tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35482291.post6218205632852948303..comments2023-05-06T19:17:22.300+10:00Comments on Hebel: New Series: 20 Centuries in 20 PostsMatthew Moffitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35482291.post-38149231954021859552011-04-21T13:06:58.237+10:002011-04-21T13:06:58.237+10:00@Blake. Not necessarily. There may be some apologe...@Blake. Not necessarily. There may be some apologetics. But I'm interested in doing good history for the sake of doing good history.<br /><br />And I'm somewhat taken by Rowan Williams assertion that:<br /><br />"<i>Church history is a moral matter...A central aspect of where the Christian begins, the sense of identity that is there at the start of any storytelling enterprise, is the belief that the modern believer is involved with and in a community of believers extended in time and space, whose relation to each other is significantly more than just one of vague geographical connection and temporal succession. In theological shorthand, the modern believer sees herself of himself as a member of the Body of Christ...Hence the Christian believer approaching the Christian past does so first in the consciousness that he or she is engaging with fellow participants in prayer and Eucharist, fellow readers of the same Scripture; people in whom the same activity is going on, the activity of sanctifying grace.</i>"Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35482291.post-65567689520737208832011-04-21T11:37:05.438+10:002011-04-21T11:37:05.438+10:00OMG (literally) can't wait. I'm preaching ...OMG (literally) can't wait. I'm preaching on 'the Church' on May 1 so get cracking Matt.<br /><br />Question: although not written for this purpose do you suppose the result will be apologetic in nature?blakehttp://blakehatton.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35482291.post-70213543749720898702011-04-19T18:10:33.110+10:002011-04-19T18:10:33.110+10:00Thanks guys!!
@Mike Ha! That's actually one o...Thanks guys!!<br /><br />@Mike Ha! That's actually one of the issues I want to take issue with. It is quite Donastic.Matthew Moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00546422699620482793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35482291.post-88281424530558709232011-04-19T16:33:03.414+10:002011-04-19T16:33:03.414+10:00Sounds great.
Though I wonder what you will do fo...Sounds great.<br /><br />Though I wonder what you will do for the section between the fourth and sixteenth century when the church stopped existing. ;). Just kidding. Really looking forward to it!Mike Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525682801952791861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35482291.post-72926308381480172862011-04-19T09:37:34.258+10:002011-04-19T09:37:34.258+10:00Brilliant! I'm really stoked about this series...Brilliant! I'm really stoked about this series, Matt.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088064720582793619noreply@blogger.com