tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19775846.post19121269907596009..comments2023-09-01T16:11:44.564+08:00Comments on Daniel's Place - (Reformata et semper reformanda): Ray, Robbins and CongregationalismDaniel Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00678184721218949112noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19775846.post-19303980972043123392013-12-06T10:04:59.452+08:002013-12-06T10:04:59.452+08:00@Charlies:
this is why I don't wish to talk w...@Charlies:<br /><br />this is why I don't wish to talk with you further. I'm astonished at how you can turn black to white, and white to black. Robbins' promotion of Congregationalism in your hands suddenly becomes "contingency plan for elders to have other sources of income." Nevermind that Robbins was writing about the normal practices of a Church, not contingency plans. Daniel Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678184721218949112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19775846.post-24991813070050531112013-12-06T09:54:09.865+08:002013-12-06T09:54:09.865+08:00I'm taking it that you object to the congregat...I'm taking it that you object to the congregation calling its own minister? That's a standard practice across most denominational lines, including the Episcopal churches. The formalities are just that. Formalities.<br /><br />Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19775846.post-19443912760584930832013-12-06T09:47:02.153+08:002013-12-06T09:47:02.153+08:00Pulling a few comments by Robbins out of context d...Pulling a few comments by Robbins out of context does not justify the proposition that Robbins was a congregationalist in his theological views on church polity.<br /><br />The reasoning behind his point that elders in the local sessions should have other jobs as sources of income is that should the Presbyterian denomination go apostate--as it has in several cases in the past--then the session isCharlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.com