Coram Deo
Puritan Board Junior
Does anybody know anything about this book?
It can be found here
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What are your thoughts on the above quote?
I personally do not have a problem with foot-washing as long as it is not seen as a sacrament. Whether it is an addendum of the Lord's Supper or just a ordinance that is not a sacrament..
But what are your thoughts on what the author wrote "the purpose of footwashing in the community was to act as as sign of the cleansing of post-conversion sin committed by a disciple after baptism."
What about his historical record of the Patristic practice of footwashing?
Knowing that Footwashing acts as a symbol of what we are suppose to do internal; humility, why shouldn't we practice it to remind us of what we are to do internally?
Any other thoughts on the topic?
It can be found here
Produce Description is:
There is good evidence that the Christian community where the Gospel of John was written practiced footwashing as a religious action. However, few scholars have studied the practice or meaning of the rite. This book undertakes the most comprehensive study so far of the practice of footwashing in the ancient world, unearthing many fascinating parallels to the early Christian act. Thomas next studies the footwashing in John 13 with the tools of modern literary analysis, asking what the text was intended to mean to the readers implied by the Gospel. He then turns to a study of the actual readers in John's community to reconstruct what they believed about it and how they carried it out. The author concludes that the purpose of footwashing in the community was to act as as sign of the cleansing of post-conversion sin committed by a disciple after baptism.
What are your thoughts on the above quote?
I personally do not have a problem with foot-washing as long as it is not seen as a sacrament. Whether it is an addendum of the Lord's Supper or just a ordinance that is not a sacrament..
But what are your thoughts on what the author wrote "the purpose of footwashing in the community was to act as as sign of the cleansing of post-conversion sin committed by a disciple after baptism."
What about his historical record of the Patristic practice of footwashing?
Knowing that Footwashing acts as a symbol of what we are suppose to do internal; humility, why shouldn't we practice it to remind us of what we are to do internally?
Any other thoughts on the topic?