Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Theology.

Okay I am going to start off with an apology to you all, It has been too long since I posted. I am going through my theology course for my local license, and find what is said in the first two lessons very interesting, it says first of all that academic theology, and applied theology should not, and indeed can Not be separated. this is very true, and there are many reasons for this but the most important of these is that if a theological idea can not be applied to the lives of the faithful it is useless and thus should be rejected.

Latin.

                                                                             `+JMJ+
ok so as we all know aside from being Nazarene i am a devout Catholic. one of the things in the Catholic Church i have been most blessed by is the Traditional Latin Mass. I believe that a service option for the CotN should be given in Latin. there are arguments that one can not properly worship in a language that is not native to them, but this confuses me. I am commonly told it is not the words that matter, but rather the state of your heart. now this is a contradiction on the part of the CotN, personally I agree with the heart argument. while i am not saying that people should not learn Latin if they celebrate the mysteries in the language, but rather that is exactly what should happen. the point is that I and may people like be believe that Latin fosters a love for our blessed lord, and a reverence for his body, blood, soul, and divinity in the lord's supper.