tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post5333039443091428746..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: Beecroft, Tim and BetsyRev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-29842625640183934082010-10-23T11:45:15.321-05:002010-10-23T11:45:15.321-05:00Kathy,
To this I reply - I'll be ready and ha...Kathy,<br /><br />To this I reply - I'll be ready and happy when Rome abandons her anti-Scriptural quirks and heresies to have visible union again. And this *is* what the Lutheran Reformation has always been - not about independence or freedom or anything that has been seen through a rationalist or American lens... simply this. Let the Gospel be preached without the dross that had been heaped upon it.<br /><br />I too will give a link. In 1520 Luther wrote "The Babylonian Captivity of the Church". You can find it here - http://www.lutherdansk.dk/Web-Babylonian%20Captivitate/Martin%20Luther.htm<br /><br />Now, if you read that, you will see that Rome has progressed quite a way in the Reforms made at Trent. However, there still remains work to be done before fellowship can be restored.<br /><br />That is our hope. I really think when Rome speaks with Lutherans, instead of beating around the bush we should just plow through the Smalcald Articles (found here - http://www.bookofconcord.org/smalcald.php) and the Anti-Lutheran Anathemas of Trent and see where we stand now after almost 500 years and figure where now we need to work.<br /><br />And actually, it wouldn't "hurt" my profession if for some reason I were to go to Rome -- they are married priests, and I could collequize in. But, again, not yet. And when that day does come, God willing, it won't be just me but millions. <br /><br />Until then, I am simply yet another voice speaking the Gospel, calling for the reform of the Church, a return to the life that Christ gives in His Word, apart from our works. <br /><br />Thus is life in the sinful world. Come quickly Lord Jesus.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-57183201200418932332010-10-23T07:22:28.984-05:002010-10-23T07:22:28.984-05:00I will never understand High Lutheranism (or whate...I will never understand High Lutheranism (or whatever it's called). <br /><br />Watching this video shows me that what you love is truly Catholic (and I mean Roman Catholic): the hymns, liturgy, incense, The Blessed Sacrament... <br /><br />Is it just so ingrained in your psychie, that you can't even conceive of re-joining Jesus' real Church that you'll stubbornly stay away? <br /><br />Pastor Brown, I know a conversion to the One, True Faith would hurt your profession as well as causing a rift with friends and family, but you owe it to yourself to look more deeply at the Roman Catholic Church. <br /><br />Check out the Coming Home Network http://www.chnetwork.org/ It's run by former Protestant pastors to help other pastors come into the Catholic Church with as little stress and heartache as possible.<br /><br />All in love,<br />Your sister in ChristKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879273326034884153noreply@blogger.com