tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post8306415019183288805..comments2023-08-19T23:23:19.849+10:00Comments on Sentire cum Ecclesia: Is 58 Comments a record? Continuing the "Antichrist/Justification" discussionSchützhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026181010471282505noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-90992100360765179172008-05-10T03:48:00.000+10:002008-05-10T03:48:00.000+10:00It's about what takes itself to be wheat, so to sp...<I>It's about what takes itself to be wheat, so to speak.</I><BR/><BR/>If that's your point I have no problem in clarifying that to myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-5897911161815898002008-05-10T01:32:00.000+10:002008-05-10T01:32:00.000+10:00Not my point at all in commenting what our host di...Not my point at all in commenting what our host didn't highlight.<BR/><BR/>It's not and never has been about the tares. We got all kinds of them in LCMS, just like you guys. On any given day, and depending on who you ask, I may be counted one of them.<BR/><BR/>It's about what takes itself to be wheat, so to speak.<BR/><BR/>Not surprised, though, that the point was not clear in an RC environment.<BR/><BR/>Read the black. (Do the red, if you're clergy!)Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-65638115126909448892008-05-09T23:05:00.000+10:002008-05-09T23:05:00.000+10:00And PE, there is no need to highlight "if they fai...And PE, there is no need to highlight "if they fail to respond."<BR/><BR/>From the very beginning (actually, from the Last Supper on) there have been wheat and tares in the church, as is supported by the very Scriptural admonition that "he who perserveres to the end will be saved." There have always been those who are present "bodily" but not in heart, mind and spirit.<BR/><BR/>To look for a "pure" church is to lapse into sectarianism.<BR/><BR/>Jesus knows his own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-91132440375004136672008-05-09T22:43:00.000+10:002008-05-09T22:43:00.000+10:00Ah, I must jump in again -- today's Office of Read...Ah, I must jump in again -- today's Office of Readings (with edifying commentary from Saint Hilary) is taken from the Second Letter of John:<BR/><BR/><I>Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh; such is the deceitful one and the antichrist.</I><BR/><BR/>Ahem.<BR/><BR/><I>If they fail to respond ....</I><BR/><BR/>To whom much has been given, much will be required, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-72521149046429040552008-05-09T17:22:00.000+10:002008-05-09T17:22:00.000+10:00Funny -- you didn't highlight IF THEY FAIL TO RESP...Funny -- you didn't highlight IF THEY FAIL TO RESPOND.Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.com