tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post115479306707678829..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Some responsesStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1154964418628822612006-08-07T08:26:00.000-07:002006-08-07T08:26:00.000-07:00I personally find Schleiermacher's distinction bet...I personally find Schleiermacher's distinction between orthodoxy, heterodoxy and heresy helpful in these kinds of discussions. If I remember right, Schleiermacher himself was heterodox on this particular question...(but I'm not dragging out the <I>Glaubenslehre</I> to check so open to correction if I in fact remember wrongly).<BR/><BR/>And my own two cents: most theologians worth reading rate at least "heterodox"...JTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977180734561873789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1154937075642222492006-08-07T00:51:00.000-07:002006-08-07T00:51:00.000-07:00The Roman priest is back again.I didn't use the ti...The Roman priest is back again.<BR/><BR/>I didn't use the title "heretic" in the Catholic canonical sense of a baptized Catholic who subsequently adhered to false belief necessary for salvation. My use of the term was conditioned on the Feminarian's original question which used the term. I rarely use the term in an ecumenical forum because it is so inflammatory.<BR/><BR/>Since she self-identifies as "theologically orthodox," I'm assuming her use of the term "heretic" refers to someone who knowingly rejects in part the faith of the broader Christian Church, explicitly expressed in the Creeds and early Councils. "Orthodox" itself refers to "right belief." The difficulty here is that universalism has been examined by the Church and rejected as incompatible with the true faith. And since right belief is held by orthodox Christians to be necessary for salvation, it is no wonder she is troubled by the characterization. This isn't a theological discussion akin to the number of angels dancing on a pin. This is about being judged to be placed with the sheep or the goats for eternity. Or to the flow of discussion here, about whether one would self-select for eternal separation from God or eternal union with God.<BR/><BR/>FrMichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com