The previous four posts are simply definitions that are
being linked in the glossary. It's not my intention to invent wild sounding and
super technical sounding terminologies. We're talking about complex and nuanced
concepts that are hard to explain in a few paragraphs and even harder to reduce
to one term. Many of these overlap and are variations of some of the same
recurring theological themes. Not everyone will be interested in these
concepts, and that's fine. But some will be, and as I said, they regularly
recur in these writings. This way...for my sake, I can refer someone in a
comment to the glossary or even allude to it in a quick post.
For years my close friends and I have employed these
concepts in our discussions...usually by referring to this or that 'thing,' but
that's not very helpful to people reading these posts. If I said, 'you
know...how Catholics do that thing with the visible church...'
It would mean something to a few people, but most
readers would have no idea. These somewhat painful glossary entries are an
attempt to at least categorize some of these concepts. I worked on these last
night and realized they’re too long to place in the glossary itself, so I’m
putting them up as posts and linking them from the glossary.
So if you're interested, by all means. If not, then
just ignore them. They're just part of the resource/reference sections for the blog.