tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post113294392371951130..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1133228554399308352005-11-28T20:42:00.000-05:002005-11-28T20:42:00.000-05:00It is not just practice that has changed. Many cl...It is not just practice that has changed. Many clergy in orthodox Christian churches say the creeds with their finger crossed, or with the understanding that many of the irrational bits are complex methaphors. At bottom, their beliefs look much more like Jefferson than Witherspoon. Even most Evangelicals, or even Fundamentalists, are probably no closer to Jonathan Edwards than they are to Thomas Jefferson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1133190436672044732005-11-28T10:07:00.000-05:002005-11-28T10:07:00.000-05:00Even if some of the founders practiced and believe...Even if some of the founders practiced and believed what was then orthodox Christianity, their theology was almost certainly distinct from what we now know has "fundamentalist" and/or "evangelical" Christianity, particularly those demoninations who stress the "personal relationship" with Jesus Christ. As I understand it, the evangelical movement was really just beginning in the late 1700s, and flowered during the 1800s in this country. It has, like all religions, evolved since then, and only recently took on the explicit political linkages that would have most certainly been rejected by the founders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1133056318730784772005-11-26T20:51:00.000-05:002005-11-26T20:51:00.000-05:00Yes he did. Their personal notes were filled with...Yes he did. Their personal notes were filled with such abbreviations -- some of them particular to that time period which makes it hard for folks unfamiliar with the style to read. <BR/><BR/>Some modern "transcriptions" actually translate and change the abbreviations. But then we aren't getting the "pure" writing, but someone's interpretation of it.<BR/><BR/>For instance, the thorn was a letter symbol for "th" but looked more like a "y." So when you see them write things like "ye" folks, they actually were saying "the" folks.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.com