tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1892369196498561611..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: “Metaphysical Religion” and “Becoming One with God”Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-19542144319993633312014-04-18T23:22:48.050-04:002014-04-18T23:22:48.050-04:00Obat Diabetes yes pelease The following is from a...<a href="http://obatdiabetespalingampuh994.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Obat Diabetes</a> yes pelease The following is from a popular Orthodox apologist (who no longer lets me comment on his site). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-47012384659565337112014-04-18T11:21:54.847-04:002014-04-18T11:21:54.847-04:00I say False Dionysius just to get people to look u...I say False Dionysius just to get people to look up. Historically, I think he was the pagan neoplatonist Damascius who wanted to get back at Justinian by introducing neoplatonism as Christianity. <br /><br />Another thing to consider on chain of being. The following is from a popular Orthodox apologist (who no longer lets me comment on his site). It is a perfect illustration of neoplatonism:<br /><br />***The hierarchy in its wider sense, and in particular the Bishop, is an icon that enables the person of Christ to become present in a tangible manner. Meeting the Bishop or Presbyter and even other orders of the hierarchy, is having a direct encounter with Christ.”***<br /><br />On the chain of being the higher scale mediates reality to the lower scale. This is pure neoplatonism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-5303834935746401032014-04-18T10:56:19.188-04:002014-04-18T10:56:19.188-04:00Thanks Jacob -- I understand about McCormack, but ...Thanks Jacob -- I understand about McCormack, but Horton cites him extensively in "Covenant and Salvation". I'm glad that SOMEONE is looking at that. I believe that Rome needs to be addressed at this level by Protestants who are engaged theologically.<br /><br />I've never seen anyone but you say "False Dionysius"; it's always "pseudo", but I like your designation better. People make a big deal about Aquinas being the greatest scholar of the middle ages, but he relied on a lot of forgeries, and "False Dionysius" was not the worst of them. In his defense of the papacy to the Eastern churches, he relied heavily on Gratian's "Canon Law", which in turn, was composed of about 1/3 "False Decretals" (pure forgeries). And he didn't know this on all counts. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-81195467424320358622014-04-18T10:27:32.188-04:002014-04-18T10:27:32.188-04:00Thank you for the RCC source quotes. A lot of peo...Thank you for the RCC source quotes. A lot of people think I am making this stuff up until I tell them to go read False Dionysius. I don't always agree with McCormack's Barthianism, but few Reformed people have read (and understood!) the ontological implications behind positions like he has. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com