Écrit par Mark Van Steenwyk : 14 avril 2005
J'ai un essai vers le haut dessus Quodlibet en ligne Le journal a appelé Apology défendant de von Balthasar's de sainteté. Vérifiez-le dehors.
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Marquez l'espoir sûr d'I que vous avez écrit que pour une classe et juste obtenu la signalé dessus là. Si vous écriviez que spécifiquement pour Quodibet puis, mon ami, son heure de débrancher ! !
Ouais, c'était un papier de classe ma première année au séminaire. Ayez l'aucun s'inquiète !
Marque,
Est-il bien si je lie votre blog ?
Sûr.
? parfait ? Le chrétien est également la preuve parfaite du christianisme
D'abord, je ne suis ni un théologien ni un philosophe, je suis un chrétien essayant d'aligner ce que je connais et éprouve avec ce que je crois et. Basé sur cela j'ai quelques questions/commentaires pas excessivement philosophiques ou théologiques mais dans la référence à établir ma foi. Je peux ne pas être en ligne manière.
Tandis que ne serait pas en désaccord avec le triune platonique ayant le mérite beau, bon et ne rectifierait pas, est-ce que peut-être même une cause et un rapport d'effet, bien que cela puisse lire la manière trop dans lui, ni je serais en désaccord qu'il y a beauté dans la sainteté, je lutte avec Balthasar ? affirmation de s d'où cette beauté doit être trouvée.
1. J'ai au commencement rejeté l'idée que la beauté pourrait être trouvée dans le chrétien vivant une vie sainte
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.