[Salvavida]

Thanks for posting that. Excellent essay.

My only critique is the author is his exclusion of the bigger picture gained by Scripture (a King, a Kingdom, a bride, a judgment, and eternal governance), which causes him to focus solely on human agency.

Here is an idea: Luther was used by the providence of God begin a cleansing of the Bride of Christ, while leaving the corruption of the Catholic Church intact for the last days. Everything else is just window dressing.

And here is the rub: We should all aspire to be Donatists by examining Scripture and contending for the faith by reclaiming New Testament Christianity. Modernity isn’t relevant in this pursuit because corruption will always be in the midst of the church: the only salient question is, “What do we intend to do about it?”

[viewfromthefrontier]

Here is an idea: Luther was used by the providence of God begin a cleansing of the Bride of Christ, while leaving the corruption of the Catholic Church intact for the last days. Everything else is just window dressing.

Very thought-provoking. Thank you

[Campion]

We should all aspire to be Donatists

We should all aspire to embrace a second-century heresy?

[delchiante]

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Here is an idea: Luther was used by the providence of God begin a cleansing of the Bride of Christ, while leaving the corruption of the Catholic Church intact for the last days. Everything else is just window dressing.

Providence indeed.
Leviticus 14 and the leprous house in the natural, has a spiritual house application.

The High Priest is coming back and will survey the house..
See if the leprous spots have come back after the repair work.