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		<title>Adam, Eve, and original sin (Augustine&#8217;s heresy)</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2011/09/adam-eve-and-original-sin-augustines-heresy/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2011/09/adam-eve-and-original-sin-augustines-heresy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most western Christians don&#8217;t realize that our understanding of man&#8217;s state of sinfulness — sometimes using terms like &#8220;total depravity&#8221; and &#8220;original sin&#8221; — is largely the invention of Augustine of Hippo, and that the majority of the Church at that time rejected his ideas.  The Eastern churches still do. The doctrine of Original Sin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodox hell and the Scarlet Rob Bell</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2011/03/orthodox-hell-and-the-scarlet-rob-bell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eastern (Orthodox) church has been thinking about hell a lot longer than anyone else, simply because they&#8217;ve been around the longest. Yes, there were Christians before Augustine. However, very few western evangelicals (of the post-liturgical variety) care about what the early church (post-Canon) thinks. After all, they didn&#8217;t have the benefit of the Enlightenment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More thoughts on Sola Scriptura</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/more-thoughts-on-sola-scriptura/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran across a great little post on the Wittenberg Trail webring on the issue of sola scriptura. Unfortunately, you&#8217;ve got to join before you can read any of the article, so a link will do little good for most folks.  So, I&#8217;ll reprint a portion here along with credit and a link. The author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lutheranism’s Attitude About the Ancient Church Fathers</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/lutheranism%e2%80%99s-attitude-about-the-ancient-church-fathers/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/lutheranism%e2%80%99s-attitude-about-the-ancient-church-fathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nice quote courtesy of Paul T. McCain at CyberBrethren.com: The Lutheran Church has never despised or even disregarded the traditions that have come down from the ancient fathers of the Church. What has been preserved by the teachings and doings of Christian men from the apostles’ time down to the present day is precious. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Twain 7: Eastern Orthodoxy and Universalism</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-7-eastern-orthodoxy-and-universalism/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-7-eastern-orthodoxy-and-universalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not one of the issues on my list, but I have run across a couple of articles and podcasts concerning the issue of universalism, so I thought I&#8217;d talk about it while I was in the mood. Universalism is essentially the belief that when it&#8217;s all over, everyone will end up saved (to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Twain 6: Tradition revisited</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-6-tradition-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-6-tradition-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the primary differences between Eastern and Western Christianity concerns the nature of authority in the church.  I&#8217;ve already explored this issue here, so I won&#8217;t repeat myself.  However, I will mention a few points that I may have missed. The Eastern Orthodox concept of Tradition is quite difficult for the Western mind to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Twain 5 &#8211; Major issues between East and West</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-5-major-issues-between-east-and-west/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-5-major-issues-between-east-and-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I started making a list of the various differences I&#8217;ve come across between the Eastern Orthodox and Evangelical theology (I am ignoring the RCC at this point, as it has its own issues, and it&#8217;s my blog).   Here&#8217;s the list, in quasi-random order: The interpretation of the phrase &#8220;We believe in one holy catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Twain 4 &#8211; Neo-Platonism and Eastern Orthodoxy</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-4-neo-platonism-and-eastern-orthodoxy/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2010/01/exploring-the-twain-4-neo-platonism-and-eastern-orthodoxy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post in this series, I promised to examine the neo-Platonist influences in Eastern Orthodoxy.  If I knew then what I knew now &#8211; or didn&#8217;t know then what I don&#8217;t know now, I wouldn&#8217;t have made such a promise.  As it turns out, trying to pin this issue down has a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Twain 3 &#8211; Hurdles to Studying Eastern Orthodoxy</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/12/exploring-the-twain-3-hurdles-to-studying-eastern-orthodoxy/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2009/12/exploring-the-twain-3-hurdles-to-studying-eastern-orthodoxy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My current series is Exploring the Twain, in which I offend (unintentionally) evangelicals, Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox alike.  I am, at this point, an equal opportunity offender. The intent of the series is to examine the differences between Eastern and Western Christianity.  My hypothesis is this: Western Christianity has been so impacted by philosophical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idiotic Evangelicals (and some who aren&#8217;t)</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/11/idiotic-evangelicals-and-some-who-arent/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2009/11/idiotic-evangelicals-and-some-who-arent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>me</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was reading something online about the Manhattan Declaration, and saw a comment stating that many evangelicals are hesitant to sign the document because it has been endorsed by Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic leaders, and so they were concerned about the loss of the Gospel. Idiots.   They haven&#8217;t stopped to consider [...]]]></description>
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