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Originally Posted by zeek
Witness Lee cited several of the apostolic fathers usually with respect to how they confirmed his theology. It must be said that Lee denied that he had a theology. In fact he denied that he even had an interpretation of the Bible. He would frequently remind us that he always preached nothing but the pure word of God. Further, he did not receive his theology from the church fathers or anybody else on God's green earth. No. It was directly from the Spirit and the Word of God. But, from time to time, when he was in a serious reflective mood, he would tell us about how his teaching was in harmony with the ancient theologians. For example, Ignatius used the term "economy of God." Of course, so did Paul.
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Thank you Zeek. That was a revelation to me.
It seems that WL was a really well-read man, not only in the Church Fathers but also in Swedenborg. I'd call him a man of knowledge. But at the same time I don't mistaken knowledge for wisdom. And “the highest form of wisdom is kindness”.
You know, I don't really understand Witness Lee. If his knowledge was directly from the Spirit and the Word of God, why did he need to read all those authors? If I had this "authentic conversation" with God, then all other authors and their books would pale into insignificance.