I'm just starting Chapter 3 of Tradition and Apocalypse, and thus far it resonates deeply. As an historian I've always been puzzled, especially, at how Catholicism's clearly historically contingent accrual of its thousand points of dogma can be seen as the infallible revelation of what was always already inherent in basic message of the …
I'm just starting Chapter 3 of Tradition and Apocalypse, and thus far it resonates deeply. As an historian I've always been puzzled, especially, at how Catholicism's clearly historically contingent accrual of its thousand points of dogma can be seen as the infallible revelation of what was always already inherent in basic message of the Gospel and as the *required* beliefs for salvation. I'm intrigued to see how you ultimately work out the problem of tradition.
I'm just starting Chapter 3 of Tradition and Apocalypse, and thus far it resonates deeply. As an historian I've always been puzzled, especially, at how Catholicism's clearly historically contingent accrual of its thousand points of dogma can be seen as the infallible revelation of what was always already inherent in basic message of the Gospel and as the *required* beliefs for salvation. I'm intrigued to see how you ultimately work out the problem of tradition.