To: Destro
I suppose it depends an exactly which premises of Luther's you are refering to. Most church reforms recognize a creeping secularism and move to restore the sacred and the traditional. Most of the present day churches have embraced the secular and the sacred seems to be diminishing. What makes the current version of creeping secularism more insidious is that it has its roots in atheism and immanentism born of "the age of enlightenment". We all know that Lucifer means light-bringer and that he can disguise himself as an angel of light. It is disheartening to see so many Christians as self-annointed "enlightened" progressives. As for the Greek tradition; the Roman Catholic Church recognizes the fact that they believe in transubstantiation and therefore fall in line with much else within the Christian tradition.
19 posted on
03/04/2003 9:19:59 AM PST by
TradicalRC
(Fides quaerens intellectum.)
To: TradicalRC
Luther sent letters to the Patriarch in Constantinople with his innovations. The Patriarch was stuned at what he read and considered the doctrine heretical.
20 posted on
03/04/2003 9:38:40 AM PST by
Destro
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