Sticking it to the man, or The case for church history, Part 2 Carl Trueman

Church history can also play an apologetic role; for instance, I just found A.C. Glynn’s 1868 translation/redaction of Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam’s Études germaniques worked surprisingly well (albeit rambling in parts) as an answer to aspects of Gibbon (while of ultramontane bent, it still seems mostly serviceable to us.)

Thus, stuffy and archaic as some would see it, the recitation of the Apostles’ Creed is potentially the most dangerously subversive act of cultural terrorism one might engage in on a Sunday.

rofl - love it..!

Matt Busby Andrews17/07/2009 06:34 AM

Imagine how defiant it would be to recite the creed in Anaheim at the moment!

Surely even the Apostle’s Creed must be reinterpreted into the thought forms and cultural categories of the modern hearer in order to make any sense and hold any appeal.

NOT!!!

Well said, Carl.

Roger Gallagher17/07/2009 04:29 PM

After coming to faith as a teenager, I often heard comments from relatives (& some people at church) about how people like myself who attended “contemporary” style church services weren’t really Anglican. For me, one of the great things about church history was discovering that what these people saw as “true” Anglicanism (i.e. Anglo-Catholicism) was in fact a 19th-century invention and not really Anglican at all.

Not being an Anglican, I didn’t get the significance of the Anaheim comment, but, having read Al Mohler’s last two blogs, I guess I do now.  Readers of solapanel might find them interesting: http://www.albertmohler.com/
Thanks again for the kind and interesting responses.

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