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Samuel_H_Bolton
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I was explaining the unifying ethos of Christendom to a non-Catholic Christian friend of mine. Here’s what I wrote:
“Sharing an ethos doesn’t mean you agree on everything. It does mean you share an understanding of the meaning of the world, the purpose of humanity, the aim of life. In Christendom, which existed in great forcefulness for over a millennium prior to the Reformation, it meant sharing a knowledge of God’s Natural Law and the social Kingship of Jesus Christ. It began a centuries long disintegration beginning with Luther, but it still held sway well into the 20th Century.”
To which he replied:
“Ok, I can buy into that as a premise. Though as a practical day to day, I’m not so sure. Any good, readable resources you can point me to?”
Anyone have suggestions?
“Sharing an ethos doesn’t mean you agree on everything. It does mean you share an understanding of the meaning of the world, the purpose of humanity, the aim of life. In Christendom, which existed in great forcefulness for over a millennium prior to the Reformation, it meant sharing a knowledge of God’s Natural Law and the social Kingship of Jesus Christ. It began a centuries long disintegration beginning with Luther, but it still held sway well into the 20th Century.”
To which he replied:
“Ok, I can buy into that as a premise. Though as a practical day to day, I’m not so sure. Any good, readable resources you can point me to?”
Anyone have suggestions?