'[D]ogmatics as such does not ask what the apostles and prophets said but what we must say on the basis of the apostles and prophets'
Not hard, this one. So here is the idea: the first to get it wrong gets picked on by the rest of us for a week or two.
posted by Chris Tilling @ 2:30 PM
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I am New Testament Tutor for St Mellitus College and St Paul's Theological Centre, London. In my postgraduate research (under the supervision of Max Turner) I’m working on a thesis that concerns the christological significance of the language Paul used to describe the relationship between risen Lord and believer. My blog, Chrisendom, is primarily occupied with biblical and theological themes – especially those Apostle Paul shaped, but I try as best as I can to squeeze in a decent amount of inappropriate baloney on the way. For more about me, click here for my interview with biblioblogs' Jim West.
24 Comments:
Well, I'm still sitting in the upright position so it couldn't have been Benny Hinn. I'm going to go with Joel Osteen. :^P
Karl Barth.
The Barth idea seems attractive, but in a surprise move, I'm going to go for Benny Osteen
Jesus.
Barth's our man! And my guess is somewhere early on in CD I/1.
Dr. Seuss' first roommate at Dartmouth College.
No, in order for this to be Benny Hinn, it would have had to have been:
"Apostolic and prophetic hairstyling as such does not ask how the apostles and prophets wore their hair, but how we must wear our hair on the basis of the apostles and prophets."
Also insert clothing, air transport, lodging...
My first inclination was, like most of you, Barth. Then I remembered that I'd actually said something similar a few years ago. Also, Barth wrote only in German. So I guess the right answer is: me.
Barth, or Yoder, or an infinite amount of monkeys typing furiously for infinity...
barth is appealing, and because you said it was easy that'll be my guess. but could it be john webster?
barth
Now be honest, how many people looked up the quote on google?
Barth is what I was thinking too, but I was too afraid of being ridiculed to post my guess.
In my ignorance, I will resort to the grade-school religion class tactic:
"God loves me"
Which can never be marked as a wrong answer.
Pax Christi,
i'll be honest. i figured barth instantly, but it almost seemed too easy.... so i googled it.
Chris Donato,
The furiously typing monkeys sound very Douglas Adams(ish). If so, nice touch. :-)
Did you say Barth or Yoda? The style isn't Yoda's at all. Yoda's would be more like: "What the prophets said, ask not. What the apostles said, ask not." and so forth.
Benny Hinn? I thought it was Benny Hill.
Homer Simpson. If anyone else said it before him they plagiarised Homer's preexistent self.
I keep hearing about this great Barth CD. Can I just download it to my Ipod?
George W. Bush?
It was Barth.
The great mystery is: How did a man who wrote that line arrive at a theology so utterly foreign to the prophets and apostles?
It's got to be Barth - but with a twist: it is Barth as quoted by Hans Kung in his first book, Justification.
Well you are a clever bunch, especially Jason. It was Barth, and it was also "somewhere early on in CD I/1"!! I'm a little bit impressed.
Nick gets picked on!
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