Anyone seen this article yet?

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I think it's wonderful.

DALLAS - The head of the Evangelical Theological Society has returned to the Roman Catholic Church and, as a result, has stepped down from his post with the evangelical group.

Beckwith was accepted back into the Catholic Church on April 29, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Waco, Texas. He said he was persuaded to return to Catholicism after a friend suggested he read the Early Church Fathers and Catholic works on justification, about how sinners are transformed to a state of holiness.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510/ap_on_re/religion_briefs;_ylt=Amv2nSEnNZXTL1Cqmih7Pbo7Xs8F

I agree with you, Sentinel. Reminds me of Scott Hahn..

Barry - maybe you see justification and sanctification as two distinct things; Catholics see them as complementary ways of talking about the same thing--being "in Christ"

Paul speaks of sanctification as a "past, completed act"--in the aorist tense--in 1 Corinthians 6:11. He tells his readers, "You have been washed, you have been sanctified, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of God." At the same time, Scripture teaches sanctification or holiness is something into which we can grow.

In 2 Corinthians 7:1 Paul says we should "purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit and strive for perfect holiness out of fear of God." The writer to the Hebrews exhorts us to consider our trials as discipline from our heavenly Father, "in order that we share his holiness" (Heb. 12:10). We’re advised to "strive for that sanctity without which no one will see the Lord" (Heb.12:14).

sanctification means to make holy, then Christians are progressively sanctified or made holy as they strive, by the grace of God, to attain "that sanctity without which no one will see the Lord." Christians can also fall into sin and impurity--into "unsanctity." This is the point of Paul’s repeated warnings to believers not to return to the sinful lifestyles they left behind (1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:16-21; Eph. 5:3-5):

SANCTIFICATION, then, is both a "past, completed action" and something which believers can increase or from which they can fall away through sin. This leads us to ask, "If Paul’s use of the aorist with respect to sanctification doesn’t preclude progress or regress, why should it do so with respect to justification?"

End pov - I think we would have been much better off without Protestantism..look at the thousands of differet sects and the division of the Body of Christ.

Answer 1

Yes I was talking with another member here about it recently and we came to the conclusion that just like Henry Newman Beckwith showed true humility and submission to the Holy Spirit but like Newman who bacame a Cardinal he will be called a traitor by the hardliners,though this will not trouble him at all.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think it's great too. It's good to have knowledge of different churches and to have an "interfaith" background. Even though he's left one set of teachings for another, anything good that he learns from either church shall stay with him for a lifetime.

It's important to remember, without Catholicism and Judaism, we wouldn't have Protestantism, right? That's history too.

Answer 4

That is great. However, like Martin Luther, I disagree with the early Roman Catholic teachings. According to the Bible, we are not transformed to a state of holiness. We are simply justified, or DECLARED to be righteous by God. Only because of the substitutionary, atoning work of Christ on our behalf.

Answer 5

Maybe this person has forgotten about the Reformation by Luther and wants to go back in-time to the the inquisition fame of the Catholic Church.

Answer 6

Hmmm, I don't see anything wonderful about it. A guy that is wavering on his faith is joining a more powerful and more rich group. It almost is like the article is praising that by getting another methodist minister means that catholicism is more correct. We used to do that kind of stuff in the 4th grade.

Answer 7

From one division of Christendom to another division of Christendom but still in the same boat.

Answer 8

Couldn't care less.
One christian moves from one christian denomination to another. Whooo!

Answer 9

yes!

good luck!