with sola...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Jan 21, 2008 7:45 pm
Pr. William Weedon has been kind enough to point out to me that Lutherans make a distinction between "certainty" and "security." They say our salvation is...
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Randy Asburry
rasburry2
Jan 21, 2008 8:15 pm
Anastasia, Thanks for posting that. Pr. Weedon is correct to point out the distinction between "certainty" and "security." I had that thought at one point as I...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Jan 21, 2008 8:48 pm
Dear Randy, Conversely, the Orthodox language against "certainty" is NOT meant to attack the sufficiency and efficacy of what Jesus Christ did to save the...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 21, 2008 9:27 pm
The question should also be asked in return: what do Lutherans mean when they speak of salvation? What does the 'salvation of the whole world' entail? What...
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Randy Asburry
rasburry2
Jan 21, 2008 10:10 pm
Amen! + + + + + Rev. Randy Asburry Hope Lutheran Church St. Louis, MO mailto:r.asburry@... Blog: http://rasburrysres.blogspot.com "When...
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sr72000
Jan 22, 2008 4:30 am
Dear Constantine, Thanks for going into that a bit more...it's really hard to see when you're in the midst. I remember, even now, a conversation in the lunch...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 22, 2008 2:17 pm
*one of the guys said "No one can tell me how to interpret Scripture." I couldn't make that mesh with the confessions, which we were supposed to believe. It...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 22, 2008 4:00 pm
Justice and Mercy - With Thanks to the Pontificator<http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/justice-and-mercy-with-thanks-to-the-pontificator/> *By Fr....
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jan 22, 2008 4:13 pm
Dear Christopher, Kierkegaard and Balthasar turned me off of "systems" completely a long time ago, while still Lutheran. The problem with this approach,...
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jan 22, 2008 4:57 pm
Dear Randy, I heard much the same thing while I was at seminary and in the parish as well. On the one hand, it is not a Lutheran (i.e., according to the...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Jan 22, 2008 9:08 pm
As someone on Fr. Stephen's blog pointed, out, God's mercy and His justice aren't really to be set in opposition to one another, the way this may sound. What...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 22, 2008 11:37 pm
For those of you unaware of Anastasia's treasure trove of a blog - especially now that she is back from Greece - here is a sampling of her work there: The...
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Brian Fink
brfinkster
Jan 23, 2008 3:01 pm
You mean Pastor isnt their first name after all? Brian ... From: tharman32 <tharman32@...> To: LutheransLookingEast@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 24, 2008 3:18 pm
... *By Anastasia Theodoridis* There is a difference we shall all do well to keep in mind between seeking ... ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 24, 2008 6:14 pm
The Love of God and the Gospel of Christ<http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-love-of-god-and-the-gospel-of-christ/> by Fr. Stephen Freeman ...
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Dr. James Royal Prick...
k3n77
Jan 25, 2008 7:59 pm
This is one of the best things I have read in a long time. What a great attitude! Lord keep us from triumphalism and help us to be beacons of your light and...
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Travis (Constantine) ...
travis.stolz
Jan 28, 2008 3:03 am
Good evening, everyone. I recently asked this question of some friends and thought I would also query the list. Perhaps you have heard of the recent avalanche...
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Anastasia Theodoridis
anastasiatheo
Jan 28, 2008 3:40 am
Oh, for goodness' sake! I'm sorry, but with all due respect to Fr. John, I have very little patience with this sort of over-scrupulosity. Just pray God will...
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Rosemarie Lieffring
lieffring
Jan 28, 2008 12:04 pm
Thank you, Anastasia, I was a bit shocked by the suggestion that it could be a sin to pray for someone who is not Orthodox considering a couple of situations I...
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tharman32
Jan 28, 2008 2:23 pm
I have a question that perhaps doesn't fit but I wanted to ask the group before I bug my priest!! (not that he minds...I think :)) I have children who are...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 28, 2008 3:06 pm
http://orrologion.blogspot.com/2006/01/st-warus-varus-varys-ouaros-seven-monk.html St. Warus (Varus, Varys, Ouaros) & the Seven Monk-martyrs in Egypt (Oct. ...
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Christopher Orr
christopher3rd
Jan 28, 2008 3:12 pm
... From: David Adrian <david.adrian@...> Date: Jan 28, 2008 7:57 AM Subject: "Head of Greece's Orthodox Church Dies" To: David Adrian...
