From: Steve Peterson (peterson.steve@verizon.net)
Date: Sun Mar 21 2004 - 22:12:43 GMT
Hi Sam,
>> Can you explain what you mean by faith? As I understand the term there
>> are three uses: belief, trust, and loyalty. All could apply to
>> Christianity.
>
> I'm happy with those three to begin with. I'd probably include
> decision as well though.
>
My preference for thinking about faith is to replace the belief aspect
with a decision to live a certain way. So my ideal Christian Church
would interpret faith as trust, loyalty, and conviction but not factual
belief.
>> Is there something that must be believed for the Mass to be mystical?
>
> Yes. "Truly truly I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. I am
> the bread of life...this is
> the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and
> not die... the bread that I
> give for the life of the world is my flesh" (John 6, 47-51) Although
> we could probably have
> entertaining conversations about what it all means!
>
That's exactly what I want to get into. What statements if any must
someone hold as factually true to be a Christian?
Thanks,
Steve
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