Reformation or Deformation?
The comments below were made on the Pontifcator's post announcing his Tiberian plunge (A Rector Resigns) in response to another potential ex-Protestant, hesitating, as we all did, over the "Perpetual Virginity and the praying to saints, angels and Virgin Mary":As to invocation to the saints, I think you can find plenty of biblical material to support the idea....
As commenter Jason Choi has pointed out in this blog's comment boxes, the Reformers had a healthy Marian devotion:
The comments below were made on the Pontifcator's post announcing his Tiberian plunge (A Rector Resigns) in response to another potential ex-Protestant, hesitating, as we all did, over the "Perpetual Virginity and the praying to saints, angels and Virgin Mary":
As to invocation to the saints, I think you can find plenty of biblical material to support the idea....
Nowhere in the Bible is *any* formal doctrine stated so the fact that the Bible doesn’t have an explicit and formal statement on invocation to the saints shouldn’t of itself rule the practice and idea out of theological court.
Historically, the Reformation (or Deformation) wasn’t about Mary or the Saints. It was about things like Voluntarism, Nominalism, Realism and ultimately about the Trinity and Incarnation. It takes a bit of study to figure this out though. Another way to put it is that at the forefront the issues were regarding the nature of the Church and its authority and the nature of salvation.
As commenter Jason Choi has pointed out in this blog's comment boxes, the Reformers had a healthy Marian devotion:- Luther, Calvin, and Other Early Protestants on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
Martin Luther's Devotion to Mary
Jesus, Mary and Martin
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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