Fr. Ron Offringa

Planting priest for @rcanglican. Presbyter in @The_ACNA. Canonically resident in @westernanglican. MA in Classical Theology from @talbottheology.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@RevAdamATC @IFFFMEISTER The anathema in question (anathema 3) merely says we are to salute the images of Christ. I think Fr. Ben Jefferies is correct that the anathemas are part of the definition and binding in accord with the implications of the Christology of the council. https://t.co/ZYqQ64Nong

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@IFFFMEISTER Nicaea II is about Christology.

[Patrick Schreiner ☧ @pj_schreiner]

Biola University acquires Phoenix Seminary.

The landscape of theological higher education continues to change.

https://t.co/pP39wFSVPP

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 Then you should argue with those people about that. I've not once claimed that. I've said multiple times that it is merely a summary of what Scripture says, just like a sermon. What matters is whether such summaries are in line with what Scripture teaches.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

The Son is nowhere called the Son of the Spirit, but the Spirit is called both the Spirit of your Father and the Spirit of his Son. Let the reader understand.

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@francis_yo92739 As I've said multiple times, it is a summary of what Scripture teaches concerning the nature of God and the work of Jesus. Again, if you want to condemn all manmade expressions of thought concerning what Scripture says you'll need to condemn all sermons and your own tweets.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 You’re arguing against an opinion I do not hold. I have said repeatedly that we believe as necessary for salvation only that which is proved by Scripture. This is what happens when you randomly reply to something without asking any questions.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 Right, which means summaries of biblical truths are permissible. The question about the Nicene Creed is not whether we can summarize biblical truths (every sermon does this) but whether the teaching accurately reflects the testimony of the Scriptures.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 First, there are summaries of what the Bible teaches within the Bible (e.g. Stephen’s testimony in Acts 7). Second, I never said they were needed, just that they are not opposed to Scripture either in conceit or content. Again, the issues is the interpretation of the Bible.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 Creed comes from the Latin ‘credo,’ which means ‘I believe.’ The dispute is not over whether the Creeds were written by men, but whether they accurately summarize the testimony of Holy Writ.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 Mark 7:7 does not use the word creed. You’re interpolating that word into the text. We find summaries of what Scripture teaches within Scripture itself. There is nothing wrong with summarizing the teaching of Scripture.

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@francis_yo92739 Mark 7:7 says nothing about creeds and does not condemn summarizing what Scripture teaches.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 That the Son proceeds from the Father and the Son can be demonstrated from Scripture (John 15 as cited above and John 20 are among the texts). We hold to the Creeds because they give accurate summaries of the teachings of Scripture.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 It refers to the addition of the word ‘filioque’ in the Latin version of the Nicene Creed, meaning ‘and the Son’ with reference to the procession of the Spirit from the Father (John 15:26).

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 It was a reference to the filioque, not the Good Shepherd discourse.

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@francis_yo92739 What does this have to do with my original post?

[Rancho Cucamonga Anglican @rcanglican]

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[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

@monkofjustice I’m seeing a few oddities in the app, but not that. Where are you finding these excerpts?

[Fr. Ron Offringa @RonOffringa]

In God there is only one will, power, operation, dominion, majesty, power, and glory. We distinguish the persons not by actions or roles, but by relations of origin (eternal generation and spiration).