tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post2345303074340013324..comments2024-02-27T06:42:59.658-08:00Comments on Assembly Quest: Primerclumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-13126788134832728892013-12-27T12:32:19.359-08:002013-12-27T12:32:19.359-08:00"Superstition is not Faith" is a tremend..."Superstition is not Faith" is a tremendous read. Darby's comments nearly bring tears to one's eyes when you read so simply and clearly put, the realities of scriptural Christian position, contrasted with the intervening constructions of man's own devising.<br />True Christian position has been almost entirely obscured in our day, so that there is no interest even, just a Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410710374086733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-45624491663699978422010-03-06T15:15:45.381-08:002010-03-06T15:15:45.381-08:00The Catholic, on the other hand, conditioned as he...The Catholic, on the other hand, conditioned as he is (for better or worse) by his basic outlook (salvation as familial participation in Christ), identifies and interprets the word of God according to the teaching of the Church, and believes that to contradict the Church is to contradict Christ, and to leave the Church is to leave Christ, since the Church is the Body and Bride of Christ, who is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-28316030011372370162010-03-06T15:14:12.894-08:002010-03-06T15:14:12.894-08:00That was a good, and lengthy, conversation. The wa...That was a good, and lengthy, conversation. The way I like it.<br /><br />It should be pointed out, in relation to my last comment, that I do appreciate the "fellowship" that one finds at a Brethren assembly, as well as other Protestant gatherings, including the fellowship with one another expressed in sharing the memorial bread and wine.<br /><br />My concern is not so much with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-19538374563021132942010-03-06T12:35:43.729-08:002010-03-06T12:35:43.729-08:00Andrew, interesting comments, and i'll be mul...Andrew, interesting comments, and i'll be mulling those over.<br /><br />I haven't forgotten our conversation at St. Mike's. I think there is more than one paradigm shift between Darbyism and Catholicism, but I know we're in agreement on that. <br /><br />I spent some time deciding whether to post that one link. As I [tried to say], it's a very important paper, but his clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-76496580043765057772010-03-06T10:18:41.306-08:002010-03-06T10:18:41.306-08:00One thing to keep in mind when comparing Darbyism ...One thing to keep in mind when comparing Darbyism to Catholicism is that the Catholic Church thinks of salvation fundamentally in terms of participation, communion and family: The Mass is a participation in the heavenly liturgy (Rev 4 and 5), wherein the Lamb of God is standing as though it had been slain (i.e., present as a living sacrifice), the sacraments are a participation in the life of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com