tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17887337.post115073597361474334..comments2023-08-23T06:40:15.285-04:00Comments on Tracy's Thoughts: GA: Monday Morning PlenaryTracy Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05966140877719092001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17887337.post-1150845316629103432006-06-20T19:15:00.000-04:002006-06-20T19:15:00.000-04:00Amen, Denis, to finishing out the quote. People fo...Amen, Denis, to finishing out the quote. People forget that the church was reformed into its condition (and out of Catholicism) not by the need to be fair to lay persons or for purposes of church growth or for staying in touch with society (in fact, it was the opposite!) but rather by an urgency to obey God's Word as it comes to us in the plain sense (<I>sensus literalis</I>) of Scripture. It was Reformed <I>SVD</I> and that meant the Bible, not some perspective on who the Cosmic Christ is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17887337.post-1150769564493830732006-06-19T22:12:00.000-04:002006-06-19T22:12:00.000-04:00With regard to the translation of "Ecclesia reform...With regard to the translation of "Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda" -- I learned from a classical languages major several years ago that (1) "reformata" is a perfect passive participle" and (2) "reformanda" is a future passive participle. "Always to be reformed" is correct. And we need to finish the quote. "...secundum verbum Dei" (according to the Word of God).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458269118174673968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17887337.post-1150738075957160252006-06-19T13:27:00.000-04:002006-06-19T13:27:00.000-04:00Hi - I heard one church (Presbyterian & UCC) that ...Hi - <BR/>I heard one church (Presbyterian & UCC) that baptized people in the name of "Creator, Redeemer, & Sustainer" instead of "Father, Son & Holy Ghost".<BR/>Is this also part of the watering down of our faith? To change the words of Jesus seems just wrong to me.<BR/>BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com