Comments on: Priesthood & sacrifice http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/ a few graffiti on the wall of life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: pbandj http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/#comment-876 pbandj Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:31:22 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/#comment-876 "That is a remarkably early reading of the scriptures, paying more attention to the metaphors of the language than seeking to treat them as a precise description, and going back, as is often Anglican custom, to the readings of the fathers to seek resolution to later disputes." i think this is a great pt. we SHOULD seek the wisdom of the church fathers. but there are always guys on both sides of the path. we could find many fathers who sided on the RC doctrinal side as well. thus, we must use them to guide us, but also realize they can be wrong, just as we can be too. peter “That is a remarkably early reading of the scriptures, paying more attention to the metaphors of the language than seeking to treat them as a precise description, and going back, as is often Anglican custom, to the readings of the fathers to seek resolution to later disputes.”

i think this is a great pt. we SHOULD seek the wisdom of the church fathers. but there are always guys on both sides of the path. we could find many fathers who sided on the RC doctrinal side as well.

thus, we must use them to guide us, but also realize they can be wrong, just as we can be too.

peter

]]> By: doug http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/#comment-870 doug Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:09:35 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/#comment-870 And I replied <a href="http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-scripture-and-the-early-fathers/#comment-869" rel="nofollow">there!</a> And I replied there!

]]> By: Bob MacDonald http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/#comment-868 Bob MacDonald Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:57:35 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/08/priesthood-sacrifice/#comment-868 I left my comment on the wrong post! Not the same as the lost comment. I left my comment on the wrong post! Not the same as the lost comment.

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