medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
<i>I could give still tons of texts.</i>
and tons more could be given to refute or distabilize
it. Sic et non
<i>The problem is as follows: for the
catholic theology, faith is not an internal
sentiment(alism) of man, but the
consentement of will to the revelation. The revelation
came directly from
God in the old and new testament, and is granted by
the authority of the
Church (see Luc. 10:16, passim). Our rationality is
not sufficient to reach
the Revelation. If I believe that God is Trinity,
because I am convinced of,
but don't believe, say, that Jesus resurrected, I have
not the faith in the
Trinity, but a personal opinion about it. </i>
Going into John 6 below, we see the heart of the
problem. In terms of what's above, if "our rationality
is not sufficient to reach . . ." then who are we
confine God within the prescriptions of that
rationality -- if the words are the spirit, then the
spirit is love, compassion, if they are received any
other way they are dead. John 6: 63) "Spiritus est
qui vivificat caro non prodest quicquam Verba quae ego
locutus sum vobis spiritus et vita sunt" Of course,
this puts the words of Christ in an interesting place
as they are spirit and life and sort of brings us full
circle in terms of the Pauline Maxim -- but that's the
amazing thing about this collection --the
interpretation and engagement with scripture is an
ongoing process -- an experience -- this is not a rule
book or a cook book that speaks on level to one issue
at a time -- it's spirit and life, experience -- it's
a revelation that unfolds in the becoming of each
individual recipient even as it relates issues on a
macro-cosmic level. This does not mean that there are
no immutable truths communicated but rigidity in the
reception of them is to be avoided. Christ is moral
relativist, so is Paul, Jerome, Augustine, etc. Trying
to tie all this down into some perfect code is an
arrogance the ignores the inherent imperfection of
humanity.
And there's nothing in what follows that tells us
that Peter believed contrary to his opinion -- I think
you're making a tenuous distinction.
<i>Naturally, this is medieval religion and catholic
theology. In our modern
world nobody cares :-)</i>
People do care a great deal, that's why we have this
list and this is neither the totallity of medieval
religion or catholic theology -- the medieval handle
on the word, is much more fluid -- more alive than you
are giving credit for.
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