Re: [asa] Random and design

Burgy,
Don't push it too far. Many if not most of the significant Patristic writings were done not to set up an "academic" systematic theology. They were done as pastoral works to address specific pastoral concerns within their parishes and sees.
 
Karl
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-----Original Message-----
From: burgytwo@juno.com
To: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] Random and design

Don Winterstein quote: "I think it's fair to say the OT and early NT Jews
thought of religion almost exclusively as a relationship with God, while
philosophically =
inclined theologians in the early church felt a large part of religion =
had to do with defining God, constructing a box for him that would ever =
after allow them to treat God as an object independent of their =
relationship with him."

I started teaching I John to a SS class this week. The above fits in
quite well with that particular epistle. Thanks. I'm going to use it next
Sunday.

Burgy

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Received on Mon Nov 27 12:52:50 2006