10-14-2021, 08:07 AM
Radix Fidem is not a confession in the ecclesiastical sense. It's an orientation. Nonetheless, our orientation is toward a common confession of faith. In other words, using the label "confessional church" or "confessing church" carries historical connotations that don't exactly fit what we do.
So here's the deal: We do not organize for any kind of political action, nor even verbal agitation. We do seek a common confession, a clear statement about the situation. But instead of official statements, we try to help everyone come up with their own expressions of faith. The point is that we find some way to all say pretty much the same thing as far as the rest of the world is concerned. We have enough in common that they know what to expect, and can pick us out in a crowd, as it were.
And publishing that confession is a major element in what we do. Living that confession in community with each other is a part of that major element. Our plan of action is working together. There is no particular plan of action regarding the world at large, aside from asserting our faith in words and actions. Right now, the context calls for us to emphasize pulling back, of becoming more separated from the surrounding society. However, it's important to remember that this could change in some future society, shifting back the other way toward infiltration of the ambient society.
I suppose you could say that we are "a type of confessing church" in that sense. There's no way to avoid the connotation that we resist the government approved brands of church, and that part is accurate enough. Then again, we have our own unique problems with government right now, and it really doesn't resemble the situation in Germany leading up to WW2, which is where the term "confessing church" comes from.
I don't know if there's a nifty label for what we do, in that sense.
So here's the deal: We do not organize for any kind of political action, nor even verbal agitation. We do seek a common confession, a clear statement about the situation. But instead of official statements, we try to help everyone come up with their own expressions of faith. The point is that we find some way to all say pretty much the same thing as far as the rest of the world is concerned. We have enough in common that they know what to expect, and can pick us out in a crowd, as it were.
And publishing that confession is a major element in what we do. Living that confession in community with each other is a part of that major element. Our plan of action is working together. There is no particular plan of action regarding the world at large, aside from asserting our faith in words and actions. Right now, the context calls for us to emphasize pulling back, of becoming more separated from the surrounding society. However, it's important to remember that this could change in some future society, shifting back the other way toward infiltration of the ambient society.
I suppose you could say that we are "a type of confessing church" in that sense. There's no way to avoid the connotation that we resist the government approved brands of church, and that part is accurate enough. Then again, we have our own unique problems with government right now, and it really doesn't resemble the situation in Germany leading up to WW2, which is where the term "confessing church" comes from.
I don't know if there's a nifty label for what we do, in that sense.