tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post1566905424318104184..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Topic and IllustrationTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-21990001145320790822011-04-14T09:20:19.254-05:002011-04-14T09:20:19.254-05:00Thanks, Christopher and Rick.
The issue of eccles...Thanks, Christopher and Rick.<br /><br />The issue of ecclessiology is at the heart of Ephesians -- this wonderful mystery of how many can become one -- and Paul's organic model shines through.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-48712995218161632732011-04-14T09:10:04.428-05:002011-04-14T09:10:04.428-05:00 Three important rules when reading and trying... Three important rules when reading and trying to understand anything: Context, context, context.Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-17114890421011925282011-04-14T08:32:46.344-05:002011-04-14T08:32:46.344-05:00Precisely. I just got through making that point a...Precisely. I just got through making that point a couple of weeks back, that is, that Ephesians is actually about God and God's people.Closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752595488795781895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-8292973430516098132011-04-14T08:15:04.848-05:002011-04-14T08:15:04.848-05:00Bill, a careful reading of the New Testament and e...Bill, a careful reading of the New Testament and early church history and canons might well support that conclusion, though I would say "disinterest" rather than "no interest." As with all aspects of life, the church did weigh in on marriage; but it did not treat is as a particularly singular institution or construct. The "theologizing" of marriage itself (as opposed to using it as a metaphor) is of relatively recent vintage.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-46765861596340103792011-04-14T06:25:07.130-05:002011-04-14T06:25:07.130-05:00One might go a step further and say that, except a...One might go a step further and say that, except as participation in the mystery of Christ and the Church and that of mutual self-giving among the coequal persons of the Trinity, the Church has no interest in marriage whatsoever.Bill Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743851784631753415noreply@blogger.com