Recent content by JohnOwen007

Dear PV, Thanks for your reply, but since you've degenrated into ad hominem I'm not going to dignify it with a response. I'll let the readers judge for themselves whose really dealt with the issues at hand. God bless you richly.

Dear PV, Thanks for your reply. However, I'm not sure whether you actually engaging in anything I've written. Are you familiar with how a debate functions? You began by asserting that the "real presence" is taught in Ignatius and Irenaeus. You didn't prove this, but simply asserted it. Hence...

Dear PV, Thanks so much for your response. I enjoyed reading it. Well the burden of proof is on you to show it. The secondary literature is certainly against you on this one. There may be Anglicans who do, but whether that is official Anglican doctrine of the communion or the local...

Dear PV, Thanks for your post, you make some interesting points. Well I've read both Irenaeus and Ignatius (many, many, times) and one simply cannot conclude this, particularly if one keeps in mind the polemical context of each author. It is quite a leap. What makes something an...

Absolutely, and forgiveness hurts, particularly for very serious sins! One of my best friends forgave his Dad for 12 years of sexual abuse. That really was difficult for him to do. Why? What happens when we forgive? We choose not to take our hurt and anger out on the one who sinned against us...