I made a reference to "the Newman experience" and I see that was a bit obscure. What I mean by that is to refer to famous convert St. John Henry Newman, who left the Anglican communion, and became Catholic, and eventually became a Catholic bishop. He was convinced to make the switch because of his study of Church history. One of his most famous quotes is, "To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant." My point was that I had that experience as well, after studying the Church fathers. And it's actually a common phenomenon. People who study the early Church have to make a choice, either to join the Church most in line with the original Church, or to say, "well, I can see that the early Church was the Catholic Church, but we're smarter than that now." I chose the former, as did Newman, as did Scott Hahn, and a lot of others you may have heard of.
Now - to the next question from that conversation:
3. How would the atonement be in conflict with divinization (in the minds of some)?
Anyone...?
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
I hope to have another installment of THE JOURNEY up this Saturday - here's the text for the rest of the chapter - I didn't bother with the colored text since this is all from the Gospel of John.
