โGiven the penchant for organization displayed by the human mind, which is in its turn a reflection of how God made the world, it is impossible to leave one error without heading toward another one. It is not possible to leave an error forcefully without creating a situation in which you are forcefully headed toward …
That Lutheran Jezebel Lady
Introduction: So then, Nadia Bloz-Weber, reigning queen of the ecclesiastical division of the รpater la bourgeoisie vibe, achieved peak relevance recently by gathering up a bunch of purity rings, melting them down into a fair approximation of her theological rigor, and then fashioning them into a sacred vagina thing, like a little bowling trophy. She …
Because of Extant Bibles
โThe reason that the use of images in worship was not controversial in the first generations of the Church was because nobody was doing it. Centuries later, when they began to do it, the controversy cameโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 113).
As In, Not Very Well
โThe veneration of icons in a Christian synagogue in A.D. 57 would have gone over like a big pile of greasy bacon at their menโs prayer breakfastโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 112).
As the Letter Cometh
Intransigence is Such a Great Word: Regarding your well detailed essay on godly intransigence I have experienced significant whiplash on this matter. Back in 2004 I had moved to my new home in an area populated with Democrats. Since this was a presidential election year I knew the overall sentiment was for John Kerry based …
And They Could Use a Patron Saint
โIn another instance, when the people had been told to โlook toโ the bronze serpent, over time this looking became devotional looking, and Hezekiah had Nehustan destroyed. To which we should respond, good for old St. Hezekiah, patron saint of righteous iconoclastsโ (Papa Donโt Pope, pp. 110-111).
๏ปฟSanctification and the Bell Curve
Introduction: So I have been mulling over a point which, if thought through, will help explain various misunderstandings, kerfluffles, and upcoming events. They are different issues, but there is a common thread to them all. The problems are very different, but the thing they all have in common is a sort of egalitarianism when it …
We Cannot Duplicate It
โThe fact that God took on human flesh in the Incarnation (a miracle He was competent to perform) does not mean that we have the ability to recapture that miracle in any paltry representation of oursโwhether done by shutter, brush, hammer and chisel, or an interpretive dance junior high troop performing Godspellโ (Papa Donโt Pope, …
As Regrettable As That Might Be
Because They Were Chinese
โThe likelihood of Adam and Eve looking just like your neighbors next door in Cleveland is remoteโ (Papa Donโt Pope, p. 106).