tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280628704843419636.post7739916716426921885..comments2023-05-26T03:24:12.140-07:00Comments on Ex occidente ad orientem: More thoughts on the UniaChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200319733737651773noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6280628704843419636.post-71149793464004490882010-07-21T21:42:13.346-07:002010-07-21T21:42:13.346-07:00The image I always use when this comes up is that ...The image I always use when this comes up is that this idea of 'uniting the churches' is like stitching up a wound from a rusty knife without having cleaned it and gotten a tetanus shot first. It will hold together for a little while, but soon it will become infected and require so much more repairing than it would have, had it been done right the first time.<br /><br />Thus it follows that the credibility of a theologian who espouses such premature, formal unity, is on par with the credibility of a surgeon who would stitch you up and send you home with no thought to sanitizing your wounds.Andreas Houposhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279848515954071078noreply@blogger.com