swimmerbabe11 said:

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I like Hilary of Poitiers. My pastor does a devotion each morning with his commentary, an excerpt from a church father and a BIble verse. It may be a little easier to consume. He also has a book called A Year with the Church Fathers.

This was today's
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101459756774&ca=b26e9a58-f414-4dd4-9065-b531fcd0b476

Note, I'm not RCC or EO...I'm LCMS Lutheran.

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747Ag said:

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Frok said:

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Furlock Bones said:

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this thread has strayed quite far from the original issue of why the reformers decided the Mass/Divine Liturgy whatever you want to call it needed to be changed after 1500.

no one has yet to give a real answer to that. i understand the reformation and what they were attempting to do. i just don't see a real answer as to why the worship service needed changing.

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Perhaps there isn't a simple answer

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Or, perhaps it is simple as this: specific changes in theology necessitate a change in worship. If the Eucharist is not Christ, then the Mass (Divine Liturgy) is idolatry.

Lex orandi; lex credendi.

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Furlock Bones said:

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747Ag said:

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Frok said:

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Furlock Bones said:

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this thread has strayed quite far from the original issue of why the reformers decided the Mass/Divine Liturgy whatever you want to call it needed to be changed after 1500.

no one has yet to give a real answer to that. i understand the reformation and what they were attempting to do. i just don't see a real answer as to why the worship service needed changing.

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Perhaps there isn't a simple answer

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Or, perhaps it is simple as this: specific changes in theology necessitate a change in worship. If the Eucharist is not Christ, then the Mass (Divine Liturgy) is idolatry.

Lex orandi; lex credendi.

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So the Church from the literal first days was committing idolatry?

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