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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 6/28/2004 8:17 AM (GMT -6) |   | Toward a Protestant Reclaiming of the Communion of the Saints
By Donald M. Steele
THEOLOGY TODAY mag.
theologytoday.ptsem.edu/jan1995/v51-4-article4.htm
- "A contemporary theology of saints needs to point not to the potency of the saint but to the actuality of 'treasure in earthen vessels
- Martin Luther called for a recollection that the communion of saints is first a communion of sinners: ...
- "The early church had no problem imagining a community of believers, past, present, and future, in which each prayed for the others in gratitude and hope. "
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 6/29/2004 2:28 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
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A contemporary theology of saints needs to point not to the potency of the saint but to the actuality of 'treasure in earthen vessels'...
I'm trying to get to reading this through. But I'd suspect that this is a BOTH AND instead of an EITHER OR.
As feelinhole pointed out, we must avoid idolotry.
As I responded, everything is about Christ (or should be) -- "In whom, by whom, through whom..."
WE are called to be 'treasure in earthen vessels' -- THAT's the First thing. The Second thing is the Treasure itself! BOTH.
WITHOUT EITHER, THE OTHER WOULD NOT DO US ANY GOOD.
If there were no saints, then the Gospel would be proven impotent. And if only perfect people could be saints (be those in whom the fullness of God dwells--who are filled with the Spirit), then. . .well. . .if only perfection were necessary then none could apply for the possition.
"But while we were yet sinners. . ."
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