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Originally Posted by KSA
I wouldn't brush creeds away so quickly. I agree that creeds are not the Word of God and are not infallible. We base our faith on the Word of God, not the creeds. However, creeds express certain stages of the church development. It is good to take them into consideration and not act too independently. We do not exist in vacuum. We have 2000 years of church history - and this history is not worthless - we may learn a lot from history, both from its achievements and its failures.
I somewhat agree with you here, but not fully. Our Christian life hinges upon our knowledge of God. Therefore, we should try to know God both spiritually and intellectually. We will never get the full answers, but we will grow in the knowledge of the Lord. And the matter of hypostasis is actually quite important, when we come to it. So I hope in the future to ignite your interest in this topic.  |
I came to LC out of RCC via universalism a very long time ago. When that "Beliefs and Practices" thing came out, I was flabbergasted, although I suspended judgment for awhile since it seemed like it was pretty good.
I am not unaware of history and I seriously have
no use for creeds whatsoever as a direct consequence.
I might be showing my LC roots when I say it, but, I had to laugh at the very notion of "church development." Sorry!
The only thing set in Nicea was rigor mortis.
The BARM favor credal formulae for good and self-evident reasons, I think. It took me about three weeks to be well past done over there.
I just hate to see people yet again drawn into the thicket.
But, whatchagonnado?
We are free in Christ to even hypostasis if we want to!