tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209094218813547041.post6690266840850166178..comments2023-09-19T03:06:29.983-07:00Comments on Liber locorum communium: Jenson on the church's BibleSteve Perishohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05422656717551961275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209094218813547041.post-29471153230596699922010-06-27T22:24:49.607-07:002010-06-27T22:24:49.607-07:00A decent analogy: organic growth and development t...A decent analogy: organic growth and development through time and in relation to a changing environment, but <i>personal identity</i> throughout.<br />It is the <i>identity</i> of the church of today with the church whose composition and canonization of the New Testament was its reception and authoritative interpretation of the Old that modern biblical exegesis tends to deny. And not just this identity, but a visible, <i>unbroken,</i> and living continuity through time.Steve Perishohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422656717551961275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2209094218813547041.post-38354347665336640382010-06-27T21:35:39.575-07:002010-06-27T21:35:39.575-07:00My 24yo is still the same person he was when he wa...My 24yo is still the same person he was when he was two, but his condition and relationship to his world has really changed. It is the work of the church to infiltrate and change the world. To the extent that it has done so, its relationship with the world is inevitably different now. But it is true that its relationship with scripture is unchanging, as is its relationship with the bridegroom.Elaine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417283688993930533noreply@blogger.com