tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post2886283941997036086..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: What the Anglican Reformation REALLY says about the authority of the Bible...and the limits of "church"TLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-62875512688250868032008-08-31T09:22:00.000-05:002008-08-31T09:22:00.000-05:00By accountability - I mean James 5:16 - "confessin...By accountability - I mean James 5:16 - "confessing your faults to one another, praying for one another that you may be healed." <BR/><BR/>A true 'confessing communion' will have affirmations, confessions and creeds, but also accountability and mutual submission (Ephesians 5:21)<BR/>Jesus in John 20 showed His wounds, then breathed on them the Holy Ghost, then gave them the power to forgive sins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-14383106412567759862008-08-31T09:00:00.000-05:002008-08-31T09:00:00.000-05:00Great word, Fr. Timothy - thank you. Yes, Perpetu...Great word, Fr. Timothy - thank you. Yes, Perpetua of Carthage - I agree. The Word (study, preaching, lectio divina, meditation and ingestion of the healing Word), the Eucharist, Individual and corporate communion and worship in Spirit and in Truth, and true fellowship (mutual accountability, edification, confession, forgiveness, caring, unity, good will, etc.) are the four basic food groups of Christianity through which Christ imparts Himself to sustain His Body.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-84737297631276815362008-08-30T21:25:00.000-05:002008-08-30T21:25:00.000-05:00Hi,I am really glad you posted this. The Church an...Hi,<BR/>I am really glad you posted this. <BR/><BR/>The Church and the Christian faith must stay itself upon the Word of God certain, as upon a sure and strong foundation.<BR/><BR/>How does it fit with "The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ the Lord"?<BR/><BR/>I am thinking maybe it is that Jesus is the Word (per John) and we know Jesus through the Word of God written, i.e, the Scripture.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632860530530786486noreply@blogger.com