tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post199476525022747817..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Called Out Of ConfusionRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1877506054452223032013-02-02T12:29:50.537-05:002013-02-02T12:29:50.537-05:00Hi Annoyed -- thanks for your friendship and your ...Hi Annoyed -- thanks for your friendship and your prayers. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82049375276890027592013-02-02T12:29:05.774-05:002013-02-02T12:29:05.774-05:00Thanks Andrew. I do have some trouble keeping up w...Thanks Andrew. I do have some trouble keeping up with all the comments coming from over there; the email subscriptions to the comments are helpful; I try to read all the comments that are addressed to me, and to respond to most of them, but I don't read some of the other conversations. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-48587532878699074352013-02-02T11:52:49.438-05:002013-02-02T11:52:49.438-05:00Many of your articles played a significant role in...<i>Many of your articles played a significant role in helping bring me back from the brink, and I am very grateful for your research, experience and insight.</i><br /><br />John, for every person who personally thanks you for your apologetical efforts, there are many more who've also been blessed but haven't had the courage or time to thank you. I'm sure I'm not the only one who praises God for you efforts and diligence. From me and the others who feel the same way, Thank You for defending and preserving the true and pure (undiluted) gracious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We pray God's blessing to continue upon you, your wife and the rest of your family!ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-22501378139383609742013-02-01T14:43:44.813-05:002013-02-01T14:43:44.813-05:00Having followed the debate with CtC for a while th...Having followed the debate with CtC for a while there's a sense in which it's a bit dizzying. And keeping up with combox is a real chore. <br /><br />Yet a few days ago I was reading the comments on a recent post over at Greenbaggins and (once again!) Stellman was waxing wise about the epistemic conditions of God speaking; unless interpretation of Scripture is divinely protected under certain conditions all we can have is mere fallible human opinion. Grasping what this claim means and what it entails, that anyone could find the CtC proposal appealing is incredible. Called to Communion is smoke and mirrors. <br /><br />John, thanks for your continued writing on this issue. <br />Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700593764042418061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-15500206238810420182013-02-01T14:39:15.811-05:002013-02-01T14:39:15.811-05:00Hi SamWise, there have been a number of the kinds ...Hi SamWise, there have been a number of the kinds of movements that you discuss. I'm quite convinced that moving closer to Rome (without them swallowing you) is impossible. I've got a blog post sort-of together, that I hope to put up tomorrow, that attempts to put that into perspective.<br /><br />Meanwhile the "ancient faith" really is the New Testament faith. I'm more convinced of it all the time. The notion of a "monarchical bishop" (over the various churches of a whole city) may have been useful in combating second century heresies, but it was neither "divinely commissioned), nor "of the permanent structure of the church", nor useful after the point when corruptions crept in. <br /><br />The Reformers were right to throw it off. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-55582371398215508462013-02-01T11:14:30.552-05:002013-02-01T11:14:30.552-05:00Thanks for this explanation of the glosses! I thou...Thanks for this explanation of the glosses! I thought these were a little too air tight. I too saw how Calvin and Luther went back to the originals and found more agreement with the Rule of Faith than the Medieval Theology.<br /><br />I wanted to raise another trap that I have also seen, the so-called "Anglo-Catholic" movement. I was initially pulled into what I thought was a "Reformed" Anglican movement. When I tried to meet pastors, I came across one that a friend of mine was now attending (he had changed from being an PCA Elder to this "Anglo-Catholic" church). <br /><br />I went with him for Ash Wednesday service and I overheard the "pastor" talking about a shrine to Mary that they kept in the basement. I confirmed this with a Diocese leader that this pastor had been a RC Priest before so this made more sense to me. <br /><br />In England, a special Diocese has been cotemplated by the Pope as a refuge for the Anglo-Catholics there. The last straw for me was when reading a magazine from one of their Anglo-Catholic Seminaries, they were advertising courses on higher criticism (in complete support of it!). I was devasted and felt deceived!<br /><br />Having a desire to have an "Ancient Faith" that is connected to the early church has sometimes pulled me dangerously close to the Road to Rome. I have to remember that the RC has been high-jacked by scholastics and the MariansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-42510793112050161102013-02-01T11:11:49.774-05:002013-02-01T11:11:49.774-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com