Geschrieben durch Mark Van Steenwyk: 14. April 2005
Ich habe einen Versuch oben an Quodlibet online Journal benannt Verteidigenden von Balthasars Apology der Heiligkeit. Überprüfen Sie es heraus.
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? vollkommen? Christ ist auch der vollkommene Beweis des Christentums
Zuerst bin ich weder ein Theologian noch ein Philosoph, bin ich ein Christ, der versucht, auszurichten, was ich weiß und erfahre mit, was ich glaube und. Gegründet auf dem habe ich einige Fragen/Anmerkungen nicht übermäßig philosophisch oder theological aber im Hinweis auf dem Ausarbeiten meines Glaubens. Ich kann Weise aus sein.
Während nicht mit dem platonischen triune anderer Meinung sein würde, das den Verdienst schön hat, gut und ausrichten, möglicherweise sogar eine Ursache und ein Effekt-Verhältnis, obwohl das Weise in es zuviel lesen kann, noch würde ich, daß es Schönheit in der Heiligkeit gibt, ich kämpfe mit Balthasar anderer Meinung sein? s Behauptung von, wo diese Schönheit gefunden werden soll.
1. Ich wies zuerst die Idee zurück, daß Schönheit im lebenden Christen gefunden werden könnte ein heiliges Leben
a. This was based on a false definition of holiness
2. My reaction was 2 fold based on personal assumptions
a. Holiness equates to legalism
b. Christians being holy are ugly not beautiful
3. This reaction was driven by my impression/experience of self righteous Christians practicing self-salvation.
4. Upon further reflection I realized that this must not be what Balthasar had in mind
5. I got my mind right and came up with these questions
6. What does Balthasar mean by holiness?
7. How is that lived out? What are those practices that unbeliever?s find so appealing?
8. What does the observer see that they find so attractive?
9. What does the response look like “the practices”
After reading through your essay several times, trying to wrestle all this into my soul, I was reminded of Acts 2:42 -47. Here is a great example of the beauty of holiness. These believers devoted themselves to “the practices”
1. The apostles teaching (the good news?)
2. Fellowship
3. Community (what is the difference?)
4. Prayer
5. A sense of awe, is that an aspect of holy living?
6. Signs and wonders? the physical manifestation of the spirit
7. Selflessness
Is this the beauty to which B alludes? Maybe.
In light of this I find my initial reaction strange, because reading Acts 2 causes me to long for that kind of “beauty”. So, why the initial aversion; as I mentioned above the effects of my church experiences had a lot to do with it. I think my theological assumptions also played a role. I buy more fully into original sin that I do “new creature in Christ”. I have John Calvin to thank for that, but not only him, the whole roll of reformed/evangelical heroes? push the same emphasis. I think that is a bad thing because that reasoning leads to legalism not holiness. So what to do? I think the first step is to re-define holiness. The definition I have won?t do. Next I need to read and pray with the consequence of the resurrection in mind. Dead to sin–> alive with Christ, but also understand that even though I believe that I am made “perfect” by the Spirit, my spiritual life is very dependant upon what I do. Pray, read scripture, love my neighbor. It not only is a proof to others but a proof to me.