Both good points, which I'll concede (I could discuss either at greater length, but I feel I'm already substantially digressing from topic).<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com">danldo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Matthew Weber <<a href="mailto:palaeologos@gmail.com">palaeologos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
>> 1) Grace existed before Christ's passion and resurrection, but it did<br>
>> so as a result of Christ's passion and resurrection. Grace always<br>
>> already can be extended to the "virtuous pagan" as well as people like<br>
>> Moses, Elijah, etc.<br>
<br>
> To be sure, they weren't punished, but they weren't redeemed either--at<br>
> least not until the Harrowing of Hell, no?<br>
<br>
</div>I think this is an error as you are applying "before" and "after" to<br>
states in Eternity, outside of Time.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
>> 3) Your soteriology is one common model but not the only one.<br>
<br>
> Sure--there are at least 3 other models that I can think of in the<br>
> Cappadocian Fathers, but PSA is the most commonly encountered one in the<br>
> West. And since I was writing a short response rather than a book... :)<br>
<br>
</div>I guess my objection was to your stating it in a manner that sounded<br>
as if you were describing The Standard Christian Model, when there<br>
_is_ no Standard Christian Model...<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
--<br>
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matt +<br><br>Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.<br> Sextus Propertius (54 B.C.-A.D. 2), Elegies, II, i, 46<br><br>