tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post3077576311398513887..comments2024-03-25T20:03:03.657-06:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Tu es PetrusDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-26950610421173152282011-08-22T10:11:24.169-06:002011-08-22T10:11:24.169-06:00Yes, Scott, I realize that Balthasar's focus i...Yes, Scott, I realize that Balthasar's focus is on authority _within_ the Catholic Church and further that has to be a Catholic's primary concern. Nor, was I intending to point a finger at one or another protestant group currently wrestling with issues of authority and having less means at their disposal.<br /> Rather, I was just taking the quote to commend Saint Paul's letters to the Corinthians, given the widespread issues wrt authority throughout Christendom nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-14260917496613310232011-08-22T07:20:14.029-06:002011-08-22T07:20:14.029-06:00While I appreciate where you're going, Thomas,...While I appreciate where you're going, Thomas, I'm not sure where you take the logic is what Balthasar would say, as he is writing here about what he calls the <i>Catholica</i>. The attitudes regarding papal primacy among those who do not recognize the First Vatican Council's defined dogma of immediate and universal papal jurisdiction not only differs between Christians East and West, but also differs among Western Protestant Christians, running from the more to the less ecclesial, with some, like various Lutheran synods, still holding that the pope is the ant--Christ. <br /><br />Balthasar does note that despite all of the many differences they have with each other, non-Catholic Christians, East and West, have being anti-papal very much in common.Dcn Scott Dodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-58565582868988230152011-08-22T07:09:30.350-06:002011-08-22T07:09:30.350-06:00Balthasar notes that the anti-Petrine (i.e., anti-...Balthasar notes that the anti-Petrine (i.e., anti-papal) "attitude of any and all the communities under the jurisdiction of Peter and his successors" is the same as the "anti-Pauline attitude of the Corinthians," <br /><br /> and not just those communities which acknowledge that jurisdiction, one might add. yet another example of how very relevant the letters to the Corinthians are to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com