Nostr

Beautiful. I am grateful you are taking the time to build a bridge.

I have a difficult time articulating my spiritual beliefs.. most of the time it feels fruitless to do so. To cram my own experience of the Lord's work into words often feels clumsy at best; bordering on sacrilegious.

Personally I've found a lot of insight through learning about the desert fathers. I'm planning to go deeper into studying them when I have time to do so.

I believe we are on the cusp of a new reformation and a new renaissance. The world has become increasingly profane since the last one and I believe the pendulum will swing back into a new form of spirituality which is more personal and less hierarchical. Discussions like this one are very valuable in my opinion. Thanks for chiming in.

Christ is king 🙏

freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg 1y ago

May I suggest beginning with the ecumenical creeds?

[Apostles' Creed](https://www.ccel.org/creeds/apostles.creed.html)

[Nicene Creed](https://www.ccel.org/creeds/nicene.creed.html)

This is how our fathers and brothers in the faith articulated the teaching of Scripture--what we believe, and what we do not, from time immemorial.

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Sourcenode 1y ago

The word We is a tricky one here. It implies an intellectual concensus of seperate individuals. (Speaking for others).

I'm not sure if such a moral conformity can exist.

For example, two people can say they agree with those creeds, but the interpretation and internal experience of that agreement is different for each individual.

Many debates and discussions have happened between Christians over the years regarding these ideas.

One Christian may choose to judge another as non-Christian for their interpretations, but in the end that is only a judgment of man against man.

All of us fall short of the glory of God.