Comments on Beatus Vir: St. Cyprian on Justification

This quote from Cyprian is similar to what we find...

2008-09-25T23:53:00.000-04:00

This quote from Cyprian is similar to what we find in the Common Responsory in Matins (LSB, p. 221). The sung verse is: "Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it." (Luke 11:28)

Or as Cyprian writes, "We ought therefore to stand fast on His words, to learn and do whatever He both taught and did. But how can a man say that he believes in Christ, who does not do what Christ

Pastor X:Hey, it's great to hear there's a like-mi...

2008-08-26T12:58:00.000-04:00

Pastor X:

Hey, it's great to hear there's a like-minded traveler in this wilderness of wondering! I don't know about you, but sometimes I feel pretty isolated. I'm with you--I certainly can in no way subscribe to Catholic theology--it's too far divorced from the Scriptures.

--Prince Valiant

To Prince Valiant:And I thought I was the only one...

2008-08-23T00:15:00.000-04:00

To Prince Valiant:

And I thought I was the only one living in the vast wilderness of wondering where one should be. I find little of worth in any Synod, yet do not subscribe to Catholic theology. Still, this is Dan's blog and I'll not take up any more of his space. Perhaps I need to start a forum for people like us.

If you read all the Lutheran confessional document...

2008-08-19T13:23:00.000-04:00

If you read all the Lutheran confessional documents, it is quite clearly stated that we must be obedient to God in order to inherit eternal life. (True, you have to search for these statements, but they are there and are made plain in the Confessions, while at the same time not denying justification by faith alone. The two statements are not contradictory but complementary.) So it's a straw man

While I do not agree with your decision, I do not ...

2008-07-26T22:31:00.000-04:00

While I do not agree with your decision, I do not agree also with the personal tone of many of the responses to your postings - excluding the one response so far to this particular (July 14) posting. Are you able to be contacted via e-mail?

"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works ...

2008-07-24T02:47:00.000-04:00

"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." (Galatians 2:16)

Dan, I assume that you do not believe the external clarity of Scripture, even as those within