Random Thoughts on Missions and Theology
Here's one that keep me posted. This missionary-theologian friend of mine pursued God's redemptive plan with his family. And he keeps the light burning. His interesting reflections--some of them were included in my piles during our graduates study in theology--striked the match. Join Joey's journey in his Random Thoughts on Missions and Theology.
posted by GlenPlas @ 12:12 AM
3 Comments:
At 9:02 PM,
Joey said…
Glenn,
Thanks for linking my blog here. I'm really hoping that there are more out there and hope we can join hands for the advancement of Filipino Theology and theologians.
At 9:03 PM,
Joey said…
Glenn,
Thanks for linking my blog here. I'm really hoping that there are more out there and hope we can join hands for the advancement of Filipino Theology and theologians.
At 11:11 AM,
Anonymous said…
Bossing! Nice Blog site, hehe!
I followed the link blog of Ptr Joey about biblicism.
Well, I'm not a theologian like you guys (So please, correct me if I'm wrong dito sa reply ko), but hindi ba catholic priest si Hans Kung?
Yes, the Roman church canonized the bible. They even argued that the infallible bible we so much embrace...can it be gathered and canonized by a fallible organization, that is the Roman Church?
Simply put it, they chose which books to be included in the bible, so they have direct authority to interpret it. Which we protestants disagree.
There are some parts in Europe in the 16th century na naka-kadena pa ang bible, so that it won't fall into the hands of lay people (and misinterpret the passages).
Luther wants the lay people to have a hand on the bible. Church historian Erasmus warned Luther that doing that will cause divisions and hundreds of sects among christians. Luther replied that he's aware of the danger of lay people misinterpreting the bible. BUT the passages on the gospel and how to attain ones salvation is very clear. In light of that, Luther decided to go ahead. And if that will cause divisions, and hundreds of sect.. "So be it".
We all agreed the bible is infallible. That the Holy Spirit is the direct author of it.
In my humble opinion, Hans Kung treats the bible as only one part of the Roman Church's "diskarte" in it's empire. He doesn't fully embraced that the bible is divinely inspired. Collecting the right books (that has been around for centuries before the Roman Church was even formed) and canonizing them, doesn't give the Roman church (or anybody) claims of exclusive interpretation. Is it possible that a fallible organization like the Roman church collected the infallible bible? Yes.
One of the first thing I learned nung naging BornAgain ako, ay how important ang biblia sa paglago natin, sa pag-correct, etc... God can speak to us thru different ways . But the bible is the PRIMARY source of His revelation. If Hans Kung will accuse me of Biblicism..."So be it".
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