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Re: The Myth Of Orthodoxy?
Just throwing this out there...
Doctrine means teaching. But to have teaching there must be a teacher...
Today we often get teaching from books, videos, forum discussions, etc etc.
Back then you got teaching direct from a teacher.
Nowadays everybody wants to do their own thing. Back then you were a part of a community and were willing to defer to the community unless something REALLY stuck in your craw.
Today tradition is a bad word. Back then tradition was an expression of the faith and the life of the community, providing identity.
Back then you knew who you were. Nowadays nobody knows anything.
And it's not by accident, it seems.
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