Posted on 08/06/2008 8:58:59 AM PDT by koinonia
“faith without works is dead.” (James 2:20). I don’t believe that Sola fide is biblical. As men of faith, we have to strive to enter by the narrow gate for, as Jesus said, not all who say Lord, Lord shall enter (cf. Luke 13:23-28).
In his NAME...
That's whay the Church taught and still teaches 2,000 years later. We can't simply "accept" Jesus and get a limo ride to heaven.
Thank you for sharing your beliefs. I am sorry if I sound harsh sometimes. If we are all sinners we cannot judge others. It would be like a child molester calling a rapist "criminal."
We all go through the stage of religious pride, especially when some things are revealed to us. It is energizing and even exhilarating. It's also a gift and some people use their blessings for the evil while others for the good in God's name. Hopefully we will all learn to do the latter.
All the best to you.
Yancy is a post-modern Evangelical which is essentially a subjectivist theology that denies one can make propositional statements (i.e. Negative theology).
When that happens atonement theories become irrelevant and subjective naval gazing become the norm for ethics.
Yancy is a Greek Christian dressed in Protestant clothing.
Thanks for the info on Yancey. In the original article he quotes a subjectivist Catholic theologian too, Fr. Karl Rahner--from what I understand, he is pretty much the "father of modernism and subjectivism" in Catholic circles today.
Nonetheless, without diminishing the importance of our redemption in Christ, some of Yancey's points taken from John Duns Scotus are worth reflecting upon. A Christ centered universe before the foundations of the world, even if Adam had not sinned, is not only not contrary to the Bible, but can even be said to be very biblical (Ephesians 1:3-12; Colossians 1:15-20; etc.).
At any rate, this sinner needs Christ as Redeemer and reflecting upon God's loving and merciful plan for me and all the world in Christ has never been a waste of time. God bless you.
I’ve run into that same arguement from one FR O’Keefe in an article I read somewhere. Don’t know much about Scotus. If the main assertion is, as I read it, that the Incarnation is an actual ontological fact throughout history then I believe we would face some real difficult theological challenges. Perhaps a different categorical claim could be made.
Thanks for writing. Grace to you.
So any position he holds is going to be far from the likes of Blessed John Duns Scotus, St. Francis de Sales, or St. Lawrence of Brindisi who at least believed that Jesus was God and that he redeemed us from our sins.
I didn’t see that in the article I read but that is scary!
Perhaps it’s another “Fr. O’Keefe”? But here’s the link to the article I found (definitely not promoting this one): http://www.catholica.com.au/forum/forum_entry.php?id=15341
Maybe we should post this one on FR and see the reaction ;-) Praise God there are still believers out there in spite of the nonsense!
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