tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4087737348878406387..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Unity of the Church? That would be an ecumenical matter...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-25073784592743094542012-04-24T11:31:43.752+01:002012-04-24T11:31:43.752+01:00@dearieme - look here, I haven't had a chance ...@dearieme - look here, I haven't had a chance to follow up your references yet; but when I do I will prepare a devastating come-back...<br /><br />I confidently expect to find that the schism of the Scottish church was (since Scotchmen were involved) a big fuss over nothing, and therefore does not count as a *real* schism, so the papering-over of a petty squabble would not be allowed to count as a refutation of my sweeping generalization that schism is permanent.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-5648731748819840012012-04-24T10:46:25.602+01:002012-04-24T10:46:25.602+01:00P.S. The example of the Kirk is particularly impor...P.S. The example of the Kirk is particularly important since that is God's Church.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-942290577860256502012-04-23T23:50:44.433+01:002012-04-23T23:50:44.433+01:00"...schism.(Once broken, always broken.)"..."...schism.(Once broken, always broken.)"<br /><br />The history of the Kirk is a counterexample to that claim. Here's a resume. <br />http://website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/churchhistory.html#top1deariemenoreply@blogger.com