tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19162254.post3776005500686452323..comments2023-06-13T06:01:11.854-07:00Comments on Who in the world are we?: DEPTH OR BREADTHLaura Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920102860381840156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19162254.post-33496572928300451572007-10-30T00:04:00.000-07:002007-10-30T00:04:00.000-07:00Andrew, I'm still working on the first comment (ho...Andrew, I'm still working on the first comment (homework has taken over). As for the second, the rubric is based on the four marks of the church in the Nicene Creed as modified in 381. Most communions accept this creed, so I'm hoping the result will be broadly accepted. <BR/><BR/>I'm also centering the ecclesiology a bit differently than most, in that I'm not so concerned about church structure, offices, etc. I'm more concerned with identity and function. In this too, I hope to have broad applicability. <BR/><BR/>Of course, I come to this as an at least third generation free-church Protestant, so it's difficult to predict how successful I'll be.Laura Springerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920102860381840156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19162254.post-91828636568205071262007-10-29T23:19:00.000-07:002007-10-29T23:19:00.000-07:00Another thought,does the Rubric work as an absolut...Another thought,<BR/><BR/>does the Rubric work as an absolute positioning of ecclesiologies, or only relatively?<BR/><BR/>Is it possible to test it by using it to compare recognised mainline ecclesiologies?<BR/><BR/>But, maybe I am applying too much of a software development approach here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19162254.post-56727758101517807432007-10-29T14:41:00.000-07:002007-10-29T14:41:00.000-07:00Hi Laura,I am struggling a bit in my catalyst func...Hi Laura,<BR/><BR/>I am struggling a bit in my catalyst function! ;-)<BR/><BR/>It seems to me you are trying to do something inside the bubble and using the academic tools appropriate inside the bubble, but your aim is to evaluate and describe something that exists outside the bubble. So the academic tools may be inadequate or inappropriate.<BR/><BR/>See, for example, the analysis that makes the distinction between religious systems that become driven by their own goals and the Kingdom of God under the order of God. How do you deal with ECs that see this risk and consciously avoid it and seek only to instantiate the Kingdom? See for example <A HREF="http://www.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=17840" REL="nofollow">Loving Holiness by Ron McGatlin</A> where he describes this distinction quite clearly.<BR/><BR/>A little comment on this post - your last bullet seems to make the assumption that ECs are lead by pastors. I thought one of the EC themes was to break the mould of the priest/pastor leading the laity and give expression to the priesthood of all believers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com