tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post2135215788762206087..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: "When I Hear the Word 'Perichoresis,' I Reach for My Revolver."Father Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-85049870865154943942010-05-29T15:05:41.135-04:002010-05-29T15:05:41.135-04:00I'm doing it. I'm putting Perichoresis in...I'm doing it. I'm putting Perichoresis in my sermon. Tell your wife to hide the revolver.Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-77395842175513722572010-05-28T09:55:39.747-04:002010-05-28T09:55:39.747-04:00The Athanasian creed was perfect reading fodder fo...The Athanasian creed was perfect reading fodder for so many of us youngsters during long sermons. Maybe AF can print a nice pew insert?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02182289301693072218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-37773874247135338502010-05-26T22:03:38.610-04:002010-05-26T22:03:38.610-04:00Amen!!Amen!!markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644908598349358844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-4719785763070698672010-05-26T07:30:37.054-04:002010-05-26T07:30:37.054-04:00I want them both, and could make good use of them ...I want them both, and could make good use of them both. But I would trade them in a heartbeat for an un-monkeyed-with psalter.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-42206891018060649222010-05-26T07:04:27.510-04:002010-05-26T07:04:27.510-04:00I actually LIKE the idea of the small catechism be...I actually LIKE the idea of the small catechism being in our worship book. Better than the Athanisian creed.Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-62634609979661398162010-05-25T21:55:17.583-04:002010-05-25T21:55:17.583-04:00I have no problem leaving Athanasias and his creed...I have no problem leaving Athanasias and his creed on the shelf or at least in Adult Sunday school but out of the liturgy. <br /><br />I realized in Adult Sunday School last week that we have to stop copping out with sermons on the Trinity that simply say "oh it's a mystery...we can't explain it" when my class was quite shocked when I had to tell them that actually the example of an apple is really not a good explanation of the Trinity. (Wait --is Jesus or the Holy Spirit the peeling?) I could go on, but again I hate to waste it here, when I plan to blog about this myself. Stay tuned...maybe tomorrowPastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-52261257892991632132010-05-25T18:32:06.237-04:002010-05-25T18:32:06.237-04:00I, too, was stunned to discover that the Athanasia...I, too, was stunned to discover that the Athanasian Creed was left out of the ELW. There is so much extraneous crap in there. (Honestly, who is going to reference the Small Catechism from the ELW? And in a font no one over 21 can read?)<br /><br />blsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-65400241797546607512010-05-25T14:59:42.917-04:002010-05-25T14:59:42.917-04:00Has it really? Really? No, that's not possib...Has it really? Really? No, that's not possible. Let me run and check my copy ....<br /><br />Huh. I'll be damned. Or anyway, *somebody* will. It's in the creed.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-15359534070552979732010-05-25T14:52:22.415-04:002010-05-25T14:52:22.415-04:00On topic: Why not a brief but insightful talk on w...On topic: Why not a brief but insightful talk on why the "Athanasian" creed has been left out of the ELW? That could include a few fibs about the anonymous "French" monk. <br />Or, I suppose, you could wander off into speculation about Charles Williams' brushing up against perichoresis with his coinherence. ;)<br />http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/inklings/coinheretance.htmmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644908598349358844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-89811939805625265662010-05-25T14:48:29.719-04:002010-05-25T14:48:29.719-04:00Kinda takes ya back, don't it?
I never had ...Kinda takes ya back, don't it? <br /><br />I never had the pleasure of having BLMcC use my own confessional tradition as a tackling dummy on the practice fields of Reformation football. Weighing my options, and never being much inclined to systematics, I concluded that my best option was to get off the Dinky at 8am, after working a 12-hour overnight shift in Manhattan, and spend 3 hours with a different but well-known Reformed theologian, in those days regrettably off his antidepressants. Studying Aquinas.<br /><br />It was not the easiest semester of my life, but to this day I have never once regretted it.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-86116125517319424672010-05-25T08:53:46.706-04:002010-05-25T08:53:46.706-04:00In one of the most ironic moments of my theologica...In one of the most ironic moments of my theological training to date--which is saying quite a bit!--I got a "4"(out of 4) on the Theology and Missiology General Ordination Exam of the Episcopal Church solely b/c of Bruce McCormack and his Anglican-bashing, which was just as strong as his Lutheran-bashing, if slightly less frequent b/c there are fewer examples of historical Anglican/Lutheran debates to riff on. This year's ST question was on the doctrine of the Atonement: 3 phrases pulled from the BCP which evidenced 3 different views of the Atonement. "A. Describe the theology of atonement represented by each numbered quotation above and distinguish one from another.<br />B. How does this variety of theologies reflect the Anglican theological tradition? In what ways is this dimension of our tradition important and useful today?<br />"<br /><br />I had taken BLMcC's Atonement course, which was equivalent to a PhD seminar in the topic by Episcopal standards. And since he was rather opinionated that some views of the atonement (cough Barth cough cough) were the best and the rest, including my own, were at best 'deficient,' I had ample practice at a) teaching myself, b) explicating, and c) defending a more Anglican POV. A defence which felt futile, frustrating and demeaning at the time, but finally paid off 15 years later, when it was still so vividly etched in my memory I could spout it back for 3 pages on my GOE paper.Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177180361234327045noreply@blogger.com