From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. (dfsiemensjr@juno.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 14:59:06 EDT
On Tue, 27 May 2003 11:50:29 -0600 "Rich Blinne" <e-lists@blinne.org>
writes:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
>>On Behalf Of John W Burgeson
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: On Tillich
>
> > But the history of religion makes it clear this is not how it
> works. To
> > expect to have faith before embarking on the disciplines of the
> spiritual
> > life is like putting the cart before the horse. ...
> > Indeed, it is only since the Enlightenment that faith has been
> defined as
> > intellectual submission to a creed.
>
>
> That is not historically correct. Note the following from Anselm's
> Cur Deus
> Homo (Why the God-man?):
>
<snip>
One may go back further. Note "...anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him" (Hebrews
11:6). This emphasizes that "belief" is not merely in, i.e. trust, but
has content. This is only one of the verses that ties _pisteuo_ to
content.
Dave
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