Posted by fh on February 14, 2013 at 06:36:57
In Reply to: Re: bible/reformation posted by ray on February 13, 2013 at 12:55:43:
Speaking of ‘mystical’ or ‘mysticism’ we may need to define the terms. According to most dictionaries the word means something like this:
or this
See also wikipedia articleon Christian mysticism.
While I realize that the exact meaning of these terms may vary somewhat, the idea that these above definitions paint is not found in scripture, as far as I know.
There are plenty of inexplainable things and events, but not mystical, imo.
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All reformators were human so quite obviously they all had flaws and made mistakes as well. What I said was that when we speak of the reformation issue on it’s own merits, I do not see how there can be two sides about that.
Now of course I realize this is said as a prostestant, because according to Catholic dogma (the council of Trent in particular) Luther and the rest of the reformators were anathemaized (cursed) and their writings were heresies and thus forbidden under the severest and often arbitrary penalties.