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Reformed Catholic | NAPARC | URCNA | I work in investing. I post theology, quotes, and memes. I enjoy fitness, productivity, and reading.

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I've decided to log off for the foreseeable future. I'm planning to do a deep dive into the Early Church Fathers, Protestantism, and Catholicism. My goals are to better understand my own views, the views of others, and to be open to reason in areas where I could have blind spots. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
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@BiblicalRanger Thankfully no links cause I was worried for my own accounts.
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Mason S. Craig
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@_taylor_TJ @dragodimitrov Thanks. I am genuinely curious about this topic. I will try to spark a conversation with some in-person Catholics I know.
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15 days
Yes, but *submit to what they believe* still implies a personal choice in one direction. There is some reason they are choosing RCC/EO, whether it be history, ascetic, or mere preference. One cannot make a choice devoid of one's inclinations. That's at least where I am tripped up on the matter.
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@_taylor_TJ @dragodimitrov Also, excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't a Catholic convert have to admit this as well? They as an individual, left one tradition for another because it seemed right to them?
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15 days
I would probably word it as I've chosen to be part of a tradition that, from my perspective (I know, so individualistic of me šŸ«¢), seems to contain theologians who collectively contribute to a tradition that harmonizes very well with Scripture. But, then again, I'm not going to admit it's possible I could be wrong.
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@_taylor_TJ @dragodimitrov I actually forgot what the OP was all about. I mean, I would probably put a 0 or 1 because I donā€™t think God wants us to follow an interpretation weā€™ve conjured up in our own minds.
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Mason S. Craig
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@_taylor_TJ @dragodimitrov I just read the Calvin section. It seems to me heā€™s specifically arguing for the Spirit as authenticating Scripture as Scripture which I would say is different from the idea that Protestants can come up with whatever interpretation they want.
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@_taylor_TJ @dragodimitrov I literally got Letham from you lol. What is the source on that Luther quote? I want to read the context now.
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Mason S. Craig
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@kkringlebotten @IFFFMEISTER @logos_asarkos ā€œThatā€™s exactly what I said!ā€ Is not a very convincing argument. Of course that is what one would think if one is advocating for oneā€™s view. Iā€™d that not obvious? I for one do not believe what he said and what our confession says are EXACTLY the same.
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Mason S. Craig
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@IFFFMEISTER @kkringlebotten @logos_asarkos The principle of the matter is defining a viewpoint that another person believes that they themselves would not consider to be accurate.
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Mason S. Craig
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@kkringlebotten @logos_asarkos @IFFFMEISTER Ya know how you guys donā€™t like when we use consubstantiation? Thatā€™s how it feels when given a very generic, bland answer that doesnā€™t account for the various views within the reformed tradition.
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@Young_Anglican Donā€™t forget the URCNA. šŸ˜‰
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Mason S. Craig
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The last sentence ā€œAnd this communion is not unique to the Supper but can happen in and out of it,ā€ is not something I would agree with nor would I say his presence in the supper is the same as in the Word preached. TBH, Iā€™m not interested in joining the debate. That was the whole point of my OP. To encourage camaraderie.
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Mason S. Craig
15 days
Worthless.
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Fill in the blank: Theology without humility is ____________.
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Mason S. Craig
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@Djolson No. My OP was trying to encourage unity between classic Protestant traditions.
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Mason S. Craig
15 days
These are excerpts from what is read each Sunday from our Forms and Prayers: While remaining bread and wine, these sacred elements nevertheless become so united to the reality they signify that we do not doubt, but joyfully believe, that we receive in this meal by the Spirit through faith nothing less than the crucified body and shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. *The elements are distributed, and the minister may use the formula:* The bread which we break is a communion of the body of Christ. Take, eat, remember, and believe that the body of our Lord Jesus Christ was broken for the complete forgiveness of all our sins. The cup of blessing which we bless is a communion of the blood of Christ. Take, drink, remember, and believe that the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ was shed for the complete forgiveness of all our sins.
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@Djolson Iā€™d have to say the difference in understanding predestination as well as law/gospel distinctions.
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