tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post6967524322061616649..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: What did the Early Church think of Prayer for the Dead?Turretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-48953233261991402722009-10-07T18:02:35.160+01:002009-10-07T18:02:35.160+01:00For Romanists and Anglo-Romewardizers, it is necro...For Romanists and Anglo-Romewardizers, it is necromancy, prayers *to*, *for*m and *through* the departed. It is not just a prayer *about* the dead, e.g. "Lord may we follow in the goodly footsteps ..." The first four forms, *to*, *for* and *through* the dead are Roman and Anglo-Romanist. Just saw one last night on a blog, "Lady Walsingham, pray for us sinners."Reformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818168068978748081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-42955071072786531442009-10-07T13:08:08.069+01:002009-10-07T13:08:08.069+01:00John:
Ah yes, Mr. Burgess similarly attempted to ...John:<br /><br />Ah yes, Mr. Burgess similarly attempted to make an issue of the for/to distinction in his second and third rounds of comments (you'll notice his first round of comments above doesn't mention that - in fact he mistakenly blunders off in the third direction of "through").<br /><br />To avoid confusion on the part of certain folks I probably should have adhered to Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-25991114777327497312009-10-07T02:32:48.116+01:002009-10-07T02:32:48.116+01:00Is the issue prayers TO the dead or FOR the dead, ...Is the issue prayers TO the dead or FOR the dead, because the title doesn't match the quote.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977287092917957220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-41408082161103739672009-10-06T14:39:07.020+01:002009-10-06T14:39:07.020+01:00Mr. Burgess:
Your comment has been fully addresse...Mr. Burgess:<br /><br />Your comment has been fully addressed and adequately rebutted in a new post (<a href="http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/2009/10/bad-to-quote-lactantius.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>).<br /><br />-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-87082463919055215272009-10-06T01:37:38.113+01:002009-10-06T01:37:38.113+01:00Most excellent. As a qualified Anglican, constant...Most excellent. As a qualified Anglican, constantly fighting this battle. Good stuff from Lactantius.Reformationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818168068978748081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-66088738919047096452009-10-06T01:08:10.726+01:002009-10-06T01:08:10.726+01:00St. Jerome, whom you enjoy quoting when the occasi...St. Jerome, whom you enjoy quoting when the occasion suits, said of Lactantius, "If only Lactantius, almost a river of Ciceronian eloquence, had been able to uphold our cause with the same facility with which he overturns that of our adversaries!" Lactantius was not a good theologian; indeed, he was, in the words of those who know his works best, a fine Latin rhetorician but woefully Mike Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854620298988801571noreply@blogger.com