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To: Teófilo

The encroachment of liberal theology into conservative churches of all kinds has been a long, complex process, in which there were many players over a very long period of time, not the least of whom was one Thomas Aquinas and his unfortunate elevation of reason in relation to faith. No, I am not blaming him. No one person or group provides that single point of inflection on which the whole matter turned. To get an idea of the full scope of the problem, I highly recommend a book by Francis Schaeffer called Escape from Reason. Schaeffer was a Presbyterian, but his explanation of the history of western thought in relation to Christian theology is a powerful antidote to the temptation to make incendiary oversimplifications.


45 posted on 07/25/2012 8:25:40 AM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Springfield Reformer
I'll look it up! I've read stuff by Francis Schaeffer and I do like him. (His son Frankie, well, that's something else).

Thank you kindly,
~Theo

50 posted on 07/25/2012 11:03:57 AM PDT by Teófilo (Visit Vivificat! - http://www.vivificat.org - A Catholic Blog of News, Commentary and Opinion)
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