tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420093134571892773.post3769548758168931893..comments2018-10-14T23:23:56.634-07:00Comments on The Bayou Thebaid: A Covenant Ontology as ChiasmJ. B. Aitkenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15616638312087360239noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420093134571892773.post-91103047991791063662014-12-23T04:14:48.950-08:002014-12-23T04:14:48.950-08:00It is different, but it shares the same ontology (...It is different, but it shares the same ontology (per Ps. Dionysius) that Rome shares.J. B. Aitkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616638312087360239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420093134571892773.post-17826293621392684242014-12-22T18:10:56.462-08:002014-12-22T18:10:56.462-08:00"Tries to dodge the charge . . . "
Hmmm..."Tries to dodge the charge . . . "<br /><br />Hmmm. . . . I would say that classical Orthodoxy (that is, the Orthodox theological expression that resurfaces out from under a certain amount of Western captivity after the fall of Byzantium to the Turks and out from under the Western influences in Russia in the more modern period), has never concerned itself with the Scholastic style explaining of <em>how</em> of the mysteries of the Church. Rather, the focus is on the proclamation of the "what" and "why" of the faith. <br /><br />My experience of the Orthodox mindset is that it is <em>light years</em> away from that of Medieval or modern Roman Catholicism--it might as well be from a different universe. But, whatever interpretation floats your conceptual boat, I guess.<br /><br />ofgracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472912900056438243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420093134571892773.post-37508576286620322662014-12-22T15:20:09.900-08:002014-12-22T15:20:09.900-08:00My apologies. I see what I said. I am aware that...My apologies. I see what I said. I am aware that EO tries to dodge the charge that their teaching is the same as Rome's, at least with respect to cash-value. J. B. Aitkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616638312087360239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420093134571892773.post-56029953534834568172014-12-22T14:59:20.084-08:002014-12-22T14:59:20.084-08:00Yeah, I think that is what I said.Yeah, I think that is what I said.J. B. Aitkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616638312087360239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420093134571892773.post-7070094055015950412014-12-22T13:17:24.678-08:002014-12-22T13:17:24.678-08:00"A participationist model will approach the L..."A participationist model will approach the Lord's Feast asking how the elements change."<br /><br />If you are referring to Orthodox soteriology as a "participationist" model, it would be more accurate to say that "a participationist model will approach the Lord's Feast proclaiming by faith (in according with Christ's teaching in John 6, etc.) that the elements change, but not expecting to be able to explain how."ofgracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15472912900056438243noreply@blogger.com