tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879761485783269385.post392945242832999384..comments2021-08-24T20:11:53.724-05:00Comments on Apocalypsis: My Reformation TheoryBlackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982552022427194136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879761485783269385.post-21716852949069601422008-12-12T21:06:00.000-06:002008-12-12T21:06:00.000-06:00Hi Ray, I didn't know that, but it doesn't much su...Hi Ray, <BR/><BR/>I didn't know that, but it doesn't much surprise me I guess.<BR/><BR/>Some n-C communities have been liturgical and sacramental all along, but again, having lost their apostolic succession, the early church called them heretics and actually said to avoid them. (Take a look at http://www.catholicfirst.com/thefaith/churchfathers/volume01/ignatius06.cfm )Blackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982552022427194136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879761485783269385.post-76812909211909746562008-12-10T09:13:00.000-06:002008-12-10T09:13:00.000-06:00The Church of England tried to get around that pro...The Church of England tried to get around that problem with the tavern consecration of Bishop Parker, from whom, all Anglican orders are said to flow. The Anglican church, therefore did not do away with the Sacraments as completely as other Protestant churches did. This is why the Puritans were so much in opposition to the Church of England. <BR/><BR/>But have you noticed how nowadays the Protestants are trying to reestablish the Sacraments?Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259924975508769628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879761485783269385.post-64507282528968424212008-01-24T18:59:00.000-06:002008-01-24T18:59:00.000-06:00Hi Teflon!Glad you made it over here!That certainl...Hi Teflon!<BR/><BR/>Glad you made it over here!<BR/><BR/>That certainly is an equally valid, though it's possible that it was really a combination of both.<BR/>Thanks for the comment.<BR/>Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.<BR/> <B>Blackie</B>Blackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982552022427194136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879761485783269385.post-43337924617193595622008-01-23T14:55:00.000-06:002008-01-23T14:55:00.000-06:00Might an alternative theory not be that the penalt...Might an alternative theory not be that the penalty of excommunication deprived Luther, Calvin, Zwingli et al of the right to administer sacraments, which would in turn diminish their authority over their flocks? The practical path would therefore be to lump the sacraments in with the things the Catholic Church "imposed" through "traditions of men".Teflonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036622439352173851noreply@blogger.com