tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post3149725887903935988..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: A Few PassagesWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-29658259566775667642010-04-19T12:03:51.919-05:002010-04-19T12:03:51.919-05:00Regarding the last Walther quote, some things neve...Regarding the last Walther quote, some things never change...Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351586738869558601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-39589341923078832272010-04-19T11:22:52.767-05:002010-04-19T11:22:52.767-05:00Solid list and a good reminder on the teaching val...Solid list and a good reminder on the teaching value of ritual. Thanks!"The Right Rev"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08455816292461279724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-51250098654918164252010-04-13T22:27:50.598-05:002010-04-13T22:27:50.598-05:00THANK YOU for putting these all together in one pl...THANK YOU for putting these all together in one place.J.G.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06591679766794536970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-8543665391504432052010-04-13T21:12:26.878-05:002010-04-13T21:12:26.878-05:00What's whole point of the quotes? They're ...What's whole point of the quotes? They're meaningless UNLESS it's to show that the Mass has been corrupted in the Roman Church! That's the whole point.Augustinian Successorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701412663559781833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-87356054846350315832010-04-13T12:16:37.172-05:002010-04-13T12:16:37.172-05:00Here's another great Luther quote on the Eleva...Here's another great Luther quote on the Elevation:<br /><br />This, too, would be a fine interpretation, if the priest would with the elevation of the sacrament do nothing other than illustrate the words, “This is my body,” as if he wished to express by means of his action: Look, dear Christians, this is the body which is given for you. Thus the elevation would not be a symbol of the sacrifice to God (as the papists foolishly imagine) but an admonition directed toward men, to provoke them to faith, particularly since he immediately elevates the bread right after speaking the words: “This is my body which is given for you.” (Martin Luther, [Brief] Confession concerning Christ’s Supper, Luther’s Works 38 [Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971], p. 314)Rev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-46504964581620600582010-04-13T08:50:58.440-05:002010-04-13T08:50:58.440-05:00The Formula gives you the answer itself: "To...The Formula gives you the answer itself: "To this Christian Augsburg Confession, so thoroughly grounded in God's Word, we here pledge ourselves again from our inmost hearts. We abide by its simple, clear, and unadulterated meaning as the words convey it. We regard this Confession as a pure Christian symbol.... Whether in this writing or in any other, it is our plan not to withdraw in the least from that oft-cited Confession, nor to propose another or new Confession." FC SD Intro 4,5William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-40894558945352072512010-04-13T08:23:14.125-05:002010-04-13T08:23:14.125-05:00It's interesting to read the AC XV quotation a...It's interesting to read the AC XV quotation again. I haven't heard that one used quite as much and had forgotten about it.<br /><br />I don't get the whole Confessional hermeneutics thing. We have Ap XV, "Nothing in customary rites should be changed without a reasonable cause." Then there are some who would like to quote FC X to say that in adiaphora we can do whatever we'd like, and they usually ignore that Ap quotation. <br /><br />Are we supposed to interpret FC X in light of Ap XV (strictly speaking, we are free, but there are only a few very serious reasons for deviating from established custom)? Are we supposed to interpret Ap XV in light of FC X (Melanchthon's words were historically conditioned, we can do what we want)? Are we supposed to interpret each in light of the other and reject everything that doesn't harmonize between the two interpretations? I know you've commented before that you found Piepkorn's confessional hermeneutics extremely helpful, but I'm not sure what they are or how they're supposed to work.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360602965070109675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-7399883672422967162010-04-13T08:13:03.705-05:002010-04-13T08:13:03.705-05:00Oh, sorry. I didn't realize I had left that o...Oh, sorry. I didn't realize I had left that off! The first section of Walther was from an address given at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, August 9, 1871, at the 16th Central District Convention. (Essays for the Church, Vol. I, pp. 193-194)<br /><br />The bit on "Roman Catholic" was from an editorial by Walther in Der Lutheraner, Vol. 9, No. 24, p. 163 (July 19, 1853).William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-57694408263672492082010-04-13T08:01:19.466-05:002010-04-13T08:01:19.466-05:00for the sake of unity and love, indeed! From your...for the sake of unity and love, indeed! From your lips to God's ears:)Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350908137437557142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-51013124469288128172010-04-13T06:50:58.789-05:002010-04-13T06:50:58.789-05:00from whence is the Walther quote?from whence is the Walther quote?GChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062727358663914823noreply@blogger.com