“Unless by this Council or by some other means we place a limit on our morals, unless we force our greedy desire for human things, the source of all evils, to yield to the love of divine things, it is all over with Christendom.”
I learned much of value in your thoughtful synopsis and reflections upon the Reformation and its goals. The questions you brought up (faith and works, for instance) deserve renewed reflection. I had not realized the division of opinion among the hierarchs at Trent. All we young Catholics knew about Trent (as the inscription there puts it) was "Here the Holy Spirit spoke for the last time" (ironic no?). I come away from the discussion more sympathetic to Luther (whose followers in Europe call themselves Evangelical Catholics) but persistent in my dislike of Calvin. Neither, of course, is responsible for the Scofield Bible tribe. Thanks for your articulation of what it means to live the Christian life. I describe myself as a Stoic working hard (I hope) at becoming a Christian.
I learned much of value in your thoughtful synopsis and reflections upon the Reformation and its goals. The questions you brought up (faith and works, for instance) deserve renewed reflection. I had not realized the division of opinion among the hierarchs at Trent. All we young Catholics knew about Trent (as the inscription there puts it) was "Here the Holy Spirit spoke for the last time" (ironic no?). I come away from the discussion more sympathetic to Luther (whose followers in Europe call themselves Evangelical Catholics) but persistent in my dislike of Calvin. Neither, of course, is responsible for the Scofield Bible tribe. Thanks for your articulation of what it means to live the Christian life. I describe myself as a Stoic working hard (I hope) at becoming a Christian.
Thank you, William.