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straw said:
I mean what did Christians think of Luther when he stapled his thesis up on the CHURCH DOOR... What worries me about our scripturalist dogmatic tradition, is that if we are frozen in time and there is a New Reformation coming will we not be dangerously close to being the frozen edge that never saw a valid overlap and a chance for a genuine reformation of the Spirit?
1) The people thought nothing unusual about Luther's "95 Theses" being nailed to the door of Wittenberg Chapel since attaching such writs was the typical practice in those days. It was the content of his remonstrance which caused the stir; negatively among the clerics and positively among the laity.

2) Once again you betray your rejection of absolute, propositional truth; e.g., "the faith [doctrines] once delivered unto the saints." What was true in the days of the Apostles, concerning the revelation of God and His will is no less true today. Truth is eternal, for truth originates with and in God. Reformation does not change the truth but conversely, it casts out error(s) and sinful practices which have crept into the church and re-asserts that old truth all the more boldly. If you are opposed to that truth, which you have openly confessed you are, then the onus is upon you to prove your "new idea(s)" are in fact the truth of God and those long established teachings of the Church are false. You certainly have your work cut out for you and what you hope to succeed at has not been done by anyone before. Best of luck to you. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/evilgrin.gif" alt="" />

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