Category Archives: Mere Catholicity

Fantastic Canon Summary Chart

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

I’ve added a sidebar link to this interactive chart comparing various Christian and Jewish biblical canons. Hover your cursor over a note for additional information. I tell my students the canon of the Old Testament has a fairly solid core—39 … Continue reading →

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The Ancient-Future Path

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

Chaplain Mike, who has taken up Michael Spencer’s mantle at Internet Monk, has a great post up today about misunderstandings of the Ancient-Future (some might say paleo-orthodox) approach to Christianity. He begins with some negatives: Ancient-Future is not about “older … Continue reading →

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Joseph of Nazareth, Pray with Us!

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

To the extent that it is possible for a lifelong Baptist to have a patron saint, Joseph of Nazareth is one of two that I will claim. (The other is Vincent of Lérins, whose feast day is May 24.) I’m … Continue reading →

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Lent is for All Christians

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

The February edition of Baptists Today contained a letter to the editor expressing one Baptist’s opinion of ecumenical catholicity. In his words, BT “really opened a serious can of worms” in its December issue by running an article suggesting that … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Catholicity—or Was That Catholic Evangelicalism?

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

Michael Byrd shares a very nice quotation from Kevin Vanhoozer: “Catholicity” signifies the church as the whole people of God, spread out over space, across cultures, and through time. “We believe in one … catholic church.” The evangelical unity of … Continue reading →

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My Problem Is, I'm Just too Orthodox

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Darrell Pursiful

Which is only a problem because I grew up in, and continue to identify with, a spiritual tradition that has often settled for homodoxy instead. Fortunately, here in the heart of central Georgia is a Baptist church that is at … Continue reading →

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Tuesdays with Mary: Getting over the Protestant Fear of Mary

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Good words from my favorite Baptist contemplative, Jeanie Miley: When I was growing up, Mary the mother of Jesus was consigned to a minor role, not because her role was minor, but because in my tradition there was a fear … Continue reading →

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An Ordinariate—or Something Extraordinary?

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

By far the most interesting thing I’ve seen written about Anglicanorum Coetibus, the Vatican’s Apostolic Constitution establishing a structure for welcoming disenfranchised Anglo-Catholics while allowing them to preserve some of their specifically Anglican traditions, is Dan Martins’ post, “Looking a … Continue reading →

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ICF: Victim of Romophobia

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Sad. An InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter can look very different in the fall than it did the previous spring. But the chapter at George Washington University (GWU) in the nation’s capital is dealing with change of a more uncomfortable kind … Continue reading →

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What the World Needs Now…

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Darrell Pursiful

Saints!  I think that basically, from the church’s point of view, what we need to do is form saints – people of faith, hope and love. Thus says Glenn Hinson, one of my professors at the Seminary formerly known as … Continue reading →

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