tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post9203066058242180901..comments2022-11-11T00:56:30.446-08:00Comments on Concordia | The Lutheran Confessions: Roundtable 3: Reader responseRev. Paul T. McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-36287425297059822762007-01-16T18:18:00.000-08:002007-01-16T18:18:00.000-08:00At the risk of turning Article I into Article VII...At the risk of turning Article I into Article VII, I will continue on the trajectory set by McCain, Weedon, and Peterson:<br /><br />The objection made to <br /><br /><i>the notion of the autonomous, independent, "free agency" view of the Church that would regard each and every local congregation as free and independent of one another</i><br /><br /> is pointing, I believe, at the curious Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730866068350157556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-33152222488497021992007-01-10T01:35:00.001-08:002007-01-10T01:35:00.001-08:00Dwight's comment reminded me of a Luther story. Th...Dwight's comment reminded me of a Luther story. The stroy goes that Luther encountered a woman who stated that she could not be saved. Luther asked her if she believed the Creed to be true, and after she stated that she did, Luther told the woman, "Woman if you believe these you are already saved." <br /><br />Back to the topic at hand. Again I agree with Dwight that the Church in her Steven G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05333100501666545305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-46122614268662184612007-01-10T01:35:00.000-08:002007-01-10T01:35:00.000-08:00Dwight's comment reminded me of a Luther story. Th...Dwight's comment reminded me of a Luther story. The stroy goes that Luther encountered a woman who stated that she could not be saved. Luther asked her if she believed the Creed to be true, and after she stated that she did, Luther told the woman, "Woman if you believe these you are already saved." <br /><br />Back to the topic at hand. Again I agree with Dwight that the Church in her Steven G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05333100501666545305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-31746388792191069532007-01-09T08:16:00.000-08:002007-01-09T08:16:00.000-08:00Dwight P posted this comment on the Roundtable dis...Dwight P posted this comment on the Roundtable discussion itself. I'm just moving it here, per list guidelines. Thanks Dwight for your contribution, PTM<br /><br />I think it important to de-psychologize the notion of "dobut": In the human condition, individuals will (and may be intended to) question. Perhaps free, willing assent can only be offered in the context of the possibility of doubt. Rev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-74486472031842131662007-01-08T10:07:00.000-08:002007-01-08T10:07:00.000-08:00In reference to believing without any doubting I t...In reference to believing without any doubting I think the intent of such a statement is captured in a comment by Hans Urs von Balthasar when he writes "...if the believer cannot at times penetrate the inner reasonableness of the free Word, nevertheless, from the sole fact that it is God speaking, he knows directly that his Word is Reason itself." Doubt is natural, but when it comes to dogma Bryce P. Wandreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022307937161388054noreply@blogger.com