From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 15:58:12 EDT
Rich Blinne wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. [mailto:dfsiemensjr@juno.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:59 PM
> > To: e-lists@blinne.org
> > Cc: jwburgeson@juno.com; asa@calvin.edu
> > Subject: Re: On Tillich
> >
> >
> > > 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
>
> Thanks. I was limiting myself to historical theology, but you raise an
> excellent point. The Hebrews passage that you cited is the reason why I
> believe that notional faith is necessary (we MUST believe). James 2:19 is
> why I believe notional faith is not sufficient.
Just a query so that there's not a lot of slaying of straw men & women: Is
anybody (either on this list or of significance in the history of Christian thought)
saying "It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere"?
Shalom,
George
-- George L. Murphy gmurphy@raex.com http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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