The Church of the Non-Singing Angel

[rogue06]

That's just tragic. Not a hill to die on, certainly.

Which brings up the sentiment expressed in the oft quoted maxim that is usually, although incorrectly, attributed to St. Augustine: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas ("In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, diversity [some times "liberty" or "charity"]").

While it does indeed appear to have been a view that Augustine held^[1]] it actually seems to originate with the Catholic Archbishop of Spalato, Croatia (on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea), Marco Antonio Dominis in 1617. Shortly thereafter the Lutheran theologian Rupertus Meldenius (a.k.a. Peter Meiderlin) said essentially the same thing.

The point being that there is plenty of room for differences of opinion on things that aren't a requisite to being a Christian, or salvific, although for the bedrock pillars of the faith there should be unity among Christians. Whether or not angels sing is just not something that is important.







1. As can be seen by the following remark by Thomas Aquinas in his brilliant unfinished masterpiece, Summa Theologica (1274):

"In discussing questions of this kind two rules are to be observed, as Augustine teaches. The first is, to hold to the truth of the Scripture without wavering. The second is that since Holy Scripture can be explained in a multiplicity of senses, one should adhere to a particular explanation only in such measure as to be ready to abandon it if it be proved with certainty to be false, lest Holy Scripture be exposed to the ridicule of unbelievers, and obstacles be placed to their believing."

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[Christian3]

I get that is poetry. However, I am not convinced that the "morning stars" is not specifically referring to angels. I think we have to go back to the original languages, and I am aware of a particular scholar who claims they are angels according to the original language.

Consult the NET Bible online:

https://netbible.org/bible/Job+38

And follow the directions paying attention to the notes.

[Cow Poke]

]Dagnabit! I'm getting as bad as me beloved brudder at posting in threads that I said I was leaving

Anybody seen Rogue? I ain't seed him since he said he was leaving!