by William Witt (A summary of a larger work, see bottom for source) A Jesus who is not truly God become fully human cannot save because he at most can provide an example or illustration to encourage us in our own feeble attempts to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. A Jesus who is […]
On Ecclesiology (IV)
“Outside the Church there is no salvation.” (Saint Cyprian, 258) “Outside the catholic Church, one can have everything except salvation.” (Saint Augustine, 371) Hebrews 12:22-23 NKJV But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, (23) to the general assembly […]
On Church Division
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM “Nothing so provokes God’s anger as the division of the Church” from John Chrysostom’s Commentary on Ephesians, Homilies 10 and 11 Eph 4:4-16 NKJV There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; (5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and […]
On Ecclesiology and The Lord’s Supper (II)
EUCHARISTIC ECCLESIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL ‘The Eucharist is the sacrament of the Church, the sacrament of sacraments – wherever it’s celebrated by a legitimately consecrated priest, the Church is present and it’s possible to live the fullness of the church experience. No primacy can be exercised at the expense of this catholic fullness of the […]