Posted in Theology on Nov 27th, 2006
An important doctrine that I soon learned about in my time as an Evangelical was called “eternal security”, also known as “once saved, always saved.” The idea, as I understood it, was that once a person believed the gospel of Jesus Christ, and trusted Him alone for their salvation, they were saved and could be [...]
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Posted in Catholic, Ecclesiology on Nov 25th, 2006
There are now thousands of Protestant Christian denominations, and I can imagine that most of them started with the same dream, which goes something like this:
This church (or denomination) will finally be the true Church that God intended. We have learned from the mistakes of the earlier denominations, and we are doing such and such [...]
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Posted in Catholic, Theology on Nov 18th, 2006
Three months ago, I posted the following on the Ancient and Future Catholic Forum. The context of this post was a discussion between several people who were currently in the Charismatic Episcopal Church (CEC), as well as former CEC members. There was some concern over some problems in the CEC, and some people were considering [...]
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