tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post5308002697785448093..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: Reformed Anglican Response to a Lutheran Churchman on "The Means of Grace."Charlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-81099012528512054372009-07-11T20:04:04.328-04:002009-07-11T20:04:04.328-04:00Thirdly, if a man ask you how can water bring to p...Thirdly, if a man ask you how can water bring to pass so great things ? ye shall answer, Verily, the water worketh not these things, but the word of God which is joined to the water, and faith which doth believe the word of God. For without the word of God, water is water and not baptism, but when the word of the living God is joined to the water, then it is baptism, and water of wonderful Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-67789166874258170252009-07-07T20:10:40.254-04:002009-07-07T20:10:40.254-04:00who hath left power to his Church to absolve all s...who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him...<br /> <br /> <br />This is an evangelical absolution for someone who might not recover, i.e. they are dying. Absolution does nothing in an of itself unless there is true repentance and true faith in Jesus Christ. This is noticeably missing in the 1928 Visitation of the Sick absolution which says:<br Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-47526968041777435212009-07-07T00:32:35.558-04:002009-07-07T00:32:35.558-04:00Hello Charlie Ray,
You said that the only absolut...Hello Charlie Ray, <br />You said that the only absolution in the 1662 BCP is the public absolution. The 1662 BCP (along with the 1552/1559 BCP) contains a very strong rite for private confession to the priest with absolution in the Office for the Visitation of the Sick. <br />1662 (1552/1559) BCP<br />"Here shall the sick person be moved to make a special confession of his sins, if he Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03632454122621599528noreply@blogger.com