You're right, although one should make a distinction between discovering a "new" truth and merely recovering something that may have gotten lost. Sometimes we get into fads and have to look to historic Christianity to correct our misunderstanding.
Of course, when people start inventing things that were never believed, never practiced, and never even dreamed of (hello gay "marriage"), that's when heresy rears its ugly head. I find it impossible to believe that Christ would abandon his Church to the extent that it would get such things TOTALLY wrong for centuries and centuries only to revivify it by some genius liberal "scholar".
I have seen this Emergent Church happening within my own church as the worship leader loves Brian Mclaren and the Emeregent movemant. It is frightening!
To those who are Evangelical Christians(not Catholic) you should be concerned about this movemant. Do some research on the internet about it and you will find some disturbing issues.
If you notice your own church starting to light candles everywhere, have a room designed for prayer with pictures to enhance your visual sense, reading the Apostle's Creed and making it your churches statement of faith when it never was before, start being accepting of other worship fellowships, not looking to the Bible as much anymore or theology anymore, but rather your own mind. This is a very new agy movemant and I want nothing to do with it. Be on your gaurd!
"I find it impossible to believe that Christ would abandon his Church to the extent that it would get such things TOTALLY wrong for centuries and centuries only to revivify it by some genius liberal "scholar"."
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JESUS never abandoned his CHURCH. It's the large institutions that have corrupted the truth to their benefit that abandoned JESUS.
BTW, The CHURCH is all those sealed by the HOLY SPIRIT, not some bricks and mortars.