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| Philosophy got the Episcopalians women priests, a woman as Presiding Bishop, gay and lesbian bishops. Ditto ELCA. |
I consider Halle University and Kantian philosophy to be the turning points in theology. Both ushered in the modern era of evolution and rationalism.
Dr. Lito Cruz, who knows something about formal and informal logic, wrote with some authority about the inherent Calvinism in Universal Objective Justification.
And the problem with Calvinism is placing human reason above the Word of God. Luther saw that in Zwingli (who preceded Calvin); Chemnitz dealt directly with Calvinism (Lord's Supper).
Luther always subordinated human reason to the Word, which is so clear in his explanation of the First Commandment in the Large Catechism.
In his explanation of the First Table of the Ten Commandments, Luther teaches the efficacy of the Word and the need for complete trust in that Word. We only know the true nature of God only through His revelation in the Scriptures.
But Calvin thought of the Word of God as a dead letter that needed human reason to make it come alive. This is what eventually divorced philosophy from theology, so much that virtually all philosophy professors are atheists. Nothing is true unless it can be proven apart from God, and they do not know what truth is.
Luther was wary of philosophical arguments, even though he could run circles around his opponents, using their vocabulary and studies against them. That was his method, to take away the weapons of his opponents and defeat the false teachers with their own argumentation.
Roman Catholic priests, nuns, and theologians are steeped in philosophy. Modern theologians see Kant as the pivotal figure for theology and philosophy.
Every time a UOJ advocate writes, I see a philosophical argument that all the modern theologians would be proud of - since they think the same way.
Examples of the Philosophy of UOJ:
- If Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world, the entire world has been declared free of sin.
- If Jesus rose for our justification, everyone was justified when He rose from the dead.
- Grace cannot be grace if anyone adds a contingency like faith, so faith is a work and destroys the concept of God's graciousness.
- When Jesus took on our sinfulness, every single person took on His righteousness.
No one can penetrate the density of their logic, because their philosophical assumptions preclude any other conclusions than the ones that logically follow. But they have argued in circles, since Walther must be right and their sects must be infallible. They simply cannot face the fallibility of Walther, Valleskey, Olson, Kelm, or their sects.
Hidden in the turmoil of their soul-sickness is this clergy fear, "If I admit to justification by faith, everything about my synod is false, corrupt, and deceptive. And worst of all - I am out of a job, an easy and secure life."
Laity also fear shunning and FB unfriending.
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| Each denomination reaches the point where no one dares to question the ordination of women. |
