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    My three reviews of controversial theology books

    Here's a more comprehensive critique of Wright: What's Wrong with Wright: Examining the New Perspective on Paul by Phil Johnson.
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    My three reviews of controversial theology books

    Review of N.T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God (2003).
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    It's a stretch, yes. However, while the absence of explicit substance-realism in Paul and Peter's writings doesn't prove they rejected such views, their use of participation language is clear. Since they don't explicitly address the metaphysical status of the bread and wine, it's reasonable to...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    How about 2 Peter 1:3-4 NIV then: His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate [koinōnoi]...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    I said that, in Augustine's view, the sacramental sign (the bread and wine) participates in the reality it signifies (Christ's flesh and blood) and that this corresponds to Paul's use of koinonia (participation). If Jesus participates in the elements, then it would be the reverse, which I didn't...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    (I don't understand what you mean.) Anyway, participatory theology better aligns with both biblical witness and lived Christian experience, while substance-oriented theology struggles with physical/metaphysical complications. Participatory theology reflects biblical language of koinonia...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    Indeed, we participate in the divine, following Plato's concept of participation (methexis, mimesis, koinonia). Yet this participation is mutual: the Eucharist creates communion both among believers and between humanity and God. While we participate in Christ's righteousness, He participates in...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    Most Protestant denominations reject the doctrine of Mary's sinlessness, viewing it as lacking biblical support.
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    Augustine did not use the term transubstantiation because ancient understanding did not sharply divide symbol from reality. In his framework, symbols functioned as sacraments, where the sacramental sign (sacramentum) participated in the reality (res) it signified. This sacramental understanding...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    When Justin writes "...from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished," he is not referring to transubstantiation. The Greek phrase "kata metabolēn" (which T. B. Falls translates as "assimilation" in The Fathers of the Church, vol. 6, 1948) simply describes the natural process of...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    No, this passage explains why Jesus cannot physically "enter" the bread—which the author incorrectly assumes is the Lutheran position. The author attempts to refute the Lutheran view by appealing to spatial and temporal limitations: It is clear that Christ does not begin to be present in the...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    Yes, at the Marburg Colloquy in 1529, Luther famously wrote "Hoc est corpus meum" ("This is my body") in chalk on the table and repeatedly pointed to these words during his debate with Zwingli. Lutheranism's doctrine of the real presence rests fundamentally on these biblical words ("This is my...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    Luther's formula of "in, with, and under" serves as his alternative to both symbolic interpretations and transubstantiation. But what positive ontological claims does it make? The formula functions more as a theological placeholder than a philosophical solution. Thus, Luther deliberately...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    But interpreting the Eucharistic presence metaphysically would render it symbolic—a position the Catholic Church explicitly rejects. As Feingold notes, "bread and wine are converted into a substance that already exists: Christ's Body and Blood, which are not generated or changed by this...
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    Do you agree with the traditional doctrine of original sin?

    Catholic theology regarding the Eucharist presents many more theological challenges. As Catholic theologian Lawrence Feingold notes in "The Eucharist" (2018), Christ cannot be bodily present in all Eucharistic celebrations simultaneously, since He "would have to pass through all the intervening...
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