I know you’re weary. I’m weary too of seeing one Catholic say one thing and another say another. But, you believe in the depths of your heart the things you say. We don’t agree, but we both believe to our core those things we trust in for our salvation and our eternity. All I want is some kind of consistency from those who demand as much from our side. It’s not too much to ask for, I don’t think. I would think that as much as Roman Catholics depend on their Church doctrines and traditions for their sanctification, justification and salvation they would know a little more about what their Church says about those things. Seems it would be incumbent on them to know EVERYTHING they possibly could. After all, it’s THEIR eternity that is at stake. And I’m certain they cannot bring their priest with them to testify before God that they did not know/weren’t taught certain important things. Can they? ;)
What draws you and me together is a love for truth, and a willingness -- how can say this -- to expose ourselves to the gale of truth, knowing that it will blow away everything that is not firmly attached. Right? sorta kinda?
Not everyone has that call. Not everyone is equipped for that sort of service, of ministry.
I just happen to have that kind of mind. My family genes are in the lawyer direction, but my father was an engineer and his brother was a professor of Chemistry.
But look: we "know" that God's grace is (more than) sufficient for us, and yet we ourselves catch ourselves trying to impress God with our insight, our obedience, our humility.
Our ability to talk and think clearly about what we believe does not protect us from being complete jerks, now and then (mostly now)
But what of the person who knows how, with a look and a touch, to comfort a crying baby or calm down a fractious child? Such a one may never be able to express with rigor and precision any theological proposition. She may even SAY stuff that is flat wrong. But I would tremble to say that I knew the Love of God better than she.
If such a person is presented with a choice between THIS church which is Scofield all the way, and THAT which is sanctification, she may choose the one with the better wall-paper, or the more convenient service time.
What do we have to offer the person who does not understand and does not care one tinker's damn about the difference between Calvinist virtualism and Thomist Transubstantiation?
I see that a lot depends on handing oneself over the Jesus. I am not so sure about how important it is to get the theology right.
Am I making a fragment of sense?