tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-455455432472454998.post3063392693452319754..comments2019-08-17T04:19:47.149+10:00Comments on Glosses From An Old Manse: The End of Ecumenism?Acroamaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08978657816767706667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-455455432472454998.post-3613986226950671062010-09-20T10:48:08.092+10:002010-09-20T10:48:08.092+10:00Matthias, One of the earliest and best studies of...Matthias,<br /><br />One of the earliest and best studies of the difference between orthodox Christianity and liberalism is J Gresham Machen&#39;s &#39;Christianity and Liberalism&#39;, written in 1923. I have provided a link to an on-line version on my bookshelf to the right. Machen perceptibly concluded that Liberalism was not an attempt to reform Christianity, but a new religion entirely! <br /><br />The fragmentation of the evangelical movement over the last couple of decades was quite predictable, given that they have no accepted doctrinal standards to rally around (even churches with such find it difficult enough to battle liberalism!). Even a strong, centralised authority is no guarantor of traditional faith, as the Roman Catholic Church is probably one of the most liberal church bodies in Australia, and in Europe it is not much better. <br /><br />It should also be noted that Orthodoxy is not entirely immune from the incursions of Liberalism either - it has its own revisionists in its ranks and has had for a century now, it is just that everything develops more slowly in Orthodoxy.Pr Mark Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978657816767706667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-455455432472454998.post-51365762238896310022010-09-18T17:31:19.469+10:002010-09-18T17:31:19.469+10:00I hope that the current occupier of st Thomas a&#...I hope that the current occupier of st Thomas a&#39;beckett&#39;s office,takes notice of what is being said here. Otherwise he could well end up being the last Archbishop of Canterbury who is Global leader of the World&#39;s Anglicans.<br />I have thought for a while that the divide in Christianity is between thoser Faithful to Christ( traditionalists??) and those who perceive that being faithful means making Jesus a pluralist(liberal). we even have the emergence of evangelcial liberals -where do they standMatthiasnoreply@blogger.com