Well, that depends what you mean. My Orthodox parish includes an ex-RC History PhD. Jaroslav Pelikan, perhaps the most widely respected authority on the first millenium and despite the personal friendship of two Popes, embraced orthodoxy.
Jaroslav Pelikan is, sadly, a known "Yale intellectual." He has always had a strong interest in Luther's Works, of which he was the editor for the American edition, and he has even been a big fan Erasmus. NO THANKS! More a linguist than not a theologian, he ought to read the Bible.
He's also dead! His interest in Luther is hardly surprising, considering he spent most of his life as a Lutheran priest, before being reconciled with the Orthodox Church in the last decade of his life. I think we can assume he knew the Scriptures pretty well...
Theologian or not, he was undeniably deep in history, and especially the era of the Seven Councils. That's my point: better to stick to Newman's original phrasing: that "to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant", because it certainly isn't automatically "to be *Roman* Catholic".
"To know history is to be Catholic"
ReplyDeleteWell, that depends what you mean. My Orthodox parish includes an ex-RC History PhD. Jaroslav Pelikan, perhaps the most widely respected authority on the first millenium and despite the personal friendship of two Popes, embraced orthodoxy.
Jaroslav Pelikan is, sadly, a known "Yale intellectual." He has always had a strong interest in Luther's Works, of which he was the editor for the American edition, and he has even been a big fan Erasmus. NO THANKS! More a linguist than not a theologian, he ought to read the Bible.
ReplyDeleteHe's also dead! His interest in Luther is hardly surprising, considering he spent most of his life as a Lutheran priest, before being reconciled with the Orthodox Church in the last decade of his life. I think we can assume he knew the Scriptures pretty well...
ReplyDeleteTheologian or not, he was undeniably deep in history, and especially the era of the Seven Councils. That's my point: better to stick to Newman's original phrasing: that "to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant", because it certainly isn't automatically "to be *Roman* Catholic".
Fortunately, this blog avoids all such fascinating controversies by only treating contemporary church history. Neither is it Lutheran or Latin.
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