Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 YN
The images of imprisonment and bondage are evocative, but concupiscence and disintegration would also be appropriate images.
09/5/19
Category Archives: Schoonenberg on Original Sin
09/4/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 YM
Summary of text [comment] pages 87 and 88
Grace maintains balance in the heart.
As long as the individual does not admit grace with “his” free choice, thus allowing the Holy Spirit to increase “his” Christian Liberty, the sinner clings to “his” own sinful choices, imprisoning “himself” in the houses of sin, law and death.
He falls into [words and] bondage.
08/2/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XR
Summary of text [comment] pages 86 and 87
[I, seat of choice3b, virtually situates the mirror of the world3a.]
07/25/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XL
Summary of text [comment] pages 86 and 87
[Christian theologians are often on target.
Yet, they will never satisfy the Modern world.
Why?
Moderns recognize only one category, secondness, as valid.
The realm of actuality corresponds to the category of secondness.]
07/24/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XK
[The Scriptures were invaluable in providing a basis for a specialized theological language. This language probes the realm of possibility.
Theologians search Scripture for meaning, presence and message.
They aim to articulate how each heresy distorts generative, life-giving, relations.]
07/23/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XJ
[Theologians relied on Scripture in ‘their struggles to articulate how heretical distortions were wrong’. The Biblical scriptures are an excellent foundation because they witness relations. They do not name them or analyze them. Scriptures tell relation-filled stories. They present images, advice, poetry, and more. These evoke relational structures.]
07/22/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XI
[Theologians struggled to clearly articulate how heretical distortions were wrong. In the process, they constructed the ideas that Schoonenberg retells in his book ‘Man and Sin’.]
07/19/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XH
[Throughout history, Christian believers wrestled with heresies that focused on certain relational elements while ignoring the other elements. These heresies distorted the big picture.
Impressions that something was lacking were confirmed by subsequent events.
For example, many heresies often have a way of making some people look better and others look less.
Subsequent events confirm these impressions.]
07/18/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XG
[Heresies tend to separate one element in these nested forms from other elements.
In doing so, they misrepresent the relationality that is inherent in virtue, grace, Christian liberty and other theological terms.]
07/17/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XF
[A good example is found in my work:
Comments on Wayne Proudfoot’s Book (1986) Religious Experience
Dr. Proudfoot (writing in the 1980s) eagerly takes Schleiermacher (writing in the 1800s) to task. In order to demonstrate cause and effect in the religious experience, Proudfoot inadvertently selects a few elements out of a three-level interscope. He neglects all other elements.
Of course, if I selected any two elements in the nine-element matrix, I could declare that one element caused the other (provided that the seven other elements remained constant). This is not false. However, this would be deceptive. My selection would neglect all the other elements in the interscope.
Dr. Proudfoot was awarded a book award from the American Academy for Religion for his efforts.]