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Originally Posted by OBW
As for Erasmus' writings on the spirit, and the three parts of man, I find his comments about as foundational as wet sand. He said a lot. But I don't see anything that makes his thoughts more than a self-spun yarn..
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I find the image of a soul faced with the choice of either a divinely-oriented spirit and an earthy-oriented body to be foundational, right behind "Love the LORD your God with all your heart..." and "Love your neighbor as yourself". Jesus asked, "What profits a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?" What your soul loves it will join, and ultimately become, as Erasmus so effectively showed by connecting Paul's admonitions regarding prostitution in 1 Cor. 6 with the similar admonitions in Proverbs (2:15, ch. 5, ch. 7, 9:18, etc).
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Originally Posted by OBW
And whether Lee should or should not have given credit to earlier writers for his teachings is really not the important point. The real point is whether it is supported by the scripture. The age of the teaching is really unimportant. Same for the original teacher.
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My point in noting the publication date of the "Enchiridion" is that the Restoration Movement histories usually give truncated versions of the "recovery of lost truths". See my comments in point 3) in post 25 of this thread. "Who got there first" is largely irrelevant to folks like you and I, but it is crucial to the legitimacy of people like Lee.