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Me Died Blue

Me Died Blue

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From the homepage (and now only page) of ReformedCatholicism.com:

For hundreds of years, the Christian Church has seen some value in silence and meditation. Things are no different today.

ReformedCatholicism.com is going offline for the foreseeable future.

Tim and I would like to take the time to thank everyone for their participation in the discussion that has ensued for nearly a year. We have written about things Reformed and things catholic and we have learned much from the interaction of ourselves and others. We have fielded vigorous and often unjustified criticism. We have learned much from the other contributors and from those who we have interacted with both on and off the website.

There is still a great need to always be reforming among the Reformed. Our journey to catholicity is not over and we should not pretend that such things should not be discussed or entertained just because one website stops its contribution to the overall discussion. On the contrary, we have been called to unity by our Lord and we should indeed answer that call. Thank you again to all those who made ReformedCatholicism.com what it has been over the last year. For now, we are signing off...
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Silence and meditation? Isn't that the route that Luther took? Maybe ReformedCatholicism.com will come back as Reformed.com

[Edited on 4-22-2005 by blhowes]
 
Originally posted by wsw201
I say hallelujah! One less heretical site on the web :banana::banana::banana:
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I never read much of their material so I am curious why you would call them heretical?
 
Originally posted by poimen
Originally posted by wsw201
I say hallelujah! One less heretical site on the web :banana::banana::banana:
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I never read much of their material so I am curious why you would call them heretical?
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It was essentially a theological blog operated mainly by Kevin Johnson and Tim Enloe, with comments from others as well, advocating a Reformed return to (and "blend" with) many Roman Catholic distinctives on doctrine, especially the covenant and sacramentology. Because of that, it is not surprising that many of the site's statements and supporters often had many common points with the current AA/FV crowd as well.

You can find some information on them by doing a search here on this board, and this thread in particular should shed some general light, and this thread is a good example of what people are talking about.

Also, when I first posted this, the front page was indeed the only thing remaining at the site, but it now looks as if they are going to keep links to everything that was written there while it was still active, although many of them do not seem to be working at the moment. In reading people's comments on the site to this recent offline announcement, it is sickening to see the overwhelming amount of praise, support and even sympathy the owners are getting as compared to the scarce amount of critique.
 
Originally posted by Me Died Blue
Originally posted by poimen
Originally posted by wsw201
I say hallelujah! One less heretical site on the web :banana::banana::banana:
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I never read much of their material so I am curious why you would call them heretical?
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It was essentially a theological blog operated mainly by Kevin Johnson and Tim Enloe, with comments from others as well, advocating a Reformed return to (and "blend" with) many Roman Catholic distinctives on doctrine, especially the covenant and sacramentology. Because of that, it is not surprising that many of the site's statements and supporters often had many common points with the current AA/FV crowd as well.

You can find some information on them by doing a search here on this board, and this thread in particular should shed some general light, and this thread is a good example of what people are talking about.

Also, when I first posted this, the front page was indeed the only thing remaining at the site, but it now looks as if they are going to keep links to everything that was written there while it was still active, although many of them do not seem to be working at the moment. In reading people's comments on the site to this recent offline announcement, it is sickening to see the overwhelming amount of praise, support and even sympathy the owners are getting as compared to the scarce amount of critique.
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Well what they propose makes me nervous but I think I need to see more evidence that they are heretical. I don't mean to be ambivalent but
I really hesitate using the word 'heresy' in conversation with people. Maybe that is because I am a coward, but I would rather err on the side of caution and call it a 'serious error.' :2cents:
 
Someone posted this funny post about the RefCat site:

"This is pretty much what the 'Oxford Movement' would look like if it were dumbed down for twenty-first century postmoderns and led by Spanky and Our Gang rather than John Henry Newman and E. B. Pusey."

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Originally posted by sntijerina
Someone posted this funny post about the RefCat site:

"This is pretty much what the 'Oxford Movement' would look like if it were dumbed down for twenty-first century postmoderns and led by Spanky and Our Gang rather than John Henry Newman and E. B. Pusey."

[Edited on 4-22-2005 by sntijerina]
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This is classic. I think the quote actually comes from either James White or Phil Johnson.
 
Unfortunately, the webmasters now have a new site going. It is called Communio Sanctorum, which they describe as "an online theological journal designed to highlight the sacramental, trinitarian, and covenantal connection we have with the historic Church. We term it a Reformational contribution to catholicity..." They have also stooped to a new low, which I explained in this thread.
 
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