tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post6972131991555914351..comments2024-03-22T07:16:35.188+00:00Comments on Against Heresies: Relearning our grammarMartin Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08019053545918223050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-90501497857694783912008-02-14T10:41:00.000+00:002008-02-14T10:41:00.000+00:00BTW - we're coming to Chester for summer vacations...BTW - we're coming to Chester for summer vacations, so may pop in a Sunday if that is OK :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31896366.post-17745900442835101072008-02-14T10:38:00.000+00:002008-02-14T10:38:00.000+00:00Amen, Martin! Aren't the confessions also contextu...Amen, Martin! <BR/><BR/>Aren't the confessions also contextualised - i.e. they reflect, to a greater or lesser extent depending on which you reading, the battles of the moment. They are often written to AGAINST HERESIES as you might say? <BR/><BR/>If so, shouldn't we also bemoan the loss of the art of writing confessions? Take my own grounding - 1689 London Baptist Confession. It is strong on some issues, but not so categoric on those which were simply not issues of the time. Does there need to be a 2008 London Baptist Confession which deals more explicitly with Christus Victor as the only understanding of the cross, open theism etc? I think so. I know we can Scripturalise confessions (i.e. elevate them too high). So do we need to rediscover their present usefulness as new as well as historical documents?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com