tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post2960742820913818371..comments2023-06-05T10:34:10.227-04:00Comments on Reformation500: By Scripture AloneJohn Bugayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-46197346333418414032007-01-16T20:11:00.000-05:002007-01-16T20:11:00.000-05:00Did you read what Lampe said, as I've quoted him d...Did you read what Lampe said, as I've quoted him down below? Did you read what Schatz said, as I've quoted him down below? They are not talking about antipopes. They are talking about a major gap in the succession right at the beginning. <br /><br />I suppose you can't be faulted for what I haven't written, but elsewhere in his book Lampe says "the list of Irenaeus (haer 3.3.3.) is with highest John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-33935318728793442182007-01-16T15:55:00.000-05:002007-01-16T15:55:00.000-05:00"entrusted" . . . "encrusted"
Bingo, my friend! Y...<i>"entrusted" . . . "encrusted"</i><br /><br />Bingo, my friend! You are so right! We are all crusty old farts, after all -- unless you, of course, happen to be the notable exception of the human species.<br /><br />Again, this reminds me of Boccaccio's story of Abraham, the medieval Jewish merchant in <i>The Decameron</i>. Abraham is contemplating becoming a Catholic. He tells his friend, the Pertinacious Papisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213911570586726075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-42972535984454594742007-01-12T12:00:00.000-05:002007-01-12T12:00:00.000-05:00You say "amen", but my sense in this is different ...You say "amen", but my sense in this is different from yours. Down below, <br /><br />http://reformation500.blogspot.com/2006/11/catholic-scholars-agree-there-was.html -- I have pointed out the degree to which historical studies have forced Catholicism to backtrack on the way the papacy is presented. I am old enough to remember the "unbroken line going back to Peter" and that clearly does not John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36406045.post-13290692091502532552007-01-12T09:25:00.000-05:002007-01-12T09:25:00.000-05:00(1) . . . a prime moment for evangelicals, especi...(1) <i> . . . a prime moment for evangelicals, especially evangelical scholars and those near to evangelical scholarship, to sort through issues relating to Catholicism and really to press for and create more public awareness.</i> [and] (2) <i>I think that "official Catholicism" needs to reflect hard on its own history and meaning, before committing to any "new situation."</i><br /><br />Amen on Pertinacious Papisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213911570586726075noreply@blogger.com