Posted from 2 addresses as Matthew Weber, *THAT* Matt Weber, palaeologos, Matt Weber
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Depends on the Protestant. I'm not sure that Anabaptists mean the same thing that I do when I say that I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And there are non-magi…
19 Dec 2009, 00:45
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That's certainly the sense in which it's most often used now. "Doxa" usually seems to imply "praise," as in "doxology". According to my lexicon, "doxa" can also be translated as …
18 Dec 2009, 19:24
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The radical meaning of "orthodoxy" is "right-worshipping."…
18 Dec 2009, 19:08
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Oh, they do; but an ordination sub conditione isn't the circumstance of "we're ordaining you presuming that you're single," but the condition of "we're re-ordaining you because the…
21 Apr 2009, 04:33
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No, a conditional ordination would be when there's doubt that a person has been ordained validly. Sacraments *sub conditione *are administered when there is some kind of doubt as …
20 Apr 2009, 21:42
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Eastern Catholic (and Orthodox) priests may marry before their ordination, but married men cannot be bishops in either jurisdiction. In the various Anglican and Old Catholic juris…
20 Apr 2009, 16:32
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I'm not sure that's at all the case. I think here Wolfe is making a point about how he believes God established governance in the human sphere, and how far human beings have depar…
02 Apr 2009, 22:20
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As it was for the first 300 or so years of its existence (hi, Tim).…
11 Feb 2009, 18:20
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It's a strikingly humble stance, compared to earlier positions, but yes. *Lumen Gentium* is probably what I was thinking of in my earlier response. Going back (again) to C.S. Lew…
10 Feb 2009, 18:41
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All that depends on whether the Fall occurred on other planets as well; or perhaps whether the Fall on Earth puts all of Creation in the same boat, soteriologically speaking. C.S.…
09 Feb 2009, 19:19
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Jack, you speak of theology as though you think it and the "message" of Christianity (whatever that is supposed to mean; for the Apostles it was the empty tomb) are mutually exclus…
07 Feb 2009, 00:29
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In my experience, that's what many of us do most of the time (make a mistake, realize it's a mistake, try not to make it again). Most people aren't capable of sustained striving o…
05 Feb 2009, 22:31
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The Christ of traditional christology is divine as the incarnation of the Son (one of the three Persons of the Trinity). Since the Trinity is not a hierarchy, and since its Person…
05 Feb 2009, 21:19
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First off : clerical sexual abuse is not confined to the RCC. If it is more prevalent in the Roman Church (which may or may not be true), it might have more to do with the discip…
05 Feb 2009, 03:53
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Whose priests are we talking about? I came into this conversation late, after having been away from urth-l for several years...…
04 Feb 2009, 18:38
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Heterodox the RCC may be in Orthodox eyes, but not in its christology. In that, at least, the Catholics & Orthodoxen are in full agreement. And inserting "filioque" into the Cree…
04 Feb 2009, 17:44
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Glenn (the proprietor of The War Against Silence) is a formidable intellect and a tireless reviewer of pop music. He's been a presence on the Loud Family list for as long as I c…
13 Aug 2003, 15:47
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I think that's EQUINOX, yes? I don't think it was especially pedophiliac, though--pretty much any perversity that Delany could think up seemed to have been included. Matt Go…
29 Jul 2003, 00:01
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Pelagius is usually seen as the counter of Augustine's views on free will and human perfectibility. Pelagius held that human beings could, through the exercise of free will, cho…
08 May 2003, 00:58
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He said in the First Coming "I came not to send peace, but a sword" (Matthew 10:34). The Revelation is full of references to the Son of Man coming again in glory, though, and th…
14 Mar 2003, 17:36
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I think this hits closer to the point: however far Severian has come in his Bildung, he has so far still to go! If anything, including this kind of episode so close to the end …
13 Mar 2003, 23:56
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I think you're off base here. Wolfe is presenting Severian as a human being who is in the process of becoming more Christ-like (i.e. as a Christian). Severian's arrest occurs n…
13 Mar 2003, 06:04
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I'm reading Steven Erikson right now, and I'm having a great time with him, but I wouldn't put him anywhere near GW's level as a writer. His world-building and plotting are impr…
28 Feb 2003, 16:11
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Coorect, of course. Although it's true that the 39 Articles pooh-pooh Purgatory, it's important to remember that they were written by Puritans. Modern Anglo-Catholic practice a…
18 Jan 2003, 02:54
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Dan'l, I think I'm getting your posts before Andy's, so excuse me for reacting to him through you. Anyway, what exactly is this "dyarchical male/female European pantheon"? Are …
17 Jan 2003, 19:02
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You could say he was a "small-c" catholic. The Apostles' and the Nicene Creed (both of which are features of the Anglican Church's Morning Prayer & Communion services) each incl…
17 Jan 2003, 16:40
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Assuming that "original intent" is a thing that can be known in the first place--even if the author's still alive, s/he may not tell the truth, or may have forgotten, might think…
31 Dec 2002, 17:15
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Wouldn't Jonas be a case of exactly that? Matthew Weber Curatorial Assistant Music Library University of California, Berkeley How long halt ye between two opinions? Th…
25 Sep 2002, 15:32
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Well, it was SYBIL, actually, but that's an interesting reference that hadn't occurred to me. Matthew Weber Curatorial Assistant Music Library University of California, Berkele…
24 Sep 2002, 19:25
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Yes, but the ethical/religious world of Sophocles isn't the same as that of Wolfe. In Sophocles (as in the Old Testament, come to think of it: cf. Uzziah and the Ark of the Cov…
17 Sep 2002, 21:19
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Yes, it's based on Psalm 90. It's Isaac Watts' versification of the psalm, made when the Puritan faction was demanding that only the psalms be sung in churches. These days, Rom…
04 Sep 2002, 22:52
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