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Old 09-12-2008, 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by armourbearer View Post
I've often pondered "When we've been there ten thousand years" in the light of criticisms on traditionalism. The criticism seems somewhat hollow when the possibility of error is removed from the scene. One wonders why such criticism should be considered valid in the realms of earthly experience where knowing the truth has been a reality for generations.

These articles err when they claim the Protestant reformation was not concerned with maintaining tradition. One only needs to take up Calvin's Institutes to derive a sense of continuity with the past.
I was thinking the same thing about Calvin. He did not write as if he believed he was doing something novel.

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