A continuation of last week's Pastoral Pondering on Apologetics, for Sunday, June 21 2009. I have suggested that the discipline of apologetics, the reasoned defense of the Christian faith, is sometimes troublesome to the pursuit of theology. It seems to me that the history of soteriology, the theology of salvation, manifests a singular case in point. When it starts from apologetics, soteriology is somewhat compelled to commence outside itself, … [Read more...]
The Troublesome Nature of Apologetics: Part 1
June 10, 2009 By
One of Father Pat's Recent Pastoral Ponderings, this one for June 14, 2009: All Saints Sunday An important part of the proclamation of the Christian faith to the world is, of course, a proper defense of that faith. We are not surprised, therefore, that this defensive ministry, called "apologetics," is very much in evidence in our records of the apostolic preaching to those outside the faith. The Apostle Paul, for instance, wrote of his "defense … [Read more...]
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